LeBaron Hollimon (born August 13, 1969) is an American soccer coach who is currently on the staff of

FC Wichita FC Wichita is a soccer club based in Wichita, Kansas that plays in USL League Two's Heartland Conference. The club was a member of the Heartland Conference in the National Premier Soccer League, a national semi-professional league at the fourth ...

. Hollimon serves as the Director of Coaching for the FC Wichita Academy and also coaches with the men's

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and women's

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teams.

Early life

Hollimon was born in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had ...

, where he graduated from

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in 1987. As a high school player, LeBaron was named All-City in both the Spring and Fall seasons of 1986. In 2009 Hollimon was named to the 50th Anniversary All-City team.

Coach

Hollimon has coached several competitive youth club teams in the Wichita, Kansas area. During his reign as a youth soccer coach his teams have won the USA Cup twice, won the Kansas State Cup twice, and won the Disney Cup International Youth Soccer Tournament. For his accomplishments as both a player and as a youth coach he was inducted into the Kansas Soccer Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2011, Hollimon was named head coach of the Wichita Wings, a member of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent two seasons with the Wichita Wings, before the franchise folded. Following his professional coaching debut, Hollimon spent 2013 as an assistant women's coach at

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. In 2014, Hollimon joined the

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men's soccer program as an assistant. The following season he was named interim head coach of the women's team when the head coach, Travis Clarke, stepped down. Hollimon was then given the head coach position beginning with the 2016 season. In 2021, Hollimon returned to Kansas, named head men's soccer coach at Kansas Wesleyan University, as well as taking on a key role within the

organization.

Player

Hollimon attended

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, playing on the men's soccer team. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology. In 1991, the

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of the National Professional Soccer League selected Hollimon in the second round of the NPSL draft. In 1992, the

Wichita Wings The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979.

selected Hollimon in the supplemental draft when they entered the NPSL. With his selection by the Wings, he became the first native Wichitan to play for the team.Back Where He Belongs
/ref> During his seven years with the Wichita Wings, Hollimon made six playoff appearances. He also "finished in the top five in every major statistical category in his career in Wichita." In 1999, the Wings traded Hollimon and

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to the Edmonton Drillers in exchange for

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and

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. He played for the Drillers through the 1999–2000 season and began the 2000–2001 season there before moving to the

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. Following are the career statistics for Hollimon over the years 1992–98, for which he was ranked in the top five (5) for all-time leaders.

Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollimon, LeBaron 1969 births Living people Soccer players from Wichita, Kansas American soccer coaches American soccer players American expatriate soccer players Eastern Illinois Panthers men's soccer players Edmonton Drillers (1996–2000) players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Kansas City Attack (NPSL) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players Tulsa Ambush players Wichita Wings (NPSL) players Association footballers not categorized by position Major Arena Soccer League coaches Ontario Fury American expatriate sportspeople in Canada USL League Two coaches