Louis Scott Calabrese (born June 2, 1972) is an American former

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who is currently the head men's soccer coach at

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Playing career

Calabrese attended

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from 1990 to 1995. During this time, he was a four-year letterman and earned All-Conference honors while playing goalkeeper for the

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, Calabrese played professionally for the

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from 1995 to 1997 and for the South Carolina Shamrocks in 1998.

Coaching career

While still playing, Calabrese started his coaching career as an assistant and goalkeeper coach at

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in 1995 and then at

Southern Wesleyan University Southern Wesleyan University is a private Christian university in Central, South Carolina. It was founded in 1906 by what is now the Wesleyan Church. The institution is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on ...

from 1997 to 1998. After his playing career was over in 1998, he was appointed assistant coach to his first

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program at

Stetson University Stetson University is a private university with four colleges and schools located across the I–4 corridor in Central Florida with the primary undergraduate campus in DeLand. The university was founded in 1883 and was later established in 1887 ...

. During his time with the

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, he assisted in all aspects of the program, including program administration, team training and conditioning, game preparation and recruiting while directly overseeing the training, conditioning and game preparation of goalkeepers. After Stetson, Calabrese was hired by the

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in a similar role. During his time with the

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, he helped guide the team to an Elite Eight Appearance and the

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Championship in 2000 and the

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. Calabrese joined the professional ranks in 2002 when he joined the

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of the WUSA. He helped guide the team from worst to first in one year while winning the 2002 Regular Season and

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. After the WUSA suspended operations in 2003, Calabrese joined

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. During four seasons with the

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, the team went to three NCAA Tournaments and the 2005 College Cup. In addition to his assistant coaching duties, Calabrese was Director of the Clemson Soccer Academy which plays host to over 1,800 children each year. Calabrese was a member of the 2006 Olympic Development Program Region III coaching staff as well as the goalkeepers coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team. Calabrese has an “A” coaching license, and is a Level I and II certified goalkeeping instructor with the

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East Tennessee State Buccaneers

In 2007, Calabrese was hired by

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to be the head coach of the

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' inaugural men's soccer program. During six seasons with the Buccaneers, Calabrese led the team to two NCAA Tournament appearances in

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and

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and won the 2010 and 2013 Atlantic Sun Tournament Championships. During his time with the Buccaneers, Calabrese was awarded the 2010 Atlantic Sun and NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year. His team set the Atlantic Sun Record with 10 Shutouts in 2013 and had four consecutive seasons of ten or more wins from 2010 to 2013.

FIU Panthers

After six successful seasons with the Buccaneers, Calabrese was hired by

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to replace outgoing head coach

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, who left to become an assistant coach for the

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under his father,

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UCF Knights

Calabrese was hired by the University of Central Florida to coach the men's soccer team on December 5, 2016.

References

External links

UCF Knights bio
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