About the Coach
Bill Brady
Head Coach, Men's Soccer
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
610-896-1123
wbrady@haverford.edu
Bill Brady was named just the fifth head men's soccer coach in the last 60 years at Haverford College in April 2009. Brady comes to Haverford from Greensboro (N.C.) College where he won three conference championships and made three NCAA Tournament appearances in four years.
"Bill's successful coaching experience and commitment to developing the whole student-athlete made him an ideal selection for this position," said Director of Athletics Wendy Smith '87. "I am very pleased to have Bill join our athletic department and I look forward to watching our men's soccer program achieve competitive success under his leadership."
Hired as the head men's soccer coach at Greensboro in 2005, Brady's teams at the college won three USA South Atlantic Conference championships in his four years leading the Pride. Each of those championship squads went on to play in the NCAA Tournament where his 2005 and 2007 teams played their way into the Regional Final game. Greensboro spent much of the 2007 campaign in the No. 2 spot of the national rankings and finished at No. 25.
Prior to his stay at Greensboro, Brady was the men's coach at D-I St. Bonaventure (N.Y.) University for six seasons. In his first year with the Bonnies, Brady guided his 1999 team to the most wins by a first-year coach in the program's history and a first-ever berth in the Atlantic-10 postseason tournament. St. Bonaventure twice reached the national rankings under Brady's guidance climbing to No. 12 in 2002 and No. 25 in 2005.
At Wheaton (Mass.) College, Brady culminated his soccer playing career by being named First-Team All-New England and the college's Senior Athlete of the Year. Following his graduation in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, he stepped off the playing surface onto the coaching sideline for the first time joining the University of Cincinnati men's soccer staff as an assistant coach. Brady was on the Bearcats' staff when the team reached the D-I NCAA tournament for the first time in school history.
A superb recruiter since his days at Cincinnati, Brady has continually brought in student-athletes who can make the grade both on and off the field. His 2007 squad at Greensboro earned a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award and one of his athletes at St. Bonaventure was named an NSCAA Academic All-American.
"I am looking forward to the privilege of being associated with Haverford College and its rich traditions," said Brady. "(Haverford) is the kind of place that attracts young men who want to succeed in all of their endeavors, not just the athletic ones, and I am anxious to act on my desire to help these student-athletes flourish in that environment."
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Brady has served as a staff coach in the U.S. Soccer Olympic Development Program at both the regional and state levels, and since the spring of 2007 has served as the Executive Director of the Guilford (N.C.) United Futbol Club.
His official duties with Haverford begin on July 1, 2009. Brady and his wife Sofia have a four-year old son Conrad.
Kevin Weiler is in his second season as an assistant coach for the Fords.
Kevin Weiler
Assistant Men's Soccer Coach
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
610-896-1123
kweiler@haverford.edu