COACHING STAFF Chris LeFevre Head Coach 5th Season Adelphi Univ. (2004) 517-264-3990 clefevre@adrian.edu Chris LeFevre embarks on his fifth season on the sidelines with the Adrian College men’s soccer program. LeFevre joined the Bulldog athletic department on January 5, 2009. He has laid the ground work for a change in culture and reputation with the Bulldogs due to hard work that he and his staff have put in. In 2012, Adrian College posted six wins including victories over Hope and Olivet in the MIAA. In addition, the team battled Calvin to a tie earning one point in the conference standings. Calvin would eventually win the league and advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The team was so close to turning around their fortune as they dropped nine one-goal matches. The 2010 season under LeFevre was a year of historical marks for the program. In the MIAA conference, the team achieved their first winning season since the 1983 season and placed third in the MIAA regular season, which was the highest in school history. The team also had four members named to the MIAA All-Conference team, another first in school history. LeFevre has eight years of college coaching experience including two years at the Division I level as an assistant coach with Canisius College in 2004 and Binghamton University in 2008. Mixed in between those two stops was his three-year stint as head coach at Genesee Community College. While there, LeFevre compiled a 41-17-1 record taking Genesee to the Regional Final Four and winning two Conference Championships. LeFevre graduated from Adelphi University in 2004 with a bachelor’s in Sports Management, while competing as a student athlete. LeFevre went on to receive his Master’s in Sports Administration at Canisius College in 2006. He has numerous licenses through the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. His most recent achievement through the NSCAA was receiving the Premier Diploma with a “Pass with Distinction”.
Paul Gilbert Assistant Coach 2nd Season Liberty Univ. (2011) 517-265-5161 x 4026 pgilbert@adrian.edu Paul Gilbert enters his second season as an assistant coach with the men’s soccer team after having previously coached at the Darlington School Soccer Academy and competing at the Division I level as a goalkeeper for Liberty University. Gilbert’s recognition as Big South’s Freshman of the Year and selection to the All-Conference team helped propel Liberty to their first Big South Conference championship and their first NCAA Division I post-season tournament berth. Gilbert’s name is peppered throughout the Liberty record book. His accomplishments are legendary. After twice leading the team in goals-against average in his freshman and senior years, he ranks fourth all-time in career shutouts (15), fifth all-time career in goals-against average (1.21), and eighth all-time career in saves with 140. He also holds all-time top-10 individual season rankings for: goals-against average and shutouts. With the latter, he is only one of two goalkeepers listed twice, ranking one season as third with eight shutouts and another season as seventh with five shutouts. Gilbert comes to Adrian after receiving a bachelor’s of science degree in sports management from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Gilbert has prior experience coaching at camps and clinics during his college years. Over the past four years, Gilbert has worked at the Chicago Eagles Sports Ministry Academy, and as a Personal Goalkeeper Trainer.
LeFevre resides in Tecumseh with his wife, Betsy, and son Isaac.
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