Shaun Docking

Shaun Docking
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamCoastal Carolina Chanticleers
ConferenceSun Belt
Biographical details
BornEastleigh, England
Alma materUniversity of Akron
Playing career
1985–1988Akron Zips
1993–1995Richmond Kickers
Position(s)Midfielder Full-back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1995Richmond Spiders (assistant)
1995VCU Rams (assistant)
1996–1997Charleston Southern Buccaneers
1998–presentCoastal Carolina Chanticleers
Head coaching record
Overall326-167-52
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 1995
Big South Coach of the Year 1997 2000 2002 2003 2007 2011 2012
Sun Belt Coach of the Year 2017 2020

Shaun Docking is an English born American college soccer coach. He currently coaches the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. He is going on his 27th season as the head coach of Coastal Carolina.

Playing career

Docking played college soccer for the Akron Zips. In his junior year, the Akron Zips were runners up in the 1986 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. After his college playing career ended, he would go on to play for the Richmond Kickers while he was an assistant coach on the University of Richmond's men's soccer team. [1]

Coaching career

After graduating from the University of Akron. Docking became an assistant at the University of Richmond, he would serve in that role for 4 seasons. He would then spend one season at across town rival VCU Rams. Following his one season at VCU, he would become the head coach at Charleston Southern, he would take the Buccaneers to the NCAA tournament following a Big South tournament Championship in 1997. Following his successful 1997 campaign, he would become coach of Coastal Carolina. A position he has held since 1998.[2]

Docking is a seven time Big South Coach of the Year, and a two time Sun Belt Coach of the Year.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Charleston Southern Buccaneers (Big South Conference) (1996–1997)
1996 Charleston Southern 4-14–1 1-5-1 8th
1997 Charleston Southern 16-5–1 5-2-0 2nd NCAA 1st Round
Charleston Southern: 20–19–2 6–7–1
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (Big South Conference) (1998–2015)
1998 Coastal Carolina 7-9–2 3-3-0 4th
1999 Coastal Carolina 12-4-1 6-1-0 1st
2000 Coastal Carolina 11-5-1 5-2-0 1st
2001 Coastal Carolina 10-8-3 3-2-2 2nd NCAA 1st Round
2002 Coastal Carolina 19-3-2 6-1-0 1st NCAA 2nd Round
2003 Coastal Carolina 20-3-0 6-1-0 1st NCAA 3rd Round
2004 Coastal Carolina 14-8-1 4-3-0 2nd NCAA 1st Round
2005 Coastal Carolina 11-9-1 5-2-0 3rd NCAA 1st Round
2006 Coastal Carolina 11-7-2 5-2-0 2nd
2007 Coastal Carolina 10-8-1 6-0-0 1st
2008 Coastal Carolina 10-10-1 5-2-1 2nd
2009 Coastal Carolina 9-2-7 5-0-3 1st
2010 Coastal Carolina 12-8-2 5-2-1 2nd NCAA 1st Round
2011 Coastal Carolina 18-4-0 9-0-0 1st NCAA 2nd Round
2012 Coastal Carolina 20-3-2 10-0-0 1st NCAA 3rd Round
2013 Coastal Carolina 19-5-0 9-1-0 1st NCAA 3rd Round
2014 Coastal Carolina 16-6-1 7-1-1 2nd NCAA 2nd Round
2015 Coastal Carolina 13-3-4 6-1-2 2nd NCAA 2nd Round
Big South: 242-105-31 105-24-10
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (Sun Belt Conference) (2016–2020)
2016 Coastal Carolina 10-7-3 3-1-1 1st NCAA 2nd Round
2017 Coastal Carolina 14-7-1 4-1-0 1st NCAA 3rd Round
2018 Coastal Carolina 10-6-0 2-2-0 4th
2019 Coastal Carolina 10-8-3 3-2-0 2nd NCAA 2nd Round
2020 Coastal Carolina 9-5-2 5-1-0 1st NCAA 2nd Round
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (Conference USA) (2021–2021)
2021 Coastal Carolina 6-5-4 3-1-4 4th
Conference USA: 6-5-4 3-1-4
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (Sun Belt Conference) (2022–present)
2022 Coastal Carolina 5-5-6 2-1-5 5th
2023 Coastal Carolina 3-9-3 1-6-2 10th
Sun Belt: 61-47-18 20-14-8
Coastal Carolina: 309-157-53 128-39-22
Total: 325-175-55

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

[3]

Personal life

Shaun became briefly wrapped up in the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, when a former girlfriend Kathleen Willey, came forward claiming that then President Bill Clinton had inappropriately touched her back in 1993. It came out in a 60 Minutes interview that she had faked a pregnancy in order to get revenge at Shaun.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Team of Distinction: 1986 Men's Soccer". University of Akron Athletics.
  2. ^ "Shaun Docking - Men's Soccer Coach". Coastal Carolina University Athletics.
  3. ^ "2023 men's soccer record book (PDF)" (PDF). Coastal Carolina University Athletics.
  4. ^ "The Lives Of Kathleen Willey - March 30, 1998". www.cnn.com.


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