BILL JEFFREY COLLEGE LONG-TERM SERVICE AWARD

The Bill Jeffrey Award recognizes long-term service to United Soccer Coaches and college soccer. It is presented annually to a person who has raised intercollegiate soccer to new heights through their long-term service to the association and dedication to the game.

The award is named for the former Penn State coach who played a major role in shaping soccer and the association. Jeffrey was the head coach of the 1950 U.S. World Cup team that defeated England, 1-0, in one of the greatest upsets in the history of soccer. He was the coach of Penn State for 26 seasons, winning 10 national collegiate championships, and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. A founding member of the association, he served as its president in 1948. 

Past Recipients

2023 – Becky Burleigh, University of Florida
2022 – Bob Gray, Marshall University
2021 – Lesle Gallimore, University of Washington
2020 – Sasho Cirovski, University of Maryland
2019 – Steve Clements, Tyler Junior College
2018 – Ralph Polson, Wofford College
2017 – Nancy Feldman, Boston University
2016 – Jeff Gettler, University of Richmond
2015 – Michael Pantalione, Yavapai College
2014 – Mark Berson, University of South Carolina
2013 – Layton Shoemaker, Messiah College
2012 – Manfred Schellscheidt, Seton Hall University
2011 – Schellas Hyndman, Southern Methodist University
2010 – Cliff Stevenson, Brown University
2009 – C. Cliff McCrath, Seattle Pacific University
2008 – Jim Lennox, Hartwick College
2007 – John Rennie, Duke University
2006 – Anson Dorrance, University of North Carolina
2005 – Jay Martin, Ohio Wesleyan University
2004 – Bud Lewis, Wilmington College (Ohio)
2003 – Al Albert, College of William & Mary
2002 – Aliceann Wilber, William Smith College
2001 – Steve Negoesco, University of San Francisco
2000 – Horst Richardson, Colorado College
1999 – Peter Gooding, Amherst College
1998 – Marvin Zuidema, Calvin College
1997 – Mel Lorback, West Chester University
1996 – Theodore H. Barclay, Denison University
1995 – John MacKenzie, Western Illinois University
1994 – Tim Schum, Binghamton  University
1993 – Charlie Slagle, Davidson College
1992 – Steve Veal, NAIA
1991 – Joseph Morrone, University of Connecticut
1990 – Hank Steinbrecher, United States Soccer Federation
1989 – Albert Colone, United States Soccer Hall of Fame
1988 – Fred Schmalz, University of Evansville
1987 – Jerry Yeagley, Indiana University
1986 – Greg Myers, United States Naval Academy
1985 – Raymond Bernabei, NISOA
1984 – Mickey Cochrane, Bowling Green State University
1983 – Owen and Patricia Wright, Elizabethtown College
1981 – Walter Chyzowych, United States Soccer Federation
1979 – Pat Damore, SUNY Fredonia
1978 – Bill Shellenberger, Lynchburg College
1977 – Frank Longo, Quincy College
1976 – Don Yonker, Drexel University
1974 – John McKeon, East Stroudsburg State College
1973 – Dettmar Cramer, German Football Association
1972 – Wayne Sunderland, Pratt Institute