Levi Coleman (born December 14, 1986 in

Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who currently is the head coach of

Tulsa Athletic Tulsa Athletic is an American soccer team and are based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. 2013 was their inaugural season in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), which is a national league at the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. ...

and an assistant at

Oral Roberts University Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a private evangelical university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1963, the university is named after its founder, evangelist Oral Roberts. Sitting on a campus, ORU offers over 70 undergraduate degree programs ...

Career

Youth and college

Coleman attended Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and played two years of

college soccer College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and the Philippines. The United Kingd ...

at the

Florida International University Florida International University (FIU) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1965, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest uni ...

, before transferring to the

University of Missouri-Kansas City A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

prior to his junior year. At FIU he was named to the Conference USA all-Freshman team, while at UMKC he was a second team all-Summit League selection, and was named to the all-Newcomer team in 2008. During his college years Coleman also played for the

Palm Beach Pumas Palm Beach Pumas was an American soccer team based in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Founded in 2000, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2008, when the franc ...

and

Kansas City Brass Kansas City Brass was an American soccer team based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Division ...

in the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

Professional

Coleman signed his first professional contract with the

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are one of the oldest continuously operating professiona ...

in April 2010 after being spotted at the 2010 USL PDL Showcase, and giving a strong performance in the pre-season Carolina Challenge Cup. He made his professional debut, and scored his first professional goal, on April 17, 2010 in a 3–2 win over the

Charlotte Eagles The Charlotte Eagles are an American professional soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1991, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at ...

. On October 7, 2013, Coleman signed with the

Tulsa Revolution The Tulsa Revolution was a professional indoor soccer team from Tulsa, Oklahoma, which began play in the Professional Arena Soccer League with the 2013–14 season then segued to the Major Arena Soccer League for the 2014–15 season. The team ...

of the

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Honors

Player

Charleston Battery *

USL Second Division The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ( ...

Champions (1):

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Regular Season Champions (1):

Tulsa Athletic * NPSL South Central Division Playoffs Champions (2): 2013, 2014 *NPSL South Central Division Regular Season Champions 2016

Manager

Tulsa Athletic *

UPSL The United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) is an American soccer league that was founded in Santa Ana in Southern California, with teams in regionalized conferences throughout the United States, and recently Canada and Mexico. The league was foun ...

Central Conference-North Division Regular Season Champions (1): Fall 2020 *NPSL South Heartland Division Playoff Champions (1): 2021 *NPSL South Heartland Division Regular Season Shield (1): 2022 *NPSL South Conference Playoff Champions (1): 2021 *NPSL National Playoff Runner-up: 2021 *NPSL Coach of the Season 2021

References

External links

Charleston Battery bio

UMKC bio

FIU bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coleman, Levi 1986 births Living people American men's soccer players Soccer players from Oklahoma Charleston Battery players Kansas City Brass players Palm Beach Pumas players Tulsa Revolution players USL League Two players National Premier Soccer League players USL Second Division players FIU Panthers men's soccer players Men's association football forwards USL Championship players Kansas City Roos men's soccer players