Gerry Lucey

Gerard "Gerry" Lucey is an Irish retired footballer and coach.

Gerry Lucey
Personal information
Full name Gerard Lucey
Date of birth (1966-05-26) May 26, 1966
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Home Farm
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 NYIT Bears
1991–1993 C.W. Post
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 North Jersey Imperials
1998–2000 Long Island Rough Riders 78 (14)
Managerial career
1994–1999 C.W. Post (assistant, both men's and women's)
1999–2001 C.W. Post
2004–2006 Tampa Spartans (assistant)
2006–2007 West Chester Golden Rams
2007–2017 Tampa Spartans
2017 Hofstra Pride (volunteer assistant)
2018–2019 Dixie State Trailblazers
2019–2022 Hofstra Pride (associate head coach)
2023– Florida Southern Moccasins
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Player

Lucey began his career with Home Farm F.C. in his native Ireland. He also played for Albertslund IF and Kobenhavns Boldklub. In 1990, Lucey moved to the United States where he attended New York Institute of Technology, playing one season on the school's soccer team. In 1991, he transferred to C.W. Post where he played three more seasons of collegiate soccer. After graduating from C.W. Post in 1994, Lucey played on local amateur teams. In 1996, he joined the North Jersey Imperials of the USISL Pro League. On July 30, 1997, the MetroStars of Major League Soccer called up Lucey for an exhibition game against the Long Island Rough Riders. In 1998, he moved to the Rough Riders where he played for three seasons.

Coach

In addition to his career as a player, Lucey worked as an assistant coach with the C.W. Post men's and women's soccer teams from 1994 to 1999. In November 1999, Lucey became the head coach of the women's team after head coach Bob Blizt died of pancreatic cancer.[1] Lucey continued as head coach for the 1999 season, compiling a two-season record of 15–5–1[2] He was the 2000 New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Coach of the Year. In 2006, Lucey returned to collegiate coaching with a single season as West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He coached the team to a 23–1 record. In 2007, he moved to University of Tampa where he took the women's team to the NCAA Division II championship. He was inducted in 2018 into Tampa's "Hall of Fame" for being a noted contributor, and holds the record for their winningest coach.[3] In the 2017–18 season, Lucey volunteered as an assistant coach to Hofstra University Pride women's soccer team, before accepting the head coaching position in the same for the Dixie State Trailblazers(Now known as the Utah Tech Trailblazers). [4] [5] After a single year at Dixie, Lucey returned to Hoftra as an assistant coach to their women's Soccer program, where he still coaches.[6] Lucey and Hofstra was named as part of 2021's East Region Coaching staff of the year by The United Soccer Coaches.[7][8]

References
  1. Death of Coach Motivates C.W. Post
  2. LIU Post soccer records
  3. "Gerry Lucey". University of Tampa Athletics. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. Dixie State University (January 2018). "Gerry Lucey Announced as Head Coach". Utah Tech University. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  5. "Dixie State Athletics: DSU names Gerry Lucey as new head women's soccer coach". Deseret News. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. "THE ASSOCIATE: Lucey named Hofstra women's associate head coach". Front Row Soccer. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  7. "Tennessee Soccer Coaches Named Southeast Region Staff of the Year". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  8. "United Soccer Coaches names National Staff and Coaches of the Year". SoccerWire. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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