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HEAD COACH MIKE GETMAN
MIKE GETMAN
Head Coach 22nd Season at UAB 27th Season Overall
Mike Getman has seen his dream of a UAB soccer program that would compete for conference titles and NCAA Tournament berths come true. Getman, now in his 22nd season as UAB’s head coach, has led the Blazers to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including a spot in the Elite Eight in 1999 and Sweet 16 in 2001. Additionally, he has led UAB teams to six regular season and tournament championships and has been selected the conference coach of the year on three different occasions.
In fact, the 2012 season proved to be another solid campaign, as the Blazers earned an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament, marking the second straight year the team has played in the national tournament. It marked the third time in program history that the Green and Gold played in the NCAA Tournament in consecutive seasons. The Blazers finished the season with a 10-8-2 mark, the fourth year in-a-row with at least 10 victories.
In all, it is a far cry from when Getman accepted the job of turning the Blazer program around. He inherited a program in 1992 that had just three winning records in its first 13 seasons. Getman set goals for the program and Blazer fans know that many of those original goals have been met or exceeded. Consider the following:
- The Blazers have won 231 matches since 1993 for an average of more than 11 wins per season. - Seven trips to the NCAA Tournament 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2011 and
2012 (The Elite Eight in - 110 all-conference honorees. `99 and Sweet 16 in `01). - Six conference Newcomer of the Year awards. - Six conference titles, including four regular-sea- - The building of a top-flight soccer facility on campus, son championships West Campus Field. The facility attracts large crowds (C-USA in `95, `99 and for not only UAB matches, but serves as a site for ‘11 and Great Midwest in `94) and two conference THE GETMAN FILE tournament championYr. School Record (Conf.) Highlights ship crowns (C-USA in 1987 Harvard 14-1-3 (6-0-1) Ivy League Champions `99 and Great Midwest NCAA Final Four in `94). 1988 Harvard 8-3-4 (5-1-1) 1989 Harvard 7-8-0 (4-3-0) - The Blazers have been 1990 Harvard 6-7-1 (3-4-0) ranked in the national 1991 Harvard 7-7-1 (3-3-1) poll in 17 of the last 19 1992 UAB 4-15-1 (0-5-0) seasons, including a 1993 UAB 11-7-2 (4-1-1) GMC Coach of the Year highest ranking of No. 1994 UAB 15-4-1 (5-1-0) GMC Champions 3 in 2003 and highest GMC Tournament finish of eighth in 1999. Champions NCAA First Round - Defeated three No. 1995 UAB 15-4-1 (7-0-1) C-USA Champions 1-ranked teams in C-USA Coach of the Year SMU (2006), North 1996 UAB 13-6-1 (5-3-0) Carolina (2000) and 1997 UAB 10-8-1 (4-3-1) UCLA (1997). 1998 UAB 12-6-0 (5-3-0) 1999 UAB 17-6-0 (7-1-0) C-USA Co-Champions - Victories over tradi C-USA Tournament tional national powers Champions and ranked teams, such NCAA Elite Eight as No. 20 Washington in C-USA Coach of the Year 2012; No. 6 UCF and No. 2000 UAB 14-5-2 (5-1-2) NCAA First Round 15 SMU in 2011; No. 10 2001 UAB 15-6-0 (7-3-0) NCAA Sweet Sixteen UIC and No. 13 Kentucky 2002 UAB 9-7-3 (4-4-2) in 2009; No. 3 Indiana 2003 UAB 10-5-5 (4-3-2) in 2007; No. 1 SMU and 2004 UAB 12-7-0 (7-2-0) No. 17 Kentucky in 2006; 2005 UAB 10-7-1 (5-3-1) No. 11 USF in 2004; 2006 UAB 10-6-4 (4-3-1) NCAA First Round No. 3 Saint Louis, No. 2007 UAB 7-11-1 (2-6-0) 9 USF, No. 13 Furman 2008 UAB 6-10-3 (2-5-1) (twice), and No. 20 South 2009 UAB 12-4-2 (5-2-1) Carolina in 2001; No. 1 2010 UAB 10-7-1 (4-4-0) North Carolina and No. 2011 UAB 13-5-3 (6-1-1) C-USA Co-Champions 6 Furman in 2000; No. 2 NCAA Second Round Saint Louis (twice), No. 2012 UAB 10-8-2 (4-4-0) NCAA First Round 5 Southwest Missouri State, No. 17 SMU, and at Harvard (5) 42-26-9 (21-11-3) No. 18 Santa Clara, all in at UAB (21) 235-144-34 (96-58-14) 1999; and No. 1 UCLA in Overall (26) 277-170-43 (117-69-17) 1997. 1 6
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