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Jeff Bowers
| Title: | Director of Men's and Women's Soccer |
| Phone Number: | 747-455-3285 |
| Email Address: | jbowers@vwc.edu, menssoccer@vwc.edu |
| College: | York College of Pennsylvania '95, Western Maryland University '98 |
- Western Maryland University '98, Masters degree in Sports Administration York College '95, Bachelor degrees in Secondary Education and Accounting
- First year as Director of Men's and Women's Soccer in 2012
- 13th season at Virginia Wesleyan in 2012; the only women's soccer coach in VWC history to guide his teams to four undefeated league seasons
- Has guided the Marlin women to a current record of 184-49-26 overall and to an 108-14-10 record in league competition
- Currently ranked No. 12 among the NCAA's current most successful coaches, owning a .775 winning percentage
- Guided VWC to its most successful season ever in women's soccer in 2006, highlighted by an Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III final four tournament; team finished 18-4-4
- Also serves VWC as the Associate Athletics Director
- Two-time South Region Coach of the Year, two-time Virginia College Division Coach of the Year, two-time All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
- Has coached 7 All-Americans, 26 All-South honorees, 26 All-Virginia honorees, and 52 All-ODAC honorees
- Guided VWC to a school-record 20-2-3 finish in 2003; the first 20-win season in women's soccer
- Steered the Marlins to a 2003 regular season championship in the ODAC, a South Region tournament championship, and a berth in the NCAA championship tournament, where the Marlins advanced to the round of the Elite 8
- Selected to coach the professional women's soccer team, the Hampton Roads Piranha, during the summer of 2004
- Four-year member of the York College men's soccer team, named as captain and Most Valuable Player in 1994
- Former assistant men's and women's soccer coach at Messiah College
- Holds a Premier License from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and a "B" License from the United States Soccer Federation
- Former head girls soccer coach at Spring Grove Area High School, assistant coach at York Catholic High School, and men's assistant at York Suburban High School
- Teacher in the Lower Dauphin Area School District from 1997 through 2000
- Virginia District Staff Coach in the 2001 Olympic Developmental program
- Has had experience as a camp staff coach at the College of William and Mary, the University of Kentucky, Ohio State University, Messiah College, and York College
- Played for the Johansson Soccer Club for two years and the Harrisburg Amateur Soccer Club for two years
