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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1960-05-24)24 May 1960 (age 65) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Larne | ? | (?) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Everton | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 21 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Montreal Manic | 55 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 32 | (25) | |||||||||||
| 1984 | San Diego Sockers | 20 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1984–1991 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 255 | (155) | |||||||||||
| 1988 | Hamilton Steelers | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | USSF | |||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | →San Diego Sockers (loan) | 16 | (5) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | United States | 48 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | San Diego Sockers | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | San Jose Clash | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | San Diego Sockers | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | University of San Diego (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | University of San Diego | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Brian Quinn (born 24 May 1960) is a Northern Irish-Americansoccer coach and former player who is the head coach of theSan Diego Toreros men's soccer team at theUniversity of San Diego (USD). He spent most of his professional career in North America where he played in theNorth American Soccer League and theMajor Indoor Soccer League. He later coached in theContinental Indoor Soccer League andMajor League Soccer.[1]
As a youth, Quinn had preferredGaelic football andhurling to soccer. It was not until he was fourteen that he began to play the game regularly in the Down & Connor League with Corpus Christi Youth Club and Blessed Oliver Plunkett Youth Club (Now St. Oliver Plunkett FC).[2] In 1978, he began his playing career withLarne F.C. In 1979, he signed withEverton between 1979 and 1981, but spent his entire time on the reserve squad. In 1981, Quinn moved to the US to join theLos Angeles Aztecs of theNorth American Soccer League. When the Aztecs folded at the end of the season, he moved to theMontreal Manic for 1982 and 1983 outdoor seasons. The Manic folded at the end of the 1983 season, and Quinn signed with theSan Diego Sockers as they prepared for the 1983–1984 NASL indoor season.[2] In 1984, he played the last NASL season with the Sockers. In the fall of 1984, the Sockers jumped to theMajor Indoor Soccer League as the NASL collapsed. He also played a season in theCanadian Soccer League in the late '80s with theHamilton Steelers.[3] Brian played seven MISL seasons Sockers winning six championships. In 1987, he played one outdoor season with theHamilton Steelers of theCanadian Soccer League. In August 1991, he announced that he was leaving the team to sign with theUS national team.[4] In October 1991, the national team sent Quinn on loan back to the Sockers until January 1992.[5]
Quinn earned 48 caps for theUS national team between 1991 and 1994 upon becoming an American citizen. A midfielder, he was a final cut for the1994 World Cup squad. He scored his only international goal in a 3–0 win overGuatemala. He made his debut against theRepublic of Ireland in a friendly played atFoxboro Stadium.[6]
Quinn was most recently nominated to US Soccer's National Soccer Hall of Fame Veteran's ballot.[7]
In February 1995, theSan Diego Sockers, now playing in theContinental Indoor Soccer League, hired Quinn to replace long-time head coachRon Newman.[8] In 1997, he became the head coach of theSan Jose Clash ofMajor League Soccer. As the youngest coach in league history, he compiled a 35–41 record over nearly three seasons. He then returned to theSan Diego Sockers. He remained with them until the team ceased operations at the end of 2004. He has launched the Brian Quinn School of Soccer. In 2008, he became an assistant coach with theUniversity of San Diego men's team.[9] In addition, he furthers Youth Soccer Development as the Director of Younger Boys Soccer at the San Diego Soccer Club.[10]
He also wrote the foreword to the book,A History of the World Cup: 1930–2006, which was released in August 2007.[citation needed]
In March 2013, Quinn was one of six men named to the 2013 class of the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame. The other inductees areGordon Jago,Preki,Kai Haaskivi,Zoltán Tóth, andMike Stankovic.[11]
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