Seth Roland (born 1957) is the head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson men's soccer team, a position he has held since 1997. As a player, he won a silver medal with Team USA at the

1981 Maccabiah Games The 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 35 nations. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes paradin ...

in Israel. As a coach of Team USA, he won a bronze medal at the

1993 Maccabiah Games The 14th Maccabiah Games brought 5,100 athletes to Israel from 48 nations. Jewish athletes from Poland, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia participated for the first time after World War II, after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Athletes from eight Repu ...

. His FDU team has won eight

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championships and made it to the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. As of 2022, he was the winningest coach in FDU men's soccer history, the winningest coach in

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history, and the ninth active-winningest-coach in

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. He was named 2000

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Early and personal life

Roland is a native of

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. His parents were Doris Leah (née Rubin) Roland, a psychologist, and Leonard Roland, a chemical engineer. In 2000 his wife Marjorie died from brain cancer. He and his wife Julia have two daughters, Hannah and Laura, and a son, Daniel.

Playing career

College

Roland attended the

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, where he played soccer and was a starting midfielder for the Quakers for three years, and was named All-

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. At Penn he earned a Bachelor of Arts in history, and a Master of Science in education.

Maccabiah Games

He represented the United States in four

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tournaments in Israel, winning a

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in the

, as he was the leading scorer on the team—he also represented Team USA at the

1977 Maccabiah Games At the 10th Maccabiah Games in Israel, more than 2,800 athletes from 34 countries participated in 26 different sports, including chess and bridge and for the first time badminton. The opening ceremonies were held on July 12, 1977, in Ramat Gan S ...

1985 Maccabiah Games The 12th Maccabiah Games brought over 4,000 athletes to Israel from 38 nations to compete in 28 sports. History The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932. In 1961, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and super ...

, and

1989 Maccabiah Games The 13th Maccabiah Games brought 4,500 athletes to Israel from 45 nations. Jewish athletes from Hungary participated for the first time since World War II, Jewish athletes from Russia had been permitted, by their country, to play for the first tim ...

Coaching career

Maccabiah Games

Roland managed the Team USA squad for the

(winning the bronze medal),

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, and

2022 Maccabiah Games The 2022 Maccabiah Games () took place in Israel from July 14–25, 2022, and are also referred to as the 21st Maccabiah Games (). The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of ...

College

He was the Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at

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from 1980 to 1981, and the Head Men's Soccer Coach at the

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from 1981 to 1982. Roland was then the Head Men's Soccer Coach at

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from 1982 to 1987, and the Head Men's Soccer Coach at the

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(

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) from 1987 to 1992. He was then the Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at the

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(

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) from 1992 to 1997. A resident of

Tenafly, New Jersey Tenafly () is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 15,409, an increase of 921 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 14,488, which in turn reflected an ...

, Roland has been the head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson men's soccer team in the

since 1997. He was named 2000

. As of 2022, he was the winningest coach in FDU men's soccer history (223–186–65, .538), the winningest coach in Northeast Conference history (115–60–37, .626), and the ninth active-winningest-coach in

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