Bobby Muuss

Bobby Muuss
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWake Forest Demon Deacons
Biographical details
Born (1976-01-13) January 13, 1976 (age 48)
East Islip, New York
Alma materSouthern Connecticut
Playing career
1995Southern Connecticut
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2000Connecticut (assistant)
2001–2006Wake Forest (assistant)
2007–2014Denver
2015–Wake Forest

Bobby Muuss is an American college soccer coach, currently serving as head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team.

Career

He played college soccer at Southern Connecticut State.[1]

He was an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut, helping UConn win the 2000 NCAA Championship.[2][3]

After being an assistant coach at Wake Forest from 2001 to 2006, Muuss was hired to be the head coach at Denver in January 2007.[4][5] In 2007, Muuss was named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation co-coach of the year,[6] and was named the 2008 MPSF coach of the year.[7] In 2008, Muuss lead Denver to its first-ever MPSF championship and its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1970.[8] In 2013, Denver's first year in the Summit League, Muuss guided the team to a 6–0–0 record in conference play and was named Summit League coach of the year.[9]

Muuss was hired to be the head coach at Wake Forest in January 2015.[10][11] In 2015, Muuss lead Wake Forest to a consensus No.1 ranking in the national polls and a number one seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.[12] He was named the 2015 ACC coach of the year, becoming the fourth coach to win the award in his first year with a program.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "Bobby Muuss Bio – The University of Denver Official Athletic Site".
  2. ^ "Former UConn Assistant Bobby Muuss Named Wake Forest Men's Soccer Coach".
  3. ^ jmclaincallahan (January 27, 2016). "Local Winston-Salem Difference Makers:Bobby Muuss".
  4. ^ "Bobby Muuss Named DU Men's Soccer Head Coach".
  5. ^ "Muuss Leaves Wake Forest to Take Head Coaching Position at Denver".
  6. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/schoolslt/mpsf/graphics/pdf/0708/07.msoc.All.MPSF.COY.112607.pdf Archived September 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ "All-MPSF Men's Soccer Selections Named". Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  8. ^ "DU Men's Soccer to Face UC Davis in NCAA Tournament – The University of Denver Official Athletic Site".
  9. ^ "Summit League Announces Men's Soccer Awards". November 14, 2013.
  10. ^ "Bobby Muuss Named Wake Forest Head Men's Soccer Coach".
  11. ^ "Spotlight: Coach Bobby Muuss – Old Gold & Black".
  12. ^ "NCAA announces DI Championship field". November 16, 2015.
  13. ^ "2015 All-ACC Men's Soccer Teams Announced – News". Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  14. ^ "Muuss: Wake soccer has bright future". December 8, 2015.


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