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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1971-08-12)August 12, 1971 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Rahway, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1988 | St. Benedict's Prep | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | NC State Wolfpack | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993 | Raleigh Flyers[1] | ||
| 1993 | Brest | ||
| 1994 | Guingamp | ||
| 1994–2001 | Cleveland Crunch (indoor) | 233 | (66) |
| 1995 | Atlanta Ruckus | ||
| 1996–1997 | Carolina Dynamo | 36 | (2) |
| 1998–2003 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | 172 | (2) |
| 2004 | Syracuse Salty Dogs | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 31 | (8) |
| 2005 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | Raleigh Elite (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Carolina RailHawks | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Scott Schweitzer (born August 12, 1971) is an Americansoccer coach and former player. He spent two years as the head coach ofCarolina RailHawks FC.
Schweitzer was born inRahway, New Jersey. He was a four-year letter winner atN.C. State University. He was a two-time All-American (second team in 1991 andfirst team in 1992) and namedAtlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year in 1992. He was a member of the Wolfpack team that made it to the 1990NCAA Final Four. Schweitzer was also a member of the U.S.World University Games Team from 1992 to 1994. In 2002, he was selected to the ACC's 50th Anniversary men's soccer team.
Schweitzer began his professional career in France in 1993 and 1994, where he played forStade Brestois 29 andEn Avant Guingamp of theFrench Third Division. Upon his return from France, Schweitzer played for one season (1995) with theAtlanta Ruckus of theAmerican Professional Soccer League (the forerunner to the A-League) before moving on to theCarolina Dynamo of theUnited Soccer Leagues in 1996. In 1997, Schweitzer was named to theUSL-1 First Team.
Schweitzer moved to theRochester Rhinos of USL-1 in 1998. During his time with the Rhinos, Schweitzer won three USL-1 championships (1998, 2000, 2001) and oneU.S. Open Cup title (1999). On a personal level, he was named to the USL-1 First Team four times while with the Rhinos, and twice was named First Division Defender of the Year.
After six seasons with Rochester, Schweitzer left to join the rivalSyracuse Salty Dogs in 2004. Following the suspension of the Syracuse franchise at the end of the season, Schweitzer followed Salty Dogs head coachLaurie Calloway back to Rochester, playing one final season with the Rhinos in 2005, when he served asteam captain. After the season, the team named him to their all-time Rhinos squad in celebration of the franchise's tenth anniversary. Schweitzer retired from professional soccer at the end of the 2005 campaign.
In addition to his outdoor play, Schweitzer was also a professionalindoor soccer player. He played eight seasons for theCleveland Crunch of theNational Professional Soccer League (NPSL) (and laterMISL). He was named to the NPSL All-Rookie Team in the 1994–95 and was also named the Crunch's Rookie of the Year. Schweitzer was a four-time NPSL All-Star, and won two league championships with the Crunch; in 1996 and 1999 where he scored the game-winning goal in what would prove to be the final NPSL championship game. In 2004–05, Schweitzer played one season with theBaltimore Blast of the MISL.
After his retirement as a player, Schweitzer took a job as a full-time coach and director of Next Level Academy inMorrisville, North Carolina He also served as an assistant coach of theRaleigh ElitePDL squad for the 2006 season.
On October 11, 2006, Schweitzer was introduced as the first head coach of the Carolina RailHawks, a USL-1 expansion franchise that will start play in 2007. The RailHawks job is Schweitzer's first as a head coach of a professional soccer team. In October 2008, the RailHawks announced that Schweitzer would no longer continue as head coach.[2] During his two years as coach of Carolina, he took the team to a 24–24–24.