HEAD COACH • Lesle Gallimore 15Th Season • 2000 Soccer Buzz National Coach of the Year • 2000 Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year
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HEAD COACH • Lesle Gallimore 15th Season • 2000 Soccer Buzz National Coach of the Year • 2000 Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year esle Gallimore begins her 15th season at Washington – the longest tenure of any coach Lin the Pac-10 – looking to restore the winning tradition she established when she arrived in Seattle in 1994. Gallimore enters the 2008 season ranked second on the Pac-10 coaching charts in all-time victories (142) and No. 3 in conference wins (56). In the process of registering team victories, she has also overseen the individual development of players. Two of her former players, Hope Solo and Tina Ellertson OUTLOOK INTRODUCTION (Frimpong), were selected to the U.S. roster for the 2007 Women’s World Cup in China. Solo was also selected to compete in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for the United States while another of Gallimore’s pupils, Clare Rustad, competed in the Olympics for Canada. PLAYERS The Huskies look poised to make a run in a talented Pac-10 conference in 2008 with 17 players returning, including seven starters from the 2007 team. With a strong group of experienced players returning and one of Gallimore’s most talented recruiting classes in recent years, the Huskies will look to return to the dominance they saw in 2004 which was the finest COACHES season in school history. That season, Gallimore directed UW to its best NCAA performance, a quarterfi nal appearance that capped three consecutive shutout victories in the preceding REVIEW rounds. The Huskies posted a 17-5-1 record en route to the Elite Eight. They placed third in the Pac-10 with a 5-3-1 record. The magical season capped the career of Tina Ellertson (Frimpong), who Gallimore helped mold into UW’s all- time goal scorer, the only two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year and an eventual U.S. National Team member. OPPONENTS In 2003, the Huskies registered an 11-7-3 record, fi nished fi fth in the Pac-10 with a 4-4-1 mark and earned an NCAA Tournament invitation. HISTORY gallimore’s all-time coaching records Year College Record Postseason 1990 San Diego State 7–5–1 1991 San Diego State 9–6–3 1992 San Diego State 6–7–3 1993 San Diego State 10–7–2 4-Year San Diego State Totals 32–25–9 Winning Percentage: .553 1994 Washington 13–6–2 NCAA second round 1995 Washington 12–8–0 NCAA second round NCAA TOURNAMENT 1996 Washington 12–8–0 NCAA fi rst round 1997 Washington 7–12–0 1998 Washington 10–9–1 NCAA Tournament 1999 Washington 8–8–2 2000 Washington 18–3–0 Pac-10 Champion; NCAA third round (Sweet 16) 2001 Washington 13–5–2 NCAA second round 2002 Washington 9–8–3 2003 Washington 11–7–3 NCAA Tournament WASHINGTON 2004 Washington 17–5–1 NCAA quarterfi nals (Elite 8) 2005 Washington 0–17–3 2006 Washington 7–12–1 2007 Washington 5-13-1 14-Year Washington Totals 142–121–19 Winning Percentage: .537 18-Year Career Totals 174–146–28 Winning Percentage: .540 22 WASHINGTON HUSKIES 2008 WOMEN’S SOCCER Lesle Gallimore • HEAD COACH Husky Soccer Field. A 1-0 third-round loss at home to Portland ended the season, but didn’t diminish the Fast Facts INTRODUCTION memories. Birthdate Oct. 17, 1963 Attendance at Husky Soccer Field soared to an average Age 44 of 1,592 spectators per game in 2000, the second-highest College California, 1986 (Psychology) fi gure in the nation. The 1-0 overtime triumph over No. 4 High School South Torrance (Calif.) HS UCLA drew a UW single-game record 3,403 fans. The Huskies also drew lofty rankings. Unranked entering As A Head Coach the 2000 season, UW joined the polls in early September, OUTLOOK its fi rst ranking since 1996. During the season, the Years School Record Pct. Huskies climbed to as high as No. 2 and fi nished No. 5 1990-1993 San Diego State 32–25–9 .553 in the Soccer America poll. 1994-2007 Washington 142–121–19 .537 Totals (18 years) 174–146–28 .540 Washington garnered NCAA Tournament berths in each of Gallimore’s fi rst three years as head coach • Voted the 2000 National Coach of the Year PLAYERS (1994-1996). The Huskies responded to postseason in a poll of coaches conducted by Soccer absences in 1997, 1999 and 2002 with NCAA bids in Buzz. 1998, 2000 and 2003. • Named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 2000. Gallimore’s philosophy of annually playing a diffi cult • Served on April Heinrich’s U.S. Women’s Na- schedule paid off in 1998. A postseason invitation was tional Team staff as an assistant for the the reward from the NCAA Tournament committee Algarve Cup in Portugal during March 2001. COACHES which recognized a schedule that included four top-10 • A two-time NSCAA West Region Coach of ranked opponents. Washington capped a 10-9-1 record the Year, in 1994 and 2000. with a 2-1 overtime loss at USC in the fi rst round of the • Washington’s all-time leader with 142 coach- Lesle Gallimore with the 2000 Pac-10 Champi- tournament. The UW placed fourth in the Pac-10 with ing victories entering the 2008 season. onship trophy. Gallimore was named the Pac-10 a 6-3 record. • Led the Huskies to eight NCAA Tournament and National Coach of the Year in 2000. REVIEW Gallimore’s group tied for second place in the berths. The previous season, on Oct. 13, 2002, Gallimore posted conference in 1996 with a 5-2 record and finished • Registered her 100th career coaching vic her 100th victory as the Huskies’ head coach. UW 12-8 overall against a schedule featuring eight ranked tory on Sept. 10, 2000 with a 3-1 win over compiled a 9-8-3 record and placed fi fth in Pac-10 play opponents. The Huskies concluded the 1996 season Ohio St. with a 4-4-1 mark. Six setbacks came against ranked with a 1-0 loss at Portland in the fi rst round of the NCAA • Served four seasons as assist. coach at her teams, including fi ve top-10 foes. OPPONENTS Tournament. alma mater from 1986-1989. Served on Peter The turn of the century saw Gallimore elevate the Raynaud’s California staff in 1986 and In 1995, UW reeled off wins in eight of its fi nal nine worked with Jean-Paul Verhees in 1987-89. program to unprecedented heights. regular-season games and posted a 2-1 victory at UCLA • Participated in 14 NCAA Tournaments, in the fi rst round of the NCAAs. The Huskies played In 2001, Washington was ranked in the national top 20 seven ranked opponents en route to a 12-8 record. Their including three as a player at California from the beginning of the season until the end for only 4-3 Pac-10 mark placed them in a third-place tie. (1983, ‘84, ’86), three as an assistant coach at the second time in the program’s history. Despite the Cal (1986, ’87, ’88) and eight as the head HISTORY loss of the school’s top two all-time scorers, UW posted Gallimore was successful immediately upon her coach at Washington (1994, ’95, ’96, ’98, 2000, a 13-5-2 record and tied for second place in the Pac-10 arrival, directing UW to a 13-6-2 record in 1994 and ’01, ’03, ’04). standings with a 6-2-1 mark. the program’s fi rst NCAA Tournament appearance and postseason victory. The Huskies beat San Diego 2-0 in the fi rst round of the As A Player 2001 NCAAs and advanced to the second round for the Her overall 14-year UW record stands at 142-121-19, NCAA TOURNAMENT second straight season. including a 56-49-8 all-time Pac-10 mark. She boasts an Years School Record Pct. 18-year career record of 174-146-28. Entering the 2008 1982 California 6–0–0 1.000 Goalkeeper Hope Solo was voted the Pac-10 Player campaign, she ranks 42nd on the list of active NCAA Inaugural Cal season; All-American of the Year and was a fi nalist for the Hermann Trophy Division I coaches with 174 career victories. 1983 California 10–2–3 .767 Award. NCAA Quarterfi nals; 2nd-team All-American Gallimore is well respected among her peers, as In 2000, the Huskies posted an all-time best 18-3 record, 1984 California 13–5–1 .711 evidenced by the many awards she earned in 2000, all NCAA Semifi nals; All-American won their only Pac-10 championship, received the of them voted upon by other coaches. No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced 1985 California 13–4–2 .737 to the Sweet 16. It was the fi rst Pac-10 championship She was named the 2000 Pac-10 Coach of the Year by Second-team All-American for a school outside of California. During that season, Totals (4 years) 42–11–6 .763 her conference colleagues and received the National WASHINGTON Gallimore registered her 100th career coaching victory Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) on Sept. 10, 2000 with a 3-1 win over Ohio State. West Region Coach of the Year award. Gallimore was • Four-time All-America defender, including voted the National Coach of the Year in a Soccer Buzz fi rst-team honors in 1982 and 1984. Received The 2000 season also saw the Huskies register 22 coaches poll.