John Rennie (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Rennie | ||
| Date of birth | c. 1944 (age 79–80) | ||
| Place of birth | Chatham, New Jersey | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1965 | Temple Owls | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1972 | Southeastern Massachusetts | ||
| 1973–1978 | Columbia Lions | ||
| 1979–2007 | Duke Blue Devils | ||
John Rennie is an American college soccer coach. He was a five-time ACC Coach of the Year and the 1982 NSCAA Coach of the Year.
Career
[edit]He attended Chatham High School in New Jersey.[1] He then played baseball, soccer, and tennis for the Temple Owls.
In 1972, he was the head men's soccer coach at Southeastern Massachusetts, where his team had a record of 12–4–3. He was the head coach for the Columbia Lions from 1973–1978. His Columbia teams went 4–32–4 from 1973–1975, but in 1978 he led Columbia to an Ivy League Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
During his time at Duke he led the team to five NCAA College Cups in 1982, 1986, 1992, 1995, and 2004. His team's 1986 national championship was Duke's first in any sport.
Rennie finished his career with 454 wins and is one of only eight coaches all-time to get 400 wins with a Division I program.
He was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame in 2011[2] and the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013.[3]
College head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Massachusetts () (1972–1972) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Southeastern Massachusetts | 12–4–3 | |||||||
| Southeastern Massachusetts: | 12–4–3 (.711) | ||||||||
| Columbia (Ivy League) (1973–1978) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Columbia | 1–12–1 | 0–7–0 | 8th | |||||
| 1974 | Columbia | 0–10–3 | 0–5–2 | 7th | |||||
| 1975 | Columbia | 3–10–0 | 1–6–0 | 8th | |||||
| 1976 | Columbia | 6–5–3 | 1–5–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1977 | Columbia | 9–4–2 | 3–4–0 | 6th | |||||
| 1978 | Columbia | 13–2–1 | 6–0–1 | 1st | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| Columbia: | 32–43–10 (.435) | ||||||||
| Duke Blue Devils (ACC) (1979–2007) | |||||||||
| 1979 | Duke | 10–7–1 | 1–4–0 | 5th | |||||
| 1980 | Duke | 15–4–3 | 4–0–2 | 1st | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 1981 | Duke | 16–4–0 | 4–2–0 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1982 | Duke | 22–1–2 | 4–0–2 | T–1st | NCAA Runners-up | ||||
| 1983 | Duke | 18–2–2 | 4–1–1 | 2nd | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 1984 | Duke | 12–5–3 | 2–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1985 | Duke | 16–5–0 | 4–2–0 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1986 | Duke | 18–5–1 | 3–3–0 | T–3rd | NCAA Championship | ||||
| 1987 | Duke | 13–5–1 | 4–1–1 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1988 | Duke | 15–6–0 | 2–4–0 | T–5th | |||||
| 1989 | Duke | 10–5–4 | 2–2–2 | 4th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1990 | Duke | 12–6–1 | 3–2–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1991 | Duke | 10–9–0 | 2–4–0 | 6th | |||||
| 1992 | Duke | 15–4–3 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | NCAA Semifinals | ||||
| 1993 | Duke | 15–5–0 | 4–2–0 | T–2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1994 | Duke | 15–7–1 | 3–3–0 | T–3rd | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 1995 | Duke | 16–7–1 | 3–2–1 | 4th | NCAA Runners-up | ||||
| 1996 | Duke | 12–7–0 | 3–3–0 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1997 | Duke | 15–5–0 | 4–2–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1998 | Duke | 18–4–0 | 4–2–0 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1999 | Duke | 16–1–3 | 4–0–2 | 1st | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2000 | Duke | 15–6–0 | 5–1–0 | T–1st | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2001 | Duke | 8–10–1 | 2–4–0 | 5th | |||||
| 2002 | Duke | 11–8–1 | 3–3–0 | T–4th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2003 | Duke | 8–10–1 | 2–4–0 | T–6th | |||||
| 2004 | Duke | 18–6–0 | 4–3–0 | T–3rd | NCAA Semifinals | ||||
| 2005 | Duke | 12–5–3 | 3–3–2 | T–5th | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2006 | Duke | 18–4–1 | 5–2–1 | T–1st | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2007 | Duke | 11–8–1 | 4–3–1 | T–3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Duke: | 410–161–34 (.706) | ||||||||
| Total: | 454–208–47 (.673) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Robinson, P.C. "For Chatham's Rennie, lifetime of soccer is a lifetime of teaching".
- ^ "North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Spotlight: John Rennie".