Len Tsantiris

Len Tsantiris is an American college soccer coach, who served as head coach of the Connecticut Huskies women's soccer team from 1981 through 2017. Tsantiris is second all-time on the career wins list for women's soccer coaches, with 570 victories.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Len Tsantiris
Biographical details
Bornc. 1954 (age 66–67)
Greece
Playing career
1973–1976Connecticut
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–2017Connecticut
Head coaching record
Overall570-201-59
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4x Conference tournament championships (2002, 2004,2014,2016)
9x Conference regular season championships (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2016) [1]
Awards
NSCAA Division I National (1997)
Division I Northeast Coach of the Year (1983, 1987, 1995, 1996)
Conference Coach of the Year(1995,1998,2015,2016)[1]

Playing career

Tsantiris earned four varsity letters in soccer for the Connecticut Huskies men's soccer team, earning All-New England and All-Yankee Conference honors. The Huskies qualified for three NCAA tournaments in his four seasons, reaching the quarterfinals in 1971 and 1974 and the final sixteen in 1975.[2]

Coaching career

Tsantiris became head coach of the UConn Women's soccer team in 1981. From 1982-2007 he led the team to 26 consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and 31 appearances over the course of his coaching career.[1] He announced his retirement after the team's 2017 season after 37 seasons as head coach and 570 wins, behind only Anson Dorrance all time.[1]

References
  1. McKenna, Patrick (November 8, 2017). "Len Tsantiris Retires After 37 Years as Head Women's Soccer Coach". today.uconn.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  2. "Len Tsantiris bio". UConn Huskies. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. "The Year's Top Stories - #7". New England Soccer News. December 25, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  4. David Borges (June 16, 2012). "UConn: Coaches have stuck around for a long time with the Huskies". Middletown Press. Middletown, Connecticut. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  5. Kenneth Best (October 26, 2012). "Women's Soccer Coach Len Tsantiris Gets Win Number 500". UConn Today. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  6. Graham Hays (September 4, 2012). "Traditional Powers Fighting to Stay Atop Women's Soccer". ESPN. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  7. "UConn suspends women's soccer player for flipping off ESPNU camera". New York Daily News. November 11, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  8. "College soccer: UConn's Len Tsantiris retires after 37 years as head coach". NCAA. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
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