Dushawne Simpson is an American

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coach, currently coaching with the NEFC. Simpson has been a part of six national championship teams with Oakwood, Aztecs, Breakers Reserves and a national championship with his U17G & U16 NEFC teams. Simpson has also led his club teams to 10 State Cup championships as well as his girls high school team Pingree to 4 NEPSAC Championships. Pingree has had 4 All Americans under his watch and he has helped develop over 30 professional players. Before moving over to coaching, Simpson was a soccer player. Simpson played his youth soccer in

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and played his high school soccer at

Avon Old Farms School Avon Old Farms School is a boarding school for boys located in Avon, Connecticut, United States. Theodate Pope Riddle, one of America's first female architects, founded the school in 1927. History The school's conception dates to a few years ...

and then Avon High School. At Avon High School, Simpson helped lead his team to a #2 national high school soccer ranking in 1990 and was selected to the 1990 CT All-State team in Soccer,

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and Track. Simpson continued at the collegiate level, playing at

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powerhouse

Southern Connecticut State University Southern Connecticut State University (Southern Connecticut, Southern Connecticut State, SCSU, or simply "Southern") is a public research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Part of the Connecticut State University System, it ...

(SCSU) as a

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and then moving on to

Salem State College Salem State University (Salem State or SSU) is a public university in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1854, it is the oldest and largest institute of higher education on the North Shore (Massachusetts), North Shore and is p ...

. Dushawne was an all-conference performer at Salem State College and as a freshman he was all-conference and Freshman of the Year for SCSU when he led the league in scoring. Simpson followed up his college career by playing professionally for several teams, including the

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, the Connecticut Wolves and the Boston Bulldogs. (soccer)

External links

Dushawne Simpson Aztec Bio
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070225101248/http://www.soccernewengland.com/articles/view_article.php?id=2342 Aztecs romp, Coach Simpson ejected 1/9/2007br>Simpson Trades Indoor Sneaks for Clipboard 12/1/2004

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Dushawne Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American men's soccer players USISL players Seacoast United Phantoms players Connecticut Wolves players Boston Bulldogs (soccer) players Southern Connecticut Owls men's soccer players Salem State University alumni Men's association football players not categorized by position Avon Old Farms alumni