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Mar 28, 2010 10:26 pmRain poured onto Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium as Todd Yeagley made his debut as IU men’s soccer coach Sunday.
Rain poured onto Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium as Todd Yeagley made his debut as IU men’s soccer coach Sunday.
After years on the sidelines learning from his father’s head coaching techniques, new IU coach Todd Yeagley will take the field for the first time as the leader of one of the nation’s premier soccer programs.
Todd Yeagley is his father’s son – and that’s a problem for some IU fans.
The son of IU legend Jerry Yeagley took the reins of the IU men’s
soccer program under questionable circumstances, if you ask some
members of Hoosier nation.
A commenter on the IDS Web site claimed that the younger Yeagley was
hired “not for experience or talent, but his name and thanks to Daddy.”
Click here to watch members of the IU 2010 soccer class showing off their skills.
IU soccer has a new coach and a new class but the same game plan: Win championships.
Joining the ranks of over 400 members of the IU men’s soccer family is
the 2010 class: Kerel Bradford, Ryan Bristol, Jacob Bushue, Nikita
Kotlov, Dylan Lax, Matt McKain, Harrison Petts, Taylor Reeves and Blake
Wise.
“This is a very talented group that I feel can make a positive impact
in the program,” IU coach Todd Yeagley said. “The 2010 class will
certainly give us a big boost moving forward.”
For more than 30 years, Jerry Yeagley led the IU soccer program. Six years after his retirement, son Todd has taken over the team.
Former IU soccer players Eric Alexander and Ofori Sarkodie were selected No. 44 and No. 52, respectively, in the 2010 Major League Soccer SuperDraft on Thursday in Philadelphia.
Jerry Yeagley: "I could have done the Bobby Knight thing and just anointed him and made him the coach. I didn’t do that. I kept my word to Coach Freitag."
IDS men's soccer beat reporter Stephanie Kuzydym talked with Athletics Director Fred Glass about the recent hire of Todd Yeagley as the team's new head coach.
Athletics Director Fred Glass announced Friday that Todd Yeagley, son of IU soccer's most successful coach Jerry Yeagley, will be the program's next head coach.
Two weeks after IU Athletics announced Freitag’s contract would not be renewed, the throne of the seven-star program remains empty. But it's close to being filled.
Seniors Eric Alexander and Ofori Sarkodie will not be in Bloomington when students begin classes Jan. 11. Instead, the two will join 62 other college seniors Jan. 8-12 to be evaluated at the 2010 adidas Major League Soccer Combine in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Mike Freitag's statement about IU Vice President and Athletics Director Fred Glass' decision not to renew Freitag's contract, which expires Dec. 31, 2009. Read the entire transcript here.
Keep checking the Hoosier Hype sports blog for developments on the search for the new men's soccer coach.
Former IU coach Mike Freitag held a private press conference today in which he discussed his dismissal from the IU soccer program.
Glass looks to IU alumni for replacement head coach .
Twenty-five of Mike Freitag’s 51 years have been spent with the IU men’s soccer program, as a player, assistant coach and head coach. But now, Freitag’s tenure as a Hoosier is done.
When are three Big Ten championships, two Big Ten Coach of the Year titles and one National Championship not enough to keep your job? Apparently, when you’re IU men’s soccer coach Mike Freitag.
Indiana Daily Student reporters Kevin Loughery and Stephanie Kuzydym spoke in-depth with IU Athletics Director Fred Glass regarding his decision not to renew IU men's soccer coach Mike Freitag's contract for the upcoming year.
Fred Glass, IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, announced Monday that IU men's soccer coach Mike Freitag’s contract is not to be renewed for the 2010 season. His contract expires Dec. 31.
After a disappointing 12-10-1 IU men’s soccer season, IU Athletics
Director Fred Glass will not renew former IU men’s soccer coach Mike
Freitag’s contract.
Solutions by The State News
