GREENVILLE,
SC -- Furman men's soccer coach Doug Allison earned his 100th career victory
Tuesday with a 4-0 win over College of Charlston. September 25, 2001
GREENVILLE,
SC -- Furman men's soccer coach Doug Allison earned his 100th career victory
Tuesday with a 4-0 win over College of Charlston.
Allison reached the 100 victory mark in only 134 matches. He is believed to be one of the fastest coaches in Division I history to reach 100 victories.
Allison began his collegiate coaching career at Furman in 1995 and has produced a 100-25-9 record. His .780 winning percentage ranks second among all active coaches, trailing only Indiana's Jerry Yeagley.
Furman's 100-25-9 record since 1995 is the fourth best in the nation over that time span, trailing only Indiana, UCLA, and SMU. While Furman's 43-6-3 record since 1999 is the nation's best over the last two-plus seasons.
Allison's most successful year to date was the 1999 season, in which the Paladins advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament and finished the year ranked third by Soccer America. Furman is off to another great start in 2001, as the Paladins are 5-0 on the year and ranked fourth in the latest Soccer America poll.
The Paladins have also dominated the Southern Conference in Allison's six seasons, winning five regular season and four tournament titles. Allisonšs SoCon record is 41-4.
Allison was named NSCAA South Region Coach-of-the-Year in 1999 and was a finalist for national Coach-of-the-Year award that year. He has been named Southern Conference coach-of-the-year four times and was honored in 1999 and 2000 as the recipient of the Furman University J. Lyles Alley Coach-of-the-Year award.
His student-athletes have been recognized 15 times as All-Americans, six times as Scholar Athlete All Americans, 18 times as All-South Region Selections, and 37 times as All-Southern Conference. In addition, two of his players have been drafted by Major League Soccer teams.
Allison's arrival at Furman followed a four-year stint as an assistant coach under Mark Berson at the University of South Carolina, his alma mater. During that span the Gamecocks posted a 59-18-7 record and made three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a national runner-up finish in 1993.
His latest tenure at South Carolina was his second, and followed a two-year stint at the University of North Carolina in 1989-90, during which time he served as an assistant coach in a Tar Heel program that advanced to the NCAA Final 16 in 1990.