ASSISTANT COACHES average at 0.78 and shutouts with 44. Edwards made four saves in Wake Forest’s 2-1 win over Ohio State to secure the 2007 title and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player. Following his senior season he was named to the NSCAA All-South First Team and was selected to both the All-ACC First Team and ACC AllTournament Team. Edwards graduated from Wake Forest with a degree in communications in 2007.
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career that spanned three decades. A fivetime league coach of the year, Radcliffe led Island Trees to league championships in 1995, 1997, 2004, 2010 and 2011. He also guided the team to a Nassau County League championship in 1997 and five Nassau County Finalist finishes from 1996-97, 2004, 2010 and 2011. For his efforts, he was named the 2011 Nassau County “Paul LeSeur” Coach of the Year. Radcliffe played for Hofstra from 1985 to 1989, serving as a forward in his first two seasons. As a freshman he played under Head Coach Tom Lang, scoring three goals to help Hofstra capture the ECC championship. As a sophomore Radcliffe scored three goals for Head Coach Ian Collins. Radcliffe was moved to the back line in his junior season, playing in 15 of Hofstra’s 16 games in 1987, registering two assists and two shots as a defender.
ormer Major League Soccer goalkeeper Brian Edwards is entering his first season as an assistant coach for the Hofstra Men’s Soccer team in 2015.
Off the field, Radcliffe served as a middle school counselor for the Island Trees School District from 1992 to 2009 before serving as a high school counselor in the same district.
Edwards came to Hofstra after serving as the goalkeepers coach at UNC Charlotte in 2013. He worked with the 49ers’ men’s and women’s programs, and was part of a men’s staff that led UNC Charlotte to the 2013 Conference USA championship and a second round appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
In addition to playing and coaching at Hofstra, the Radcliffe family ties to the University are strong as Radcliffe’s father, Dr. Dennis Radcliffe, is a professor in the Hofstra Geology Department.
Edwards will work with the Pride goalkeepers following an impressive playing career. A 2008 MLS SuperDraft second-round pick (28th overall) by Toronto FC, he played in nine games from 2008 to 2009 and posted three shutouts with a 3-4-2 record. He played for the USL Second Division Charlotte Eagles in 2010 before signing with the San Jose Earthquakes of the MLS in September of that year. He spent the rest of the 2010 MLS season as San Jose’s backup goalkeeper behind former Charlotte 49ers AllAmerican goalkeeper Jon Busch. In 2011 he played for the Degerfors IF in the Swedish Second Division. He recorded the fourth highest save percentage in the league that season. Edwards entered the pro ranks following an accomplished college career in which he led Wake Forest to the 2007 NCAA National Championship. From 2003 to 2007 Edwards helped make the Demon Deacons a powerhouse in Division I and still is the school’s all-time leader in goals-against-
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ormer Hofstra soccer player Graham Radcliffe is entering his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Pride in
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After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and education, Radcliffe also received his master’s degree in education with a specialization in counseling from Hofstra in 1992 along with a second master’s degree in school district administration from Touro College in 2007.
In his first season assisting Head Coach Richard Nuttall, Radcliffe helped Hofstra advance to the championship game of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament as the Pride went 11-6-4 in posting its first 10-win season since 2006. Hofstra has posted winning records in each of his first three seasons while qualifying for the CAA Tournament in each of those seasons. Hofstra has posted 10-win seasons in two of those campaigns, with the 2014 squad going 106-3 and earning a share of the CAA regular season title. Radcliffe, a 1989 graduate of Hofstra, returned to his alma mater after spending the last 20 years as the head boys’ varsity soccer coach in the Island Trees School District. Radcliffe returned to Hofstra after earning numerous awards in a high school coaching
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