Durocher has racked up coaching honors, including Northeast Regional Coach of the Year six times (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010 and 2011) and was named conference Coach of the Year several times including Liberty League honors in 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2011.

His Saints completed a perfect regular season with a 16-0-0 record in 1998, the first undefeated team in Saints soccer history, and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals, finishing the year 17-0-2 after a shootout loss in the quarters. The 1999 team improved on those records with its 22-0-0 run and became the third team in University history to win an NCAA championship. The Saints improved their nation’s longest unbeaten streak to 60 games before being upset by Hamilton in the regional final in the NCAA tourney.

Durocher’s teams have won 12 conference titles since 1995 and have earned 15 NCAA berths and an ECAC Championship.  He has produced 78 regional All Americas and his players have piled up 19 national All America honors during his tenure. Dan Annan became the first player in Saints history to be named NCAA Division III Player of the Year.

A native of Canton and a three-sport high school athlete, Durocher was a two-year captain and a four-year starter and all conference player at Ithaca College. He returned to his hometown as the third coach in Saints soccer history when he took over the program in 1990. He began his coaching career at Canton College as its women’s coach and took that team to the NJCAA Tournament. He then moved to Florida where he was a player and an assistant coach in a USASA league before returning to the North Country as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams at St. Lawrence in 1989.

Past chair of the NCAA Regional Selection Committee and a member of the ECAC Selection Committee and the NSCAA/ISAA Rating Board, the Bob has also been director of the St. Lawrence fitness facility and currently serves as an Assistant Athletic Director. He is active in the promotion of youth soccer in the Canton area.  He and his wife Robin, the director of St. Lawrence’s fitness center, reside in Canton and have three children: Ryan, Danielle, and Trent.

Phone: (315) 229-5870
Email: bdur@stlawu.edu

Chris Custer, a four-year goalkeeper at Lock Haven University, joined the St. Lawrence men’s and women’s soccer staffs as a goalkeepers coach in the fall of 2013.

Custer comes to St. Lawrence having served as an assistant coach at Widener University in Chester, PA. Prior to his time with the Pride, Custer spent five years as a head coach with the Soccer Training Network out of central Pennsylvania.

Custer, who holds a National Diploma from the NSCAA, earned a degree in Health and Physical Education from Lock Haven in 2012, as well as his coaching degree in 2011.

Chris Custer, a four-year goalkeeper at Lock Haven University, joined the St. Lawrence men’s and women’s soccer staffs as a goalkeepers coach in the fall of 2013.

Custer comes to St. Lawrence having served as an assistant coach at Widener University in Chester, PA. Prior to his time with the Pride, Custer spent five years as a head coach with the Soccer Training Network out of central Pennsylvania.

Custer, who holds a National Diploma from the NSCAA, earned a degree in Health and Physical Education from Lock Haven in 2012, as well as his coaching degree in 2011.

Tommy Crabill, a 2009 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan, joined the St. Lawrence University men’s soccer coaching staff in the fall of 2013 after serving as an assistant coach at Earlham College in 2012.

Crabill comes to St. Lawrence with a National Diploma from the NSCAA and coaching or playing experience in three different conferences (MIAA, OAC, HCAC). Prior to his time with the Quakers of Earlham, Crabill spent two years assisting both the men’s and women’s squads at Baldwin Wallace University (Richmond, IN), helping lead the men’s team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth and a 16-6-0 finish in 2011. He also assisted at Alma College in Michigan in 2009.

Crabill, a four-year member of the men’s soccer team at Ohio Wesleyan, earned degrees in physical education and sport management. He helped lead the Battling Bishops to four NCAC regular season championships, three NCAC tournament championships, and four trips to the NCAA Tournament, including the Final Four in 2006.

Alex Parker enters his second season as assistant men’s soccer coach at SUNY Potsdam.

Prior to SUNY Potsdam, Parker led the Pittsford Mendon boys’ J.V. team to a 29-1-2 record over two seasons. During those years, he also assisted the varsity program during its back-to-back Section 5 titles and New York State final four appearances. Parker has also coached extensively with the Pittsford Mustangs Soccer Club at the U-15 and U-16 levels.

Along with coaching soccer, Parker worked at Village Sports in Fairport, N.Y., as the facility manager and youth program coordinator. He created and ran developmental sports programs for children ages 18 months to nine years, as well as managing staff, scheduling programs, and upkeep of the facility.

Coach Parker played his high school soccer at Pittsford Mendon and played four years at SUNY Fredonia. He played in two SUNYAC Championship games and was a key player on the 2005 squad that went to the NCAA Elite Eight. Parker also served as a team captain for the 2006 ECAC Champion Blue Devils.

Parker graduated from SUNY Fredonia in 2007, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in management and exercise science. He is also a certified speed, agility, and quickness specialist. While at Potsdam, Alex will be pursing a master’s in sports management.

Eileen Coyle, an all conference player at SUNY Geneseo, has joined the St. Lawrence University women’s soccer coaching staff as an assistant coach.

Coyle was captain of the Herkimer County Community College soccer team and was a two-time first team All America while at Herkimer, also earning the college’s Athlete of the Year honors prior to completing her degree in psychology at Geneseo. She played  two seasons at Geneseo and also played lacrosse at both Geneseo and Herkimer.

She also played for the Coliseum Soccer Women’s Travel team, helping the team win the Italy Cup Championship and is a member of the Rochester Ravens W-League team.

She has coached at the Oneonta, Geneseo and Hamilton soccer camps and coached a club team with the Doug Miller Soccer Academy.

Franco Bari: Head Womens Coach

Following a fantastic first season at the helm of the St. Lawrence University women’s soccer program, Franco Bari, a 1998 graduate of St. Lawrence University and a National All-American for the men’s soccer team, is looking forward to even more success in the upcoming 2009 campaign.

In his inaugural season with the Saints, Bari led his team to their first postseason appearance and their first 10-game winning season since 2003, finishing the year with a 10-5-3 record and a 3-3-1 mark in Liberty League play. St. Lawrence found themselves ranked among the best both in the region and country at various points throughout 2008, earning a regional ranking as high as fourth while also breaking onto the national stage, earning a No. 25 ranking in mid-October. Five student-athletes were named All-Conference players, one earned All-Region honors, while eight earned a spot on the Liberty League All-Academic Team in his first season.

Bari came from Greensboro College, where he was head coach of the Pride since December 2006 and accumulated a 22-13-3 overall record.

Before coaching at Greensboro, Bari was at the helm of the women’s soccer program at Elmira College, where he coached from 2001 through 2005 and was named Empire 8 Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2002. He also served as the assistant women’s soccer coach at Arizona State University from 1999 to 2001. Bari was also the Director of Coaching at Guilford United Soccer Club and has professional playing experience.

Contact:

Franco Bari
Head Women’s Soccer Coach
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617

PH W 315-229-5790
E-mail: fbari@stlawu.edu

Mike McGlynn is one of the founding owners of Lake Placid Soccer Centre since 1976. Lake Placid Soccer Centre is a private soccer educational and promotional company located in Lake Placid with activities all over the Eastern USA. LPSC is the exclusive New York State licensee for the Coerver Coaching Method and has hosted over 40,000 youth soccer campers at its summer overnight and day camp events. Campers attend from over 20 countries and 40 states and provinces each year. Staff includes FIFA World Cup National team members, National team coaches, professional coaches and players, national level college coaches, high school and club coaches and International staff from coaching organizations from 10 countries. As a dedicated youth athlete Mike captured many state and regional alpine ski championships, awards and four year invitations to summer US Skiing Olympic Training camps. National downhill champion in 1980 at the senior US alpine ski championships. Varsity soccer player at St Lawrence University.

Contact:

PH H 518-523-5982
PH W 518-523-4395
FAX 518-523-9476
E-mail: coach@lakeplacidsoccer.com

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