Jim DeRose (born c. 1967 in

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) is an American former soccer player and coach who spent most of this managerial career at

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. He also spent one professional season as a

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with the

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in the

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Player

DeRose attended

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, playing on the men's soccer team from 1985 to 1988. He was an NAIA first team All American and the New England Player of the Year in 1988. He graduated in 1989 with a

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in secondary education. In 1990, DeRose spent one season with the

of the

. The Chiles lasted only one season before folding. During this time, soccer in the United States was experiencing great turbulence. Teams and leagues lasted a few years at the most before collapsing. Consequently, DeRose decided to pursue other opportunities in the sport.

Coach

DeRose began his coaching career as an assistant soccer coach at

in 1989. He returned to coaching as an assistant at the

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in 1991. In 1992, he moved to

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where he was an assistant until the school dropped the men's soccer program in 1994. He spent a single season as an assistant at the

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before being hired as the head coach at

in 1996. In 2007, he was named the

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Coach of the Year. DeRose was honored as the Greater Peoria Tri-County Male Coach of the Year in 1998. At the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, DeRose retired.

References

External links

Bradley University coaching profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Derose, Jim Living people American soccer coaches American men's soccer players New Mexico Chiles (APSL) players American Professional Soccer League players Bradley Braves men's soccer coaches Johnson State College alumni Sportspeople from Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey Soccer players from Burlington County, New Jersey Men's association football goalkeepers 1967 births 20th-century American sportsmen