Dave Dir
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Dir | ||
Date of birth | June 23, 1959 | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Vancouver Whitecaps | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Western Illinois | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980 | Chicago Sting | ||
Colorado Comets | |||
Managerial career | |||
1989–1991 | Regis University | ||
1991–1994 | Colorado Foxes | ||
1994–2000 | FC Dallas | ||
2002–2011 |
United States U20 (assistant) | ||
2011–2012 | Vancouver Whitecaps (scout) | ||
2012–2014 | Colorado Rapids (assistant) | ||
2019– | Vancouver Whitecaps (scout) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Dir (born June 23, 1959) is an American
Playing career
Dir played youth soccer with the Chicago Kickers. He attended
Coaching career
Early career
In 1989, Dir began his coaching career as an assistant with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League. In 1990, Regis University hired Dir as head coach of the men's soccer team, and his teams won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in his first two seasons with a record of 10-5-2 in 1990 and 9-5-4 in 1991. He was voted the 1990 RMAC Coach of the Year.
In 1992, Dir left Regis to become head coach of the Colorado Foxes. In his two and a half seasons with the team, he won the APSL championship twice,[4] as well as regular season championships each year and the 1992 Professional Cup involving Canadian sides. In May 1994, he resigned as head coach when his wife, who was a flight attendant, was transferred to a new location.[5]
Dallas Burn
Dir was approached by Major League Soccer, which was preparing for its first season, to become the head of player personnel in charge of all scouting and creation of the original MLS player pool. He was the first employee hired by MLS.[6] Dir worked with Sunil Gulati as a director of player personnel for the new league for two years.[7]
In 1994, Dir left the league position and became the first head coach of the
Later career
Dir served as an assistant coach with the U-20 men's national team from 2002 to 2011.[9] He was a coach with the team through four cycles of the U-20 program with various head coaches.
In 2002 Dir became a partner and served as president of the Associated Soccer Group, a national soccer education company which operates and oversees the operations of clubs in Dallas, Georgia and Florida.[citation needed]
Dir served as chief scout for the
Broadcasting career
Dir became a soccer broadcaster with
See also
- List of Major League Soccer coaches
References
- ^ "Dave Dir joins Rapids coaching staff", Colorado Rapids, August 9, 2012.
- ^ "MLS Predictions and Previews (July 14 games)", Soccer America, July 12, 2001.
- ^ Colorado Rapids v. Dallas Burn
- ^ "Dave Dir named president, executive director of Colorado Storm", Denver Post, Adrian Dater, May 8, 2014.
- ^ DONALDSON TAKES OVER FOXES' HELM LONGTIME AIDE REPLACES DIR AS TEAM'S HEAD COACH Rocky Mountain News (CO) - Friday, May 6, 1994
- ^ "Dave Dir named president, executive director of Colorado Storm", Denver Post, Adrian Dater, May 8, 2014.
- ^ "Dave Dir joins Rapids coaching staff", Colorado Rapids, August 9, 2012.
- ^ "Dave Dir joins Rapids coaching staff", Colorado Rapids, August 9, 2012.
- ^ "Dave Dir named president, executive director of Colorado Storm", Denver Post, Adrian Dater, May 8, 2014.
- ^ "Dave Dir joins Rapids coaching staff", Colorado Rapids, August 9, 2012.