Tim Carter (soccer)
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| birth_place = Maine
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| manageryears1 = {{circa|1979}}
| managerclubs1 = Bowdoin Polar Bears (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 1980–1982
| managerclubs2 = Eckerd Tritons
| manageryears3 = 1983
| managerclubs3 = Duke Blue Devils (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 1984–1994
| managerclubs4 = Illinois State Redbirds
| manageryears5 = 2002
| managerclubs5 = Pittsburgh Riverhounds (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2002–2003
| managerclubs6 = Pittsburgh Riverhounds
| manageryears7 = 2003–?
| managerclubs7 = Minnesota Thunder (assistant)
| manageryears8 = 2004–2016
| managerclubs8 = Shattuck-Saint Mary's
| manageryears9 = 2016–2020
| managerclubs9 = Minnesota United FC (academy director)
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Tim Carter is an American association football manager specializing in youth development. He served as director and head coach of the academy at Shattuck-Saint Mary's from 2005 to 2016 and as director of Minnesota United FC's academy from 2016 to 2020. He worked for the U.S. Soccer Federation from 1996 to 2002, starting as a staff coach before becoming the director of youth development. He has also worked as a head coach for several clubs, most notably for Pittsburgh Riverhounds from 2002 to 2003.
Career
After graduating from the University of Southern Maine in 1979, Carter became an assistant coach for the Bowdoin Polar Bears men's soccer team. From 1980 to 1982, he was the men's soccer head coach for the Eckerd Tritons.{{cite web |title=Men's Soccer Coaching Records |url=https://eckerdtritons.com/sports/2018/5/15/mens-soccer-coaching-records.aspx?id=89 |website=Eckerd College Athletics |access-date=4 January 2023 |language=en}} In 1983, he served as an assistant coach for the Duke Blue Devils. He accepted a head coach position for the Illinois State Redbirds in 1984.{{cite news |last1=Furlong |first1=Jim |title=Soccer signs five recruits after mobilizing nation-wide pursuit |url=https://dukelibraries.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15957coll13/id/28840/rec/1 |access-date=4 January 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=May 10, 1984 |page=15 |language=en}} He was also a state coach for the Illinois Youth Soccer Association. He remained with the Redbirds through the 1994 season, after which Illinois State suspended their men's soccer program.{{cite web |title=Illinois St. Men's Soccer History |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/history/MSO/299 |website=NCAA Statistics |access-date=4 January 2023 |language=en}}
In 1996, he became a national staff coach for U.S. Soccer Federation. In 1999, he became U.S. Soccer's Director of Youth Development, and worked on the development of Project 2010. He served in this role until 2002.{{cite web|url=https://fiftyfive.one/2016/09/minnesota-united-development-academy-good-hands-appointment-director-tim-carter/|title=Minnesota United Looks to the Future, Appoints Tim Carter as Director of Development Academy|last=Quarstad|first=Brian|date=September 8, 2016|work=FiftyFive.One|accessdate=August 16, 2018}}
Carter worked as Chicago Fire SC's director of youth development from 2001 to 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.mnufc.com/academy/staff/tim-carter|title=Tim Carter • Academy Director|publisher=Minnesota United FC|accessdate=August 16, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002023608/https://www.mnufc.com/academy/staff/tim-carter |archivedate=2018-10-02}} In 2002, he joined the Pittsburgh Riverhounds as an assistant coach and the director of youth development. After the head coach Kai Haaskivi left the club on July 8, 2002, Carter became the club's interim head coach, before being made a permanent coach on September 5, 2002. Carter was replaced by defender Ricardo Iribarren on July 11, 2003, ending his term with a 10–11–5 record.{{cite web|url=https://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_144285.html|title=Riverhounds make coaching change|last=Price|first=Karen|date=July 12, 2003|work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|accessdate=August 16, 2018}}
In 2003, Carter moved to Minnesota to take a position with the coaching staff of Minnesota Thunder. In 2004, Carter was recruited to serve as director of soccer for Shattuck-Saint Mary's, a boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota. The school's U18 Development Academy commenced the following year with Carter as the head coach. The academy was accepted into the U.S. Soccer Development Academy program in 2010.
On September 8, 2016, Minnesota United FC announced that they had hired Carter to become the director of their new development academy as the club transitioned up to Major League Soccer. Under Carter's direction, Minnesota's academy employs a coaching wheel system, wherein coaches are involved not just with their own team, but with the teams above and below theirs within the academy.{{cite web|url=https://www.mnufc.com/es/post/2017/05/05/qa-tim-carter|title=Q&A with Tim Carter|date=May 7, 2017|publisher=Minnesota United FC|accessdate=August 16, 2018}} In June 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic putting a stop to sports, Minnesota United laid off its entire academy staff, including Carter.{{cite news |last1=Greder |first1=Andy |title=Minnesota United lets go of entire youth academy staff |url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/06/25/minnesota-united-lets-go-of-entire-youth-academy-staff/ |access-date=4 January 2023 |work=St. Paul Pioneer Press |date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}
Managerial statistics
{{updated|2023}}{{cite web |title=Tim Carter |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/people/2386269 |website=NCAA Statistics |access-date=4 January 2023 |language=en}}{{cite web |author1=Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC |title=Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 2022 Media Guide |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/589153050/Pittsburgh-Riverhounds-SC-2022-Media-Guide-no-cover |website=Scribd |access-date=4 Jan 2023 |language=en |date=2022 |pages=28–29}}
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|+ Managerial record by team and tenure | ||||
| rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|To !colspan=5|Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|P|Matches played}} | {{abbr|W|Matches won}} | {{abbr|D|Matches drawn}} | {{abbr|L|Matches lost}} | {{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}} |
| align=left|Eckerd Tritons
|align=left|1980 |align=left|1982 {{WDL|50|25|22|3|decimals=1}} | ||||
| align=left|Illinois State Redbirds
|align=left|1984 |align=left|1994 {{WDL|219|111|89|19|decimals=1}} | ||||
| align=left|Pittsburgh Riverhounds
|align=left|July 8, 2002 |align=left|July 11, 2003 {{WDL|26|10|11|5|decimals=1}} | ||||
| colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|295|146|122|27|decimals=1}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-carter-50b9397/ Tim Carter] on LinkedIn
- [https://stats.ncaa.org/people/2386269 Tim Carter coaching stats] via NCAA Statistics
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002023608/https://www.mnufc.com/academy/staff/tim-carter |title=Tim Carter's bio for Minnesota United FC |date=October 2, 2018}}
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Category:American soccer coaches
Category:Sports coaches from Maine
Category:United States Soccer Federation officials
Category:Bowdoin Polar Bears men's soccer coaches
Category:Eckerd Tritons men's soccer coaches
Category:Duke Blue Devils men's soccer coaches
Category:Illinois State Redbirds coaches
Category:Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC coaches
Category:Minnesota Thunder coaches