John Patrick Devereux (born May 20, 1963) is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

/ defender who played professionally for the

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...

and overseas. Devereux was born to a French mother and English father, Frederick Devereux, who was in the

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

. He attended

Charleston Southern University Charleston Southern University (CSU) is a private university in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). History Charleston Southern Universit ...

. After college, he played in Limoges, France before returning to the United States where he signed with the

for the 1993 USISL season. Devereux was head soccer coach at Charleston Southern University, previously Baptist College, has also coached soccer for a number of years at schools and for clubs including college and youth-teams in

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Mount Pleasant is a large suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. In the Lowcountry, it is the fourth-most populous municipality in South Carolina, and for several years was one of the state's fastest-growing areas, d ...

. He has two sons and one daughter. He currently lives in

Hanahan, South Carolina Hanahan is a city in Berkeley County, South Carolina, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 12,937 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. The 2010 census puts the population at 17,997. Portions of the Naval We ...

, and coaches the Varsity Team at Hanahan High School as well.

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