Jerry Smith (soccer coach)


Jerry Wayne Smith is an American soccer coach who is currently head coach of the women's soccer program at Santa Clara University.

Coaching career

Collegiate

Smith began his coaching career in 1980 as head boys' soccer coach at his alma mater Homestead High School in Cupertino, California, where he was head coach for seven seasons. From 1982 to 1986, he was men's soccer assistant coach at Foothill College in nearby Los Altos and was head women's soccer coach at Foothill in 1986.
After completing his bachelor's degree in kinesiology at California State University, Hayward in 1986, Smith became the head coach at Santa Clara University in 1987. In 2001, he coached the Broncos to its first NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship after defeating 17-time champion North Carolina 1–0. He has coached the team to 10 West Coast Conference titles and 24 NCAA tournaments.

International

In 2014, Smith was named head coach of the United States women's national under-21 soccer team.

Head coaching record

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Personal life

Smith is married to Brandi Chastain; they have a son, Jaden Chastain Smith, born in June 2006. Smith's older son, Cameron Smith, 25, is in his third year of law school at Santa Clara.