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Adrian Bush |
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Adrian Bush is in his fifth year at the helm of The
University of Tampa after starring for the Spartans as a player from
1990-94. Bush was named the program’s fifth head coach prior to the 2005
season following the untimely death of his mentor, Tom Fitzgerald. Bush became the head coach after serving a total of eight years with Tampa as a player and assistant coach. Over the past five seasons with the Spartans, Bush has produced a 63-28-7 record with three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Bush is coming off a 2009 season where he guided the Spartans to a 17-3-1 overall record while earning a share of the Sunshine State Conference regular season championship. With four All-Americans, he also coached goalkeeper Ryan Thompson to his second straight SSC Defensive Player of the Year award. He also had a pair of players (Ryan Griffin, Karl Swan) garner academic all-district honors. In 2008, the Spartans were 18-4-1 as Bush guided his squad to the NCAA national semifinals where they lost in overtime to eventual national champion Cal State-Dominguez Hills. While being named the Sunshine State Conference and NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year, Bush coached four All-Americans as goalkeeper Ryan Thompson was named the SSC Defensive Player of the Year. In 2007, Bush led the Spartans to the program's first NCAA tournament since the national championship run of 2001. With a 13-5-1 record, the team registered three victories over national top-10 teams and lost in the NCAA Regional Final in penalty kicks. The Spartans returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2008 and advanced to the NCAA Final Four, falling 3-2 in overtime to eventual national champion Cal State Dominguez Hills. The Spartans finished 2008 ranked No. 3 in the final NSCAA/Adidas poll, marking the second straight season the Spartans have finished the season ranked in the top 15. The 2008 season saw many post season honors, including four players named to the Daktronics All-America team, one named NSCAA All America, one NSCAA Scholar All American, the SSC Defensive Player of the Year, four SSC first-team players and four named All South Region. Bush was also named SSC Coach of the Year and South Region Coach of the Year. It was also a year that marked the fourth player in four years to get drafted in a professional draft as senior Ryan Maxwell was selected in the first round of the 2009 MLS Superdraft. Bush enjoyed a stellar playing career at Tampa and has had tremendous success coaching at nearly every amateur level in the sport. As a player at The University of Tampa, Bush earned Adidas National Player of the Year honors in 1994 when he captained the Spartans to the 1994 NCAA National Championship. A four-time All-south region and All-SSC performer, Bush was the 1st Spartan soccer player to be inducted into the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame in 2002 and was named to the Sunshine State Conference Silver Anniversary (25 year) team one year later. He was also recognized as an All-American in 1991 and 1994 and played on the 1992 US National B Team along with a gold medal at the 1993 US Olympic Festival (South). He went on to play professionally for the USL Tampa Bay Cyclones, the NPSL Tampa Bay Terror, the USL A League New Orleans Gamblers and Orlando Sundogs. Bush returned to UT in 2004 for his second stint as an assistant at his alma mater. He also coached at Tampa under Keith Fulk from 1996-98 when the Spartans won two SSC Championships. Bush's coaching prowess extends well beyond his time spent on the UT campus. In 2002, he earned a USSF National "A" Coaching License and is a staff coach for the FYSA Olympic Development Program (ODP). Prior to being the head coach at his alma mater, Bush held the position of director of coaching with HC United Soccer Club from 2001-06. During his time as DOC at HC United, Bush had a total of four players who were named to the final World Cup roster for the US U-17 Men’s National Team, 12 teams FYSA Final Four with five state championships and more than 150 players moving on to play NCAA soccer. From May 2006 to August 2008 Adrian Bush was the General Manager/DOC of RSL Florida (formerly Tampa Knights Soccer Club). During his time at RSL Florida, 18 teams made the FYSA Final Four while posting seven state championships and seven runner-ups. He is currently working at HC United as the U9-U12 girls director of coaching and remains active working with youth players in the Tampa Bay area. During his career as a head coach of boys and girls youth teams from the U-13 to U-19, Bush has compiled 17 FYSA state championships as a head coach. From 1996-2001, Bush was the head boys soccer coach at Gaither High School in Tampa where his overall record was 121-25-9, winning the 4A FHSAA state championship during the 1999-2000 season and finishing as runner-up the following year. In the championship season, Gaither was ranked fifth in the country in the final NSCAA/Adidas National Poll. He was also named Coach of the Year on two occasions. His most memorable accomplishment was an induction to The University of Tampa Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006. Bush is a 1995 graduate of The University of Tampa. |
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Maurice Loregnard |
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Maurice Loregnard is in his ninth season as
the top assistant coach for The University of Tampa men’s soccer program
after serving as the graduate assistant coach on the 2001 national
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