Rod Underwood
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | New Orleans, United States | ||
| Position(s) | midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chattanooga FC | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Furman Paladins | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | New Mexico Chiles | ||
| 1997–1998 |
Albuquerque Geckos | 11 | (1) |
| 1999 | South Carolina Shamrocks | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994 | New Mexico Chiles (player-coach) | ||
| 1997–1998 |
Albuquerque Geckos (player-coach) | ||
| 1999 | South Carolina Shamrocks (player-coach) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Portland Timbers (assistant coach) | ||
| 2009 | Cleveland City Stars | ||
| 2010 |
North East Stars | ||
| 2012 |
Mount Aureol | ||
| 2017–2018 | Montego Bay United F.C. | ||
| 2021 | Stumptown AC | ||
| 2022– | Chattanooga FC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rod Underwood (born in
soccer player and currently head coach and sporting director for Chattanooga FC in the MLS Next Pro
.
Playing career
Underwood began playing soccer at the college level with
New Orleans Gamblers.[2]
Management career
Underwood first began his coaching career as player-coach at New Mexico Chiles in 1994. Once he moved to Albuquerque in 1997, he led the Geckos to the USISL D-3 Pro League Championship before coaching the club through its promotion to the A-League a season later. The following season Underwood was appointed the head coach for the
TT Pro League on April 16, 2010.[7] In 2010, he joined the coaching team for the MLS side the Portland Timbers as an assistant coach for the U-16 academy team.[8]
In 2012, he went abroad to manage
National Premier League.[11][12] In 2019, he was appointed the director of club relations for iSoccerPath.[13]
On March 3, 2021, Underwood was announced as the new head coach of National Independent Soccer Association side Stumptown AC ahead of the team's return from hiatus.[14] On December 3, 2021, Underwood was named head coach of Chattanooga FC.[15]
References
- ^ Rod Underwood: What Drives City's New Man
- ^ "Rod Underwood | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ Timbers round out coaching staff Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cleveland names Underwood coach Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Rod Underwood - Head Coach". Archived from the original on February 11, 2009.
- ^ USL-1 Season Preview - Part III Archived 2009-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ttproleague.com. "Underwood, Stars part ways". Soca Warriors Online - Trinidad and Tobago Football. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ "Timbers announce Academy coaching staff". timbers.com. May 21, 2012.
- ^ Jnr, Sahr Morris (2012-01-19). "Sierra Leone: Slifa Gets Foreign Coach". Concord Times (Freetown). Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ Gates, Conwell, Ryan, William. "Former Timbers Coaches Join Sacramento". Stumptown Footy. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Reid, Paul. "American Underwood to take reins of MBU". Jamaica Observer. Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ "Rod Underwood - Coaching Director – iSoccerPath". isoccerpath.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ Harvey, Shannon (2019-04-16). "iSoccerPath Hires Director of Club Relations, Rod Underwood". iSoccerPath. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "Pro Soccer Returns to Stumptown for NISA Spring Season". www.nisaofficial.com. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Rod Underwood Named Sporting Director & Men's Head Coach for Chattanooga Football Club". ChattanoogaFC.com. Retrieved 3 December 2021.