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The University of Redlands welcomed Ralph Perez as the Head
Men’s Soccer Coach in May of 2006. Perez joined the Bulldog
Athletic family with a wealth of knowledge as a collegiate head
coach and as an assistant coach at the professional and national
level.
Perez brings an incredible amount of soccer knowledge due to more
than 30 years of coaching experience. He joins the Bulldogs after
serving as the Men’s National Staff Coach for the West Region
of the U.S. Soccer Federation since 2005. Beginning in 1978, Perez
worked as U.S. National Staff Coach, helping the U.S. Team qualify
for the World Cup for the first time in 40 years in 1990. He also
led the 1989 World Cup under-20 team to a fourth-place finish,
boasting the best results for that team in program history. From
1996 through 2003, he worked as an assistant coach for the Los
Angeles Galaxy and New York-New Jersey Metrostars, prior to serving
as the Director of Coaching and Youth Development from 2003-2005.
On the collegiate side, Perez enjoyed head coaching stints at
Division I Old Dominion University (VA), Santa Clara University and
Cal State Fullerton, along with Division II Cal State San
Bernardino (women’s) and Cal State Los Angeles. Finally,
Perez began his coaching career at the Division III level in 1974,
heading up the men’s program at Southern California
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) member, Whittier
College. While at ODU, Perez led the Monarchs to their first and
only Colonial Athletic Association Championship in 1991. He
garnered South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year honors following
that accomplishment. Perez helped establish the CSU San Bernardino
women’s soccer program in 1988 by serving as the team’s
first coach. During his stint at Santa Clara, Perez was named Far
West Coach of the Year in 1983.
While at Redlands, he has guided the team to three consecutive NCAA
Championship appearances, including an Elite 8 finish in 2007. He
has coached three SCIAC Players of the Year, and in 2009, one of
his biggest success stories, Ross Schunk, signed a contract with
the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer (MLS).
A member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America
(NSCAA) and the United States Soccer Coaches Organization (USSCO),
Perez still remains affiliated with U.S. Soccer as a national staff
coach and Olympic Development Program (ODP) coach. Perez is
thrilled to return to Division III and he looks forward to
continuing the strong tradition of Bulldog men’s soccer.
Perez earned his Bachelor of Science from Oneonta State University
in New York in 1973 and then completed some graduate work at
Whittier College whiling serving as the Poets’ head coach. A
native of Long Island, New York, Perez currently resides in Redondo
Beach. Perez has three children, a daughter, Danelle, and two sons,
Anthony and Zachary.
1200 E. Colton Ave., P.O. Box 3080 Redlands, CA 92373-0999