Manning Earned MWC Coach of the Year Honors
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COACHING STAFF In 2004, Utah went 13-6-3, won the Mountain West Conference Tournament Head Coach and advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament . Throughout the Sixth Season season, Utah persevered through injuries to five of its top players . The Utes Santa Clara, 1986 recorded one of their most impressive road victories, winning at No . 7 UCLA . In 2005, the Utes went 14-7-1 and claimed the 2005 MWC regular season title RICH with a 6-0-1 mark . Manning earned MWC Coach of the Year honors . The U . also earned an NCAA Tournament berth, hosting opening weekend games for MANNING the second time in the last three years . Utah began its 2005 campaign with six consecutive wins for the best start in Rich Manning, now in his sixth season at Utah, has elevated Ute women’s school history . Utah was once again one of the top defensive teams in the na- soccer to elite status . Manning has coached the Utes to the NCAA Tournament tion, ranking 24th goals against average ( .707) . and Top 25 national rankings in all five years of his tenure . He has also di- rected Utah to three Mountain West Conference regular season championships Manning has worked with Region IV Olympic Development Program teams (2003, ’05, ’06) and a pair of league tournament titles (2003, ’04) . the past five years . Manning has coached the Region IV U-18 and U-16 girls’ teams, which annually draw the top players from 13 western states . Named Utah’s head coach in January of 2002, Manning has led the Utes to a 72-24-10 ( .726) overall record, averaging more than 14 wins per year . Utah Before assuming the top position at Utah, Manning was on the women’s is also 26-3-3 against conference foes under Manning for an .859 winning coaching staff for four years at Santa Clara (1998-2001) . He was an assistant percentage, best in the Mountain West Conference over the last five years . coach for three years before being promoted to associate head coach . Manning helped direct the Broncos to four NCAA Tournament appearances, three Last season, Utah tied a school record for victories, finishing 16-5-1 . The Utes NCAA College Cups (national semifinals) and the 2001 NCAA Champion- were the first MWC team ever to record seven league victories, winning the ship . During his tenure, Santa Clara went 84-11-2 and won three West Coast 2006 conference title with a perfect 7-0 mark . Utah did not allow a goal in con- Conference championships . Nine players Manning recruited and coached at ference play, setting school and MWC records . Last year also marked the third Santa Clara made the U .S . National Team . Manning also coached two National time in four years the Utes hosted opening-weekend games in the NCAA Players of the Year in Mandy Clemens (1999) and Aly Wagner (2001) . Tournament . Utah finished last season ranked in each of the major polls . Prior to joining the Santa Clara staff, Manning worked with numerous youth Manning earned his third MWC Coach of the Year award in 2006 . In addition, programs in Southern California . From 1994-97, he was head coach at Los Adele Letro became Utah’s first All- Alamitos High School, where he produced American . She was named to the NSCAA/ two CIF championships and sent eight adidas second team . Kelly Isleib also players to NCAA Division I programs . earned Third-Team Freshman All-America Manning took 1996 CIF Coach of the Year accolades from Soccer Buzz . honors and was named the 1997 Orange County Coach of the Year . Manning kicked off his Utah tenure in historic fashion, directing the Utes to their Along with his success at Los Alamitos, first-ever win over a Top 25 team with a Manning helped develop the S .C . Blues 2-0 shutout of No . 3 Portland at Ute Field soccer club in San Juan Capistrano, Calif ., on Sept . 1, 2002 . The following week, Utah into one of the nation’s top girls’ youth vaulted into the national rankings for the programs . first time . Utah finished 13-4-3 overall and 4-1-1 to place second in the MWC . Man- Manning played at Santa Clara from 1982- ning was named the 2002 MWC Coach of 1986 under former U .S . National Team the Year . coaches Steve Sampson and Ralph Perez . As a senior, Manning was captain of the The Utes advanced to their first-ever NCAA Tournament in 2002, defeating Broncos . He earned All-Far West accolades as a junior . Manning, 43, gradu- arch rival BYU 3-2 in overtime in the first round . Manning and the Utes set the ated from Santa Clara cum laude with a B .S . in mathematics in 1986, followed tone that the program would be tough to score against . Utah ranked 29th in by a master’s in education from Azusa Pacific in 1996 . the NCAA in goals against average (0 .29) . The Manning File The program continued to flourish in 2003 when Utah set its single-season wins mark with a 16-2-2 record . Manning was recognized as the NSCAA/ Born: April 11, 1964 adidas West Region Coach of the Year . The Utes finished the season in the Top Hometown: Canoga Park, Calif . 25 rankings for the first time, coming in at No . 24 in the final NSCAA/adidas High School: Crespi Carmelite poll . The Utes’ defense ranked second in the NCAA in goals against average College: Santa Clara (B .S ., 1986); Azusa Pacific (M .Ed ., 1996) (0 .436) and fifth in shutout percentage (0 .65) . Year-By Year Record Utah opened the 2003 season with wins in nine of its first 10 games, including Year Overall Pct. MWC Finish Postseason victories over No . 17 Michigan and No . 5 Florida at Ute Field . The Utes were 2002 13-4-3 .725 4-1-1 2nd NCAA Second Round unbeaten at home in 2003 and also captured its first-ever outright league title 2003 16-2-2 .850 6-0-0 1st NCAA First Round with a 6-0 record . The Utes hosted the MWC Tournament for the first time, 2004 13-6-3 .659 3-2-1 4th NCAA First Round defeating BYU 2-0 in the championship game . Utah then hosted NCAA first 2005 14-7-1 .649 6-0-1 1st NCAA First Round and second round games at Ute Field—another first in the program’s history . 2006 16-5-1 .750 7-0-0 1st NCAA Second Round www.UtahUtes.com COACHING STAFF Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Sixth Season Third Season BYU, 1999 San Diego St., 2002 LAUREL LESLIE RODERICK KEENER Laurel Roderick, a former all-conference player at BYU, is in her sixth year as Leslie Keener, who has six years of coaching experience at the college, Olym- an assistant coach at Utah . Before making the jump to college coaching, she pic Development and club levels, is in her third season as an assistant coach at worked with the Celtic Storm Soccer Club and the Timpview High School Utah . Keener serves as the Utes’ primary goalkeepers coach . girls’ team from 1999-2001 . Before joining the Ute staff, Keener spent two years at Portland State, where While coaching at Timpview with Jim Davis, Roderick helped lead the team to she worked extensively with the keepers . In 2003, she developed sophomore regional championships in 1999, 2000 and 2001 . Timpview also placed second Niki Brooks into a starter for the final four games of the season . Brooks posted in the state in ’01 . a pair of shutouts and had a 0 .95 goals against average . A year later, Brooks recorded the most shutouts in Big Sky Conference play and had the best goals As a four-year starter at BYU, Roderick was an all-WAC selection in 1996, against average in the league . The Vikings won the 2004 Big Sky Conference ’97, and ’98, and was named to the NSCAA/Umbro West Region third team regular season championship . twice . The defender was also a team captain as a junior and senior . Roderick was honored as a Cougar Club Scholar Athlete and graduated in 1999 with a In Keener’ first season at Utah in 2005, the Utes ranked 24th in the nation in degree in sociology . She received her law degree from BYU in April of 2004 . goals against average (0 .707) . Individually, goalkeeper Ashley Mason was 23rd in goals against average (0 .678) . In addition to her collegiate career, Roderick was an all-conference performer at Capistrano Valley High School . She also played on the S .C . Blues club team In 2003, Keener began working with the Oregon Youth Soccer Association’s in San Capistrano, Calif ., which utilized Rich Manning as an instructor . Olympic Development Program . Keener gained more ODP experience in 2004 when she worked at the Region IV Camp . She has also coached high-level Roderick, 29, is a native of Laguna Niguel, Calif . The former Laurel Simpson club soccer in California and Oregon . is married to Aaron Roderick, who is an assistant football coach at Utah and played football at BYU . The couple has one child (Rachel, 1) . Keener played four years at the University of Washington and was on the 2000 Pac-10 championship team that climbed to No . 2 in the national polls . Along with U .S . National Team member Hope Solo, Keener helped form the NCAA’s Utah Women’s Soccer Academy best goalkeeping tandem from 1999-2000 . Be a part of the fun in 2008 The Utah Soccer Academy, directed by Utah head Prior to college, Keener was one of the premier prep goalkeepers in the nation, coach Rich Manning, will offer sessions in the earning Soccer America all-region honors in 1997 .