Pete Caringi Jr.

Pete Caringi (born March 27, 1955) is an American soccer coach who is the head coach for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County men's soccer team. He was named the 2014 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division I Coach of the Year.

Pete Caringi
Personal information
Full name Pete Caringi Jr.
Date of birth (1955-03-27) March 27, 1955
Place of birth Baltimore, Maryland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 UMBC Retrievers (head coach)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1977 Baltimore Bees
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978 Washington Diplomats
Managerial career
1981–1990 Essex Knights
1991–2022 UMBC Retrievers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

A former All-American and Three time captain, He played college soccer for the University of Baltimore.A four time first team all conference and two time All-South All-American In 1973 they lost in the final four to Cal Fullerton. In 1975 the Baltimore team won the NCAA National Championship in Seattle defeating Seattle-Pacific 3–1 in front of over 7,500 fans. Caringi's 2 Goals led the Bees in the final He still holds the All-Time Record for goals with 70.[He signed for the Washington Diplomats in 1978. He is a member of the University of Baltimore athletic hall of fame. Caringi is also a member of the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame, CCBC Athletic Hall of Fame, Region XX Hall of Fame, NJCAA National Soccer Hall of Fame and just recently was inducted into the UMBC Athletics Hall of Fame [1]

Coaching career Head Coach : Highlight of his coaching career was American Professional Soccer League Champions in 1990 with the Maryland Bays. The Bays finished 20–5 sweeping thru the play-offs and winning the Finals against a very good San Francisco Black Hawks team. A former coach at Essex Community College (81–90)He led Essex to seven JuCo championships and five Region XX Titles. His 84 and 89 teams played in the NJCAA National Finals. He was named NJCAA National Coach of the Year in 84 and 89. He has been the head coach of UMBC Retrievers soccer since 1991. He led UMBC to the NCAA Tournament in 99 and the 2nd Round in 2010,12,13 His 2014 College Cup semifinals, Caringi was named the NSCAA Division I Coach of the Year and the Soccer America Coach of the Year.[2][3][4][5][6] H

References
  1. "University of Baltimore News Release: Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony May 5".
  2. Steven Goff (December 9, 2014). "Who is UMBC? College Cup semifinalists, that's who". Washington Post.
  3. Baltimore Sun (December 17, 2014). "UMBC Retrievers men's soccer coach Pete Caringi is named Division I Coach of the Year – Baltimore Sun". baltimoresun.com.
  4. "Caringi Named NSCAA National Coach of the Year". AmericaEast.com.
  5. "2014 Coaches of the Year".
  6. "SoccerAmerica – Soccer America's 2014 Men's College Awards 01/13/2015".


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