TicketsEMAIL COACH CURNEEN: gary.curneen@uc.edu
Gary Curneen joined the University of Cincinnati women[apos]s soccer coaching staff in January 2013 after serving the past nine seasons as the head coach for the Wingate University women[apos]s soccer program, where he compiled an overall record of 95-48-8.
Curneen led the 2012 Bulldogs to a 14-3-1 overall record and their first NCAA tournament at-large bid. The Bulldogs went 13-1-1 in the regular season, going 8-1 in conference play for the second straight year and advancing to the South Atlantic Conference championship match for the third straight season.
Twenty of Curneen[apos]s student-athletes earned All-SAC honors during his Wingate tenure, including: 2012 SAC Player of the Year Jade Montgomery, who led the nation in goals; 2011 All-America Kelly Adams, who led the nation in assists; and defender Heather Schlick, who was named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first team. One of Curneen[apos]s former student-athletes, Kerstin Williams, has gone on to the next level of soccer and signed a professional contract with Finnish team GBK.
The 2011 season was a historic year for Wingate, winning a program-record 16 matches. The Bulldogs went 16-4 on the year and defeated fifth-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne in the SAC championship match to earn their first SAC tournament title and, subsequently, their first NCAA Tournament bid. Curneen held the previous program-record mark of 14 wins set in 2008.
In 2010, Curneen led the Bulldogs to a 13-3-3 overall record, and 7-1-1 in the SAC, which was good for a third-place finish in the conference, and their first appearance in the SAC tournament championship game.
Curneen served two seasons as assistant men[apos]s soccer coach at Wingate prior to taking over the reins of the women[apos]s soccer program. He assisted in all aspects of recruiting, practice and game management.
In addition to his coaching ledger at Wingate, Curneen has served the Union County Soccer Association as a team trainer for various age groups (U-9 to U-16). He has been an assistant director in the Olympic Development Program for the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association (NCYSA), directing all aspects of training for U-11 girls.
Curneen possesses an [quote]A[quote] coaching license from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). He holds the premier diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Curneen was a marketing intern for the Boston Bulldogs of the A League and the Boston Renegades of the W-League for two summers.
As a Bulldog student-athlete, Curneen earned four letters in men[apos]s soccer for head coach Gary Hamill. Curneen helped Wingate earn its first NCAA Division II playoff berth in 1999. Curneen earned his bachelor[apos]s and master[apos]s degree (MBA) at Wingate University.