Jim Millinder

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jim Millinder

| fullname =

| image = Jim Millinder, Los Angeles Aztecs 1979 media guide page 23.png

| caption = Millinder in 1979

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|27}}

| birth_place = Salina, Kansas, United States

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Midfielder / Defender

| collegeyears1 = 1976–1977

| college1 = El Camino College

| years1 = 1978

| years2 = 1979

| years3 = 1979–1980

| years4 = 1980–1981

| years5 = 1982–1983

| years6 = 1983–1985

| years7 = 1984

| years8 = 1985

| years9 = 1990

| clubs1 = New York Cosmos

| clubs2 = Los Angeles Aztecs

| clubs3 = Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor)

| clubs4 = Fort Lauderdale Strikers

| clubs5 = Oklahoma City Slickers

| clubs6 = Los Angeles Lazers (indoor)

| clubs7 = Oklahoma City Stampede

| clubs8 = Tulsa Tornados

| clubs9 = San Diego Nomads

| caps1 = 0

| caps2 = 4

| caps3 = 5

| caps4 = 0

| caps5 =

| caps6 = 34

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 =

| goals6 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 1976

| nationalteam1 = U.S. U-20

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| manageryears1 = 1978–1989

| manageryears2 = 1990–1993

| manageryears3 = 1992–1993

| manageryears4 = 1994–1995

| manageryears5 = 1996–2006

| manageryears6 = 2013–

| managerclubs1 = El Camino College (assistant)

| managerclubs2 = El Camino College (women)

| managerclubs3 = El Camino College (men)

| managerclubs4 = Loyola Marymount Lions (women)

| managerclubs5 = USC Trojans (women)

| managerclubs6 = San Francisco Dons (women)

}}

Jim Millnder is a retired American soccer player and coach who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League and United Soccer League. He coached collegiate soccer for twenty-nine years.

Player

Millinder graduated from North Torrance High School. He then played soccer at El Camino College where he was a 1977 Junior College All American. He was inducted into the El Camino Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. In 1978, he turned professional with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. He saw no first team games and in 1978, he moved to the Los Angeles Aztecs. He played four games for the Aztecs then was sent to the Tulsa Roughnecks for the 1979–1980 NASL indoor season. In June 1980, the Roughnecks sent Millinder and cash to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in exchange for David Irving.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19800612&id=I8gyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=280FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3291,565641 Strikers Trade One, Sell One] He played no games for the Strikers before being released. In 1982, he joined the Oklahoma City Slickers of the American Soccer League."Slickers Open on Road, On Purpose" The Daily Oklahoman Friday, May 7, 1982 He was a 1983 ASL All Star with the Slickers."2 Slickers Make All-ASL Team" The Daily Oklahoman Thursday, July 28, 1983 That fall, he signed with the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent two indoor seasons with the Lazers. In 1984, he spent the summer with the Oklahoma City Stampede of the United Soccer League."Millinder OKs Soccer Pact" The Daily Oklahoman Tuesday, April 10, 1984 In 1985, he played for the Tulsa Tornados.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19850524&id=iB0jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FM8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=890,2811410 South Florida Sun to Open Title Defense] In 1990, he briefly played for the San Diego Nomads of the American Professional Soccer League."Nomads open up with rematch" Evening Tribune (San Diego) Friday, April 6, 1990

In 1976, Millinder played for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team during its unsuccessful qualification campaign for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Coach

In 1978, Millinder became an assistant coach to both the men's and women's soccer teams at El Camino College. In 1987, he was the interim head coach of the men's team as it won the California Junior College State Championship. In 1990, he was elevated to the position of head coach of the women's team and took the team to the 1990 California Junior College State Championship. He finished his tenure with a 66–8–16 record. He also coached the men's team during the 1992 and 1993 seasons to a 43–9–17 record. In 1994, Millinder became the head coach at Loyola Marymount University. He compiled am 8–27–4 record over two seasons. In May 1996, the University of Southern California hired Millinder as the head coach of the women's soccer team. On November 16, 2006, the university announced it would not renew Millinder's contract. He had compiled a 136–70–21 record, but had never taken a team past the second round of the NCAA post-season tournament.[http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/111606aaa.html USC Women's Soccer Coach Jim Millinder's Contract Not Renewed] Millender became head coach of the University of San Francisco in 2012.[http://usfdons.com/sports/w-soccer/2011-12/MillinderBio]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Millinder has also coached numerous amateur teams including Ajax, the 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur National Champion.

References

External links

[http://nasljerseys.com/Players/M/Millinder.Jim.htm NASL stats]
[http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/millinder_jim00.html USC: Jim Millinder]

Category:1958 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Salina, Kansas

Category:American soccer coaches

Category:American men's soccer players

Category:El Camino College alumni

Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) players

Category:American Professional Soccer League players

Category:Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983) players

Category:Los Angeles Aztecs players

Category:Los Angeles Lazers players

Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players