Jeremy Gunn

Jeremy Gunn is an English retired association football midfielder who is the head men's soccer coach at Stanford University. He played professionally in the USISL.

Jeremy Gunn
Personal information
Date of birth 1972/1973 (age 48–49)[1]
Place of birth Harrogate, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Grimsby Town
Scunthorpe United
1989–1992 Cal State Bakersfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Chico Rooks
1998 Nashville Metros 7 (4)
1998 Charleston Battery 8 (0)
Teams managed
1993–1999 Cal State Bakersfield (assistant)
1999–2006 Fort Lewis College Skyhawks
2007–2011 Charlotte 49ers
2012– Stanford Cardinal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Player

Gunn played in both the Grimsby Town F.C. and Scunthorpe United F.C. youth systems in his native England before coming to the United States. He attended Cal State Bakersfield where he was a 1992 First Team NCAA Division II All American soccer player.[2] In 1993, he joined the Chico Rooks of the USISL. In 1998, he moved to the Nashville Metros. On 29 May 1998, the Metros traded Gunn to the Charleston Battery for John Jones and a 1999 draft pick.[3]

Coach

Even while playing professionally, Gunn was also coaching. In 1993, he became an assistant at Cal-State Bakersfield. In 1999, he became the head coach of the Fort Lewis College soccer team. Over eight seasons, he compiled a 123–35–17 record and won six Rocky Mountain Conference championships. He took the Skyhawks to the 1999, 2005 and 2006 NCAA Men's Division II Soccer Championship. The team won in 2005 and finished runner-up in 1999 and 2006. He was the 2005 NCAA Division II Coach of the Year.[4] On 26 December 2006, the Charlotte 49ers hired Gunn to coach the school's men's soccer team.[5] In 2007, he took his team to their first ever Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game. In 2011, Gunn led the 49ers to the finals of the College Cup, where they lost 1–0 to North Carolina. In December 2011, Gunn was hired as the head men's soccer coach at Stanford, leading them to National Championships in 2015,2016 and 2017.

References
  1. https://www.sjearthquakes.com/post/2013/01/25/stanfords-jeremy-gunn-joins-academy-staff
  2. 1992 All Americans
  3. ETIENNE CLAIMS A-LEAGUE AWARD Richmond Times-Dispatch – Thursday, 2 July 1998
  4. "NSCAA Coaches of the Year". Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  5. "Charlotte Names Jeremy Gunn Men's Soccer Coach". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
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