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Record/Seasons at Rider: 37-48-12/5 Kevin Long enters his first season as the Interim Head Coach at Marshall University after finishing his fifth season as the head coach of the Rider Broncs at 5-11-3. Long departed as the winningest coach in the history of the women's soccer program at Rider with a 37-48-12 record. In his first two years he led both the 2003 and the 2004 Broncs to a Rider-record for victories, 11 in 2003 and 12 in 2004, and to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference playoffs. In 2004 he led Rider to the MAAC Championship Game, and in 2005 Long led Rider to a first-round victory in the MAAC Championship tournament. The 2003 season was the first winning season for Rider, a season in which the Broncs won two tournaments. Rider was ranked 27th nationally among best scoring offenses, with a win-loss record ranking among the top third in the nation. Long's 2003 Broncs led the MAAC in shots, points, goals, goals per game and assists in 2003, and three of his players were honored for high academics. In 2004 six of his players earned All-MAAC honors, and three others were on the MAAC All-Academic team. Long came to Rider from North Carolina State University, where he served as the assistant women's soccer coach from 2001-2002. The former head coach of the Randolph-Macon Woman's College soccer team, Long became the third coach of the Rider women's program in March 2003. Rider has sponsored women's varsity soccer since 1997, after one year as a club team. Long is a 1993 graduate of George Mason University, where he was a member of the varsity soccer team. Long began coaching at Randolph-Macon women's College in 1997 before moving on to NC State, one of the premier soccer programs in the nation. Long has a wife, Shelly, and three daughters, Austyn, Alyssa and Abigail. |
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