Gary St. Clair

Gary Martin St. Clair (born August 7, 1952) is an American retired soccer goalkeeper and coach. He played professionally in the North American Soccer League and was head coach at the high school, junior college, and college levels. From 1990 to 2013, St. Clair was head men's soccer coach at San Jose State University.

Gary St. Clair
St. Clair in 2006.
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-08-07) August 7, 1952
Place of birth Glendale, California, U.S.
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1970–1974 San Jose State Spartans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975 San Jose Earthquakes 3 (0)
1976 San Diego Jaws 3 (0)
Managerial career
1977–1982 Leland Chargers
1983–1989 West Valley Vikings
1990–2013 San Jose State Spartans
2017–2021 Valley Christian Warriors
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Player

St. Clair attended San Jose State University and played goalkeeper on the men's soccer team from 1970 to 1974.[1] He earned a two all-conference and three all-region honors and has held the school record with 18 career shutouts.[1] He graduated in 1976 with bachelor's degree and, in 1984, earned a master's degree from Saint Mary's College of California.[1]

In the 1975 North American Soccer League draft, St. Clair was the ninth overall pick by the Dallas Tornado and was the first goalkeeper selected.[2] St. Clair played three games for the San Jose Earthquakes in 1975 and three games for the San Diego Jaws in 1976.[3] He was the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. national team during qualification for the 1976 Montreal Games.[1]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, St. Clair entered the coaching ranks. From 1977 to 1982, he was head coach at Leland High School in San Jose, with a cumulative 89-16-9 record and five conference championships.[4] Then from 1983 to 1989, he was head coach at West Valley College, a junior college in Saratoga, accumulating a 75-21-14 record that included four conference championships.[5]

In 1990, he was hired as head coach at San Jose State University, a position he would hold until 2013. He was 217-211-41 in 24 seasons.[6] He was the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year in 2000 & 2003. His 2000 Team set a school record with a 20-1-1 record which included being ranked #1 during the season by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Two of his players, CJ Brown and Ryan Suarez, played for the United States Men's National Team.[1]

St. Clair returned to coaching in 2017 as head boys' soccer coach at Valley Christian High School in San Jose.[5]

Head coaching record

The following section shows St. Clair's record in NCAA Division I coaching.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
San Jose State Spartans (Big West Conference) (1990–1991)
1990 San Jose State 4–172–85th[7]
1991 San Jose State 5–14–11–8–16th[7]
San Jose State (Big West): 9–31–1 (.232)3–16–1 (.175)
San Jose State Spartans (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) (1992–1995)
1992 San Jose State 6–10–31–5–17th (Mountain)[8]
1993 San Jose State 9–7–21–5–17th (Mountain)[8]
1994 San Jose State 15–44–34th (Mountain)[8]
1995 San Jose State 6–11–33–3–14th (Mountain)[8]
San Jose State Spartans (Western Athletic Conference) (1996–1999)
1996 San Jose State 10–6–34–2–24th[9]
1997 San Jose State 9–105–3T–3rd[9]
1998 San Jose State 14–6–14–3–1T–4th[9]
1999 San Jose State 7–11–24–64th[9]
San Jose State Spartans (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) (2000–2012)
2000 San Jose State 20–1–18–01st (Mountain)[10]NCAA First Round
2001 San Jose State 9–7–42–2–36th[11]
2002 San Jose State 11–9–15–1T–1st[12]
2003 San Jose State 12–7–25–11st[13]NCAA First Round
2004 San Jose State 5–13–14–8T–6th[14]
2005 San Jose State 11–5–37–2–12nd[15]
2006 San Jose State 7–10–14–6T–4th[8]
2007 San Jose State 10–9–15–53rd[16]
2008 San Jose State 9–5–45–4–13rd[17]
2009 San Jose State 9–10–14–33rd[18]
2010 San Jose State 7–9–31–6–34th (Pacific)[19]
2011 San Jose State 9–8–35–53rd (Pacific)[20]
2012 San Jose State 8–9–15–4–12nd (Pacific)[21]
San Jose State Spartans (Western Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013 San Jose State 4–13–43–6–1T–6th[9]
San Jose State (MPSF): 163–134–34 (.544)69–63–15 (.520)
San Jose State (WAC): 44–45–10 (.495)20–20–4 (.500)
Total:217–211–41 (.506)

      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

References
  1. "Gary St. Clair". San Jose State University. 2013. Archived from the original on October 13, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  2. "1975 NASL Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  3. "Gary St. Clair". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  4. "St. Clair named MPSF men's soccer "Coach of the Year"". San Jose State University. November 20, 2003. Archived from the original on December 2, 2003. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  5. "St. Clair Announced as Head Mens Soccer Coach". Valley Christian High School. May 3, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  6. "Gary St. Clair". NCAA. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  7. Big West Conference Men's Soccer Records (PDF). January 2020. p. 2. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  8. 2007 San Jose State University Men's Soccer Media Guide (PDF). San Jose State University. 2007. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  9. 2021 Men's Soccer Record Book (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. 2021. p. 16. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  10. "Standings [Men's Soccer]". Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  11. "Standings [Men's Soccer]". Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Archived from the original on December 11, 2001. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  12. "2002 Final Standings [Men's Soccer]". Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Archived from the original on May 3, 2003. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  13. "Final Standings [Men's Soccer]". Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Archived from the original on May 30, 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  14. "2004 Standings [Men's Soccer]". Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. November 14, 2004. Archived from the original on December 8, 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  15. "2005 Final Standings [Men's Soccer]". Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Archived from the original on January 30, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  16. "2007 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Final Men's Soccer Standings" (PDF). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. November 26, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  17. "2008 MPSF Men's Soccer Scoreboard" (PDF). November 24, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  18. "2009 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Soccer Standings" (PDF). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  19. "2010 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Soccer Standings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  20. "2011 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Soccer Standings" (PDF). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  21. "2012 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Soccer Standings" (PDF). November 25, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
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