Herbert Schmidt is a retired American soccer and

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player and coach. He holds the second most career men's NCAA goals and the most by an American player.

Player

Schmidt grew up in

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and graduated from Summit High School where he played basketball and was captain of the 1957 boys' soccer team. He then attended

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where he was a 1960

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and 1961 Honorable Mention All American soccer player. He was also a two-time Lacrosse All-American. He is listed under several categories in the NCAA soccer record book and is a member of the Rutgers Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1960, he played for New York Hota of the

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Coach

In 1963,

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hired Schmidt as assistant lacrosse coach. In 1964, he became head coach of the lacrosse team. In 1965, he was drafted into the Army. Upon his release in 1968, he served one year as both the lacrosse and soccer coach at Lafayette College, but returned to Penn State in 1968, at which time, he became the head coach of the men's soccer team. He served as head coach until replaced by

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in 1974. He had compiled a 38–21–8 and taken the team to four NCAA post-season tournaments. In 1986, Schmidt became the Associate Athletic Director, a position he held until his retirement in 2006.

References

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