
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith Cammidge is beginning his sixth year at Mercyhurst College in 2007 and his 20th as a head coach overall. Prior to the Lakers, he headed up NCAA Division I programs at Northeastern University, Drexel University and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Cammidge has an extensive background at the Collegiate, Olympic Development, and Regional levels of soccer. He has been awarded Coach of the Year honors several times at the Conference level and also received nominations at both the Regional and National levels. He has served on the NCAA Division I Regional and National ranking and tournament committees and is currently a member for the Division II Great Lakes Region.
He has had an immediate impact on the Mercyhurst programs. He guided the Lakers to the National Final Four Tournament in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 2002. The men received their first ever National No. 1 ranking during the season and finished with a final mark of 17-2.
As the top ranked team in the Great Lakes region, the Lakers finished the 2003 regular season at 15-3-0. Mercyhurst received a bye to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, only to tie Findlay 0-0. The Oilers eventually won in a penalty kick shootout.
Mercyhurst had another outstanding season in 2004, finishing with a 14-3-2 overall record and a 3-1-1 slate and a first place finish in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). The Lakers finished 8-8-4 in 2005 with only two seniors on the squad, but went 6-1-1 down the stretch.
In 2006, Mercyhurst returned to dominance, posting a 17-4-0 mark and winning the GLIAC title by 3 1/2 games with a 9-1-0 conference campaign. The GLIAC Championship was the 10th in 11 years. The Lakers also advanced to the NCAA Regional Tournament, losing to SIU Edwardsville in the opening round. The nine-win improvement was the largest single-season turnaround in program history. Cammidge earned a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and Exercise Physiology from Boston University and a Master's Degree in Sports Management from Northeastern.
He played his collegiate soccer as a midfielder at Boston University and was a member of the 1980 NCAA Tournament team and 1981 ECAC championship team.
Cammidge is also a National licensed coach through the United States Soccer Federation and English F.A.
He was born in London, England, and is married to the former Maureen Daly. They have a son, Ryan, and two daughters, Kelly and Clara-Rose.
Pronounced CAM-midg Cammidge's Record At Mercyhurst
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Lakers Athletics Men's Soccer
|
|
|||||||