Kevin Grimes (soccer)
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| Kevin Grimes | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Kevin Grimes | |
| Date of birth | ||
| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Youth clubs | ||
1986-1989 |
Scott Gallagher Southern Methodist University |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990 1992 1993 1994-1995 1996-1997 |
Colorado Foxes Miami Freedom Los Angeles Salsa Raleigh Flyers Orange County Zodiac |
1 (0) 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1988 | United States | 5 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1995-1997 1997-1999 2000- |
Irvine High School Southern Methodist University (assistant) UC-Berkeley |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kevin Grimes (born in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former U.S. soccer defender. He earned four caps with the U.S. national team in 1988.
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[edit] High school
Grimes grew up in St. Louis, Missouri where he played youth soccer with the Scott Gallagher Soccer Club. In 1984, he won the McGuire Cup National Championship with Gallagher. He also attended Rosary High School where he was both a 1986 Parade Magaine All American and National Defender of the Year his senior year.
[edit] College
After high school, Grimes attended Southern Methodist University from 1986-1989. He was a 1988 and 1989 first team All American. He graduated in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in economics.
[edit] Professional
Grimes signed with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) in 1990.[1] The Illinois Thunder of the National Professional Soccer League drafted Grimes in 1991 but he left for Iceland where he spent the 1991 season. He returned to the U.S. in 1992 to sign with the Miami Freedom of APSL. He saw time in only one game, a total of 20 minutes.[2] He moved to the Los Angeles Salsa for the 1993 APSL season but never entered a game.[3] Grimes then moved to the third division Raleigh Flyers. In February 1996, In February 1996, the San Jose Clash of Major League Soccer (MLS) selected Grimes in the sixteenth round (158 overall) in the Inaugural Player Draft. Grimes injured his shin and the Clash released him during the 1996 pre-season. Once Grimes recovered from his injury, he signed with the Orange County Zodiac of the A-League He was named an A-League All Star in 1997. Despite this success, he decided to retire from playing professionally and enter coaching full time.
[edit] National team
Grimes first played for the U.S. as the captain of the U-16 U.S. National Youth Team in 1983. The U.S. qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The tournament was originally scheduled for 1984, but was delayed a year. With the delay, Grimes and several of his team mates, were now too old to attend the cup final.
While at SMU, Lothar Osiander called Grimes into the national team camp. Grimes earned his first caps with the U.S. national team in a 1-0 win over Guatemala on January 10, 1988. He went on to play four games with the national team, the last coming in a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica on June 14, 1988.
[edit] Coaching
In 1993, Grimes began coaching youth soccer with the San Juan Soccer Club while a member of the Los Angeles Salsa. In 1995, he began coaching the Irvine High School girls soccer team as well as a the Mission Viejo Pateadores Soccer Club during his off season. In 1997, he decided to retire from playing and commit to a coaching career when he was offered a position as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University. He remained at SMU through the 1999 season. On April 25, 2000, University of California, Berkley hired Grimes as its head coach.[ http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=2371] In the years since then, he was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 2002, 2005 and 2006.
