Elmar Bolowich Had Long- UNC, Nine Tar Heels Earned a Spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll
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Coaching Staff Bolowich Career Highlights • NSCAA National Coach of the Year (2001) Elmar • MLSSocccer.com NCAA National Coach of the Year (2011) • NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year (2000, 2001) Bolowich • NSCAA Midwest Region Coach of the Year (2011) • MVC Coaching Staff of the Year (2011) Head Coach • ACC Coach of the Year (2000, 2010) Second Season • NCAA Tournament Champion (2001) • 16 NCAA Tournament Appearances (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, at Creighton 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) • Seven NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals (2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) • Five College Cup Appearances (2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) lmar Bolowich enters his second season at the helm of Creighton • Three regular-season ACC Championships (2000, 2009, 2010) men’s soccer after leading the Bluejays to one of the most success- E • ACC Tournament Champion (2000) ful single-seasons in program history, earning a trip to the NCAA College Cup and a 21-2-1 record in 2011. No. 3 ranking in the final 2010 NSCAA poll while at North Carolina and Bolowich picked up three coaching honors following his work in 2011, a No. 4 final ranking in 2011 at Creighton. Bolowich, a two-time ACC earning the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Coach of the Year (2000, 2010), led his teams to ACC regular-season Midwest Region Coach of the Year, the Missouri Valley Conference titles in 2000, 2009 and 2010, putting together an unbeaten mark (7-0-1) Coaching Staff of the Year and the MLSSoccer.com Coach of the Year, in the nation’s strongest soccer conference in 2010. He is one of only five leading Creighton to its first College Cup in nine years. The Bluejays active coaches in NCAA Division I soccer to lead a team to four College had four players earn All-America honors at the end of the season, with Cup appearances. Andrew Duran, Ethan Finlay and Brian Holt being named to the first-team Over his final three years at UNC, the Tar Heels played in the College and Greg Jordan earning a second-team nod. Ten of 11 Bluejay start- Cup each season, posting a 47-14-9 (.736) record in that span. His 2008 ers earned MVC honors, as Creighton shared the regular-season title team finished as national runners-up, while the 2009 and 2010 teams fell with a 5-1-0 mark, avenging the lone conference regular-season loss to in the national semifinals. His teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament Missouri State in the finals of the MVC Tournament. quarterfinals six times in his final 11 years with North Carolina. In both Creighton’s 21 wins in 2011 mark the second most in a single sea- 2000 and 2001, he was named the NSCAA South Region Coach of the son, just one win behind Bret Simon’s 22 wins with the 2000 club, while Year, and in 1999, he was given the National Intercollegiate Soccer making Bolowich the winningest Creighton coach in his first year on the Officials Association National Merit award, which is given annually to bench. one college coach whose reputation is recognized by soccer officials as Bolowich joined the Bluejays following an amazing 22-year run at praiseworthy and reflective of the highest standards of professional and North Carolina, during which he helped the Tar Heels to their first national ethical behavior. title in program history to conclude the 2001 season. He guided UNC to His remarkable run at North Carolina included 20 NCAA Tournament 15 NCAA Tournament appearances and four College Cups, including wins, 16 more than the program had in the 42 years of soccer before three straight trips to college soccer’s Final Four in his final three sea- his arrival. He coached 14 individuals who earned a combined 21 sons in Chapel Hill. Six of his teams advanced to at least the quarterfinal NSCAA All-America honors, including a trio of All-Americans in 2010. round of the NCAA Tournament and three teams captured at least a His players garnered 28 ACC First-Team honors and he coached five share of the ACC regular-season title in addition to winning the 2000 ACC Rookies of the Year. ACC Tournament championship. In addition to excelling on the field, Bolowich’s teams have also put Creighton Director of Athletics Bruce Rasmussen announced the together a sparkling resumé in the classroom. In his last full season at hiring of Bolowich on Feb. 9, 2011, stating, “Elmar Bolowich had long- UNC, nine Tar Heels earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll. term success as the head coach at the University of North Carolina in The cumulative grade-point average of the men’s soccer team at UNC the toughest soccer conference in the country. Elmar’s players have consistently demonstrated high academic achievement, they have been very involved in their community, they play aggressive, fun-to-watch soccer and they have represented themselves, their program and their University with great class and character. Elmar is a great teacher of the game who has consistently recruited, retained, developed and graduated outstanding young men. Above all else, Elmar is an outstanding person – we welcome him to the Creighton family and Omaha community.” Bolowich is the winningest coach in UNC men’s soccer history, post- ing a 280-144-40 (.647) record during his 22 seasons in Chapel Hill. His 2001 NCAA title team finished 21-4-0, defeating Indiana in the title match. The only national title in program history was good enough to earn him National Coach of the Year honors from the NSCAA. He has now led his teams to a top-three finish in at least one national poll six times since 2000 and a top-10 finish eight times in the last 12 seasons, including a 12 Coaching Staff annually ranked among the highest of any men’s team on the Carolina coach with the U.S. Soccer Federation’s Olympic Development Program campus during his tenure. From 2005 to 2010, 11 different men’s soccer for Region III and as Director of Coaching for the North Carolina Youth student-athletes were named Academic All-ACC, including a school- Soccer Association. He coached the Durham-Chapel Hill Strikers U-19 record four on the 2010 squad. club team to the 1990 Maguire Cup Final Four and, starting in 2007, he Bolowich not only produces winning collegiate teams, but he has a coached the Triangle United Soccer Association’s boys Gold team, lead- proven track record of developing young men into international and pro- ing them to three state and regional championships. Triangle United also fessional players. Twenty-one players who were coached by Bolowich at advanced to two national finals under his guidance. UNC played professionally in 2010, including 11 in Major League Soccer Bolowich, 58, and his wife of 25 years, Nina, have a daughter, Alya and three abroad. In total, Bolowich has coached 37 players who have (23), and a son, Alex (20). Alex is a goalkeeper for the Bluejays this sea- been selected in MLS drafts since 1996, including a school-record tying son. four from Creightn in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Highlighting some of the players produced at UNC under the watch of Bolowich are MLS All-Star and United States World Cup veteran Eddie Pope, and U.S. National Team and MLS veterans Kerry Zavagnin and Gregg Berhalter. Both Pope and Berhalter were members of the 2006 U.S. World Cup squad as Pope was making his third World Cup appear- ance and Berhalter his second. Dax McCarty, Logan Pause and Eddie Robinson also saw time with the U.S. National team after playing for Bolowich at UNC. Bolowich arrived at North Carolina as a part-time assistant coach in 1986, before becoming a full-time assistant one year later. He was named head coach at UNC in March of 1989, as just the fourth head coach in the history of Tar Heel men’s soccer. A native of Edenkoben, Germany, Bolowich played and coached at the semi-professional level in his native country at Wiesbaden, Mainz and Cuxhaven. He played collegiately and graduated from the University of Mainz (Germany) in 1981 with a diploma in sports education. Prior to his stint at Mainz, he served two years in the German Luftwaffe (Air Force). In addition to holding a USSF A-License, Bolowich received his coaching license from the German Football Federation in 1981. Bolowich was active in youth soccer in North Carolina, serving as a regional staff Bolowich’s Year-by-Year Coaching Ledger Year School Overall Pct. Conference Pct. Notes 1989 North Carolina 9-9-1 .500 1-4-1 .250 1990 North Carolina 13-7-0 .650 2-4-0 .333 NCAA Tournament Second Round 1991 North Carolina 15-6-1 .705 3-3-0 .500 NCAA Tournament Second Round 1992 North Carolina 9-7-4 .550 2-2-2 .500 1993 North Carolina 13-7-2 .636 2-2-2 .500 NCAA Tournament Second Round 1994 North Carolina 13-7-0 .650 3-3-0 .500 NCAA Tournament First Round 1995 North Carolina 11-8-1 .575 0-5-1 .083 1996 North Carolina 8-8-1 .500 2-3-1 .417 1997 North Carolina 6-13-0 .316 1-5-0 .167 1998 North Carolina 11-6-2 .632 3-3-0 .500 1999 North Carolina 12-7-1 .625 2-3-1 .417 NCAA Tournament First Round 2000 North Carolina 21-3-0 .875 5-1-0 .833 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals; ACC & South Region Coach of the Year 2001 North Carolina 21-4-0 .840 4-2-0 .667 NCAA Tournament Champion; NSCAA National Coach of the Year 2002 North Carolina 14-7-1 .659 3-2-1 .583 NCAA Tournament Second Round 2003 North Carolina 12-4-4 .700 2-3-1 .417 NCAA Tournament Second Round 2004 North Carolina 10-9-2 .524 4-3-0 .571 NCAA Tournament First Round 2005 North Carolina 17-4-3 .771 3-3-2 .500 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals 2006 North Carolina 11-6-3 .625 3-4-1 .438 NCAA Tournament Second Round 2007 North Carolina 7-8-5 .475 3-5-0 .375 2008 North Carolina 15-8-1 .646 3-5-0 .375 NCAA Tournament Runner-Up 2009 North Carolina 16-2-4 .818 5-2-1 .688 NCAA Tournament Semifinals 2010 North Carolina 16-4-4 .750 7-0-1 .938 NCAA Tournament Semifinals; ACC Coach of the Year 2011 Creighton 21-2-1 .896 5-1-0 .833 NCAA Tournament Semifinals; MVC Coaching Staff of the Year; NSCAA Midwest Region Coach of the Year Totals 301-146-41 .659 68-68-15 .500 1 NCAA Title; 5 NCAA College Cups; 16 NCAA Tournaments 13 Coaching Staff Johnny Justin Torres Aug.