 Fotopoulos with the United States national team | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danielle Ruth Fotopoulos | ||
| Birth name | Danielle Ruth Garrett[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-03-24)March 24, 1976 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Camp Hill, Pennsylvania | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eckerd College (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1993 | Lyman High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | SMU Mustangs | 44 | (52) |
| 1996–1998 | Florida Gators | 48 | (66) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | Tampa Bay Extreme | 4 | (6) |
| 2001–2003 | Carolina Courage | 53 | (27) |
| 2005 | Central Florida Krush | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996–2005 | United States | 35 | (16) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | LSU | ||
| 2010–2022 | Eckerd | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Danielle Ruth Fotopoulos (née Garrett; born March 24, 1976) is an Americansoccer coach and former player. Fotopoulos holds the all-timeNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)Division I records for goals and points, and was a member of theUniversity of Florida team that won the 1998 NCAA women's soccer championship, and also theUnited States national team that won the1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was the head coach of theEckerd women's soccer team until 2022.
Fotopoulos was born inCamp Hill, Pennsylvania in 1976, the daughter of Bill and Donna Garrett. She grew up inAltamonte Springs, Florida, and attendedLyman High School inLongwood, Florida from 1990 to 1994. While inhigh school, she was a varsityletterman in six different sports—basketball,cross country, soccer,tennis,swimming andtrack & field. Her high school soccer team won three Florida state championships during her four years on the team.
Fotopoulos initially attendedSouthern Methodist University (SMU) inDallas, Texas, where she played for theSMU Mustangs soccer team from 1994 to 1995. After hersophomore year, she transferred from SMU to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coachBecky Burleigh's newFlorida Gators women's soccer team for two seasons. She suffered anACL injury before the start of the 1997 season and returned to the Gators for hersenior year in 1998. She helped the Gators win the 1998NCAA Women's Soccer Championship, scoring the winninggoal againstNorth Carolina in the final of the NCAA soccer tournament. During her 1996 and 1998 seasons with the Gators, the team also won both theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) regular season and tournament championships, and she was twice recognized as the SEC Player of the Year. Fotopoulos finished her college career as the NCAA's all-time leader in goals (118) and points (284). She was the 1998–99 recipient of theHonda Sports Award for Soccer, recognizing her as the outstanding collegiate women's soccer player of the year.[2][3]
She graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in 1999, and was inducted into theUniversity of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2008.[4][5]
Fotopoulos played professionally with theCarolina Courage of theWomen's United Soccer Association, winning the league championship in 2002. She was also a member of the United States Women's National Soccer team.
Fotopoulos is married to formerLouisiana State University (LSU) women's soccer team head coachGeorge Fotopoulos. In 2004, she served as co-head coach with her husband atLSU.[6][7] They finished with an 8–11–1 overall record (2–8–1 in the SEC).[8] In 2006, she became an assistant coach for theFlorida Gators soccer team at theUniversity of Florida, heralma mater. She currently lives inTampa, Florida with her husband and their four children. She coached multiple teams at theTampa Bay United Soccer Club and currently coaches at Florida Premier FC where she is the GIRLS ECNLR Director. She is also a partner for the semi-pro team,Tampa Bay Hellenic; her husband is currently the head coach. From 2010 to 2022, Fotopoulos was the head of coach of theNCAA Division II women's soccer team atEckerd College inSt. Petersburg, Florida from 2010 until stepping down in August 2022.[9]
| Year | Team | GP/GS | Goals | Assists | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | SMU | 20/19 | 20 | 5 | 45 |
| 1995 | SMU | 24/23 | 32 | 19 | 85 |
| 1996 | Florida | 22/22 | 34 | 13 | 83 |
| 1997 | Florida | Did not play | |||
| 1998 | Florida | 26/26 | 32 | 11 | 75 |
| Totals | 92/90 | 118 | 48 | 284 | |
| Year | Team | GP/GS | Goals | Assists | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Carolina Courage | 21/21 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 2002 | Carolina Courage | 21/20 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| 2003 | Carolina Courage | 12/12 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Totals | 54/53 | 27 | 21 | 75 | |
| Year | Team | GP | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Tampa Bay Extremes | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | Central Florida Krush | 9 | |
| Totals | 15 | ||
| Year | GP/GS | Goals | Assists | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2/1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 1997 | 6/0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17/1 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 2000 | Did not play | |||
| 2001 | ||||
| 2002 | 4/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | Did not play | |||
| 2004 | ||||
| 2005 | 5/1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Totals | 35/3 | 16 | 7 | 39 |
