DePaul University Athletics
Reynolds Named Men's Soccer Assistant Coach
4/5/2011 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S SOCCER
April 5, 2011
CHICAGO - DePaul's quest to qualify for a sixth-consecutive BIG EAST Championship tournament has been enhanced by the hiring of Craig Reynolds as an assistant men's soccer coach.
Reynolds served as a Blue Demon volunteer assistant coach last season when DePaul clinched the final playoff spot on the last day of the regular season.
Throughout his extensive soccer coaching career, Reynolds has recruited and helped develop athletes at the collegiate, professional and international levels of the game.
As an assistant coach at Virginia, he landed some of the top recruits in the country which helped the program play in one NCAA title game and two quarterfinal games during his eight years (1996-2004) in Charlottesville.
In 2004, Reynolds moved on from Virginia to become an assistant coach with the Chicago Fire professional team for three years. He is presently on the coaching staff of the Chicago Fire Juniors program.
Reynolds was an assistant coach of the USA under-18 national team in 2002 and helped the team win the Bordeaux Tournament in France.
He helped select and train players for Olympic team selection as an Olympic Development Program coach from 1997-2004.
"Craig brings a tremendous amount of experience and a proven track record of success on the collegiate and pro level," said DePaul soccer coach Craig Blazer. "I'm very excited for our student-athletes who will have an opportunity to be mentored by him.
"He has been highly successful in recruiting and training young players---whether at Virginia or with the Chicago Fire. At Virginia, he helped the program win three Atlantic Coast Conference titles, advance to the NCAA title game in 1997 and to the NCAA quarterfinals in 1999 and 2003."
While at Virginia, Reynolds worked side-by-side with future USA National Team coaches Bruce Arena and Dave Sarachan. Reynolds was named Aflac National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003.
Before joining the Virginia staff, he was the head coach at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va. from 1988-96.
"The seamless transition from volunteer coach will benefit the program immediately," Blazer said. "Our players were involved in the interview process and thoroughly endorsed Craig.
"He is an outstanding educator with the resources to bring in quality recruits. We will continue building on our athletic and academic success, and Craig will help add to our vision."
