Caleb Porter, who played soccer for IU from 1994-97 and was an assistant coach for the program from 2000-2005, has been named the U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team head coach, effective immediately.
"I am honored and feel extremely privileged to be given this once in a lifetime opportunity to lead the U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team," Porter said in a U.S. Soccer press release. "I'm eager to start the process of putting the pieces together in preparation for Olympic qualifying in March."
Porter, the current head coach of the defending national champion Akron, has a 90-13-10 record over his five seasons as head coach of the Zips, making him the most-winningest active coach in NCAA Division I soccer.
He was named the NSCAA National Coach of the Year in 2009, and has been the MAC Coach of the year four years running.
In addition to coaching Akron, Porter has also worked with the U.S. Soccer youth national teams as a U-18 assistant coach and U.S. Soccer Development Academy scout.
Porter now takes on the team which will represent the United States in the 2012 Olympic Games in London and hopes to lead them to their second-consecutive Olympics.
A 1998 graduate of Indiana with a degree in sports management, Porter lettered four years as a midfielder for the Hoosiers. He was only the second three-year captain in IU history as well as a runner-up for the 1997 Hermann Trophy, given to the country's top collegiate player.
Porter won four Big Ten titles and made four NCAA Tournament appearances as a player, making two trips to the College Cup. As an assistant coach, Porter led the Hoosiers to five Big Ten conference championships along with two consecutive national titles in 2003 and 2004.
