Steve Sampson

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Steve Sampson
Personnel
birthday January 19, 1957
place of birth Salt Lake City ,  United States
Juniors
Years station
1975-1976 Foothill Community College
1977-1988 San Jose State University
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1978-1980 Awalt High School
1981 Foothill College (Assistant Trainer)
1982-1985 UCLA Bruins (assistant coach)
1986-1993 Santa Clara University
1993-1995 USA (assistant coach)
1995-1998 United States
2002-2004 Costa Rica
2004-2006 Los Angeles Galaxy
2014– Cal Poly Mustangs

Steve Sampson (born January 19, 1957 in Salt Lake City ) is an American football coach .

Player career

He started college football at Foothill Community College in Los Altos Hills in 1975 at the age of 18 . Because of his strong performance, he was appointed to the All-America team of the state of California in 1976, where only the best amateur players come. For the next two years he played for the soccer team at San José State University , where he also obtained his academic degree. He then went to Stanford University and did his Masters in Education .

Coaching career

College soccer

During his master’s degree, at the age of 21, he took over as a coach for the college team at Awalt High School in Mountain View . After graduating, he went back to Foothill Community College and acted as assistant coach for the team he'd played on five years earlier. In 1982 he was hired by the University of California, Los Angeles , where he worked as an assistant coach for three years and was able to celebrate winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship with the rest of the coaching team in 1985 . After this success, Santa Clara University hired him as a trainer. There Sampson achieved his hitherto greatest success as a coach of a university team in 1989 and won the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship with his team as four years earlier as an assistant coach of UCLA. In the final they defeated the Virginia Cavaliers , whose coach at the time was Bruce Arena . That same season, Steve Sampson was named NCAA Coach of the Year. Until 1993 he remained a coach at Santa Clara, but without further countable success.

United States national team

At the age of 36 he got the chance to draw attention to himself nationally and internationally as assistant coach of the national soccer team of the United States , because the head coach at the time was none other than Bora Milutinović . Together with him he looked after the national team at the soccer world championship in 1994 in his own country. In addition to his duties as assistant coach, Sampson was also vice-president of the then organizing committee of the World Cup. After Milutinović's departure, he was first named as interim coach of the national team in April 1995. But he did his job well and in the same year managed a surprisingly good fourth place at the Copa America , so that he was promoted to head coach in August 1995. Shortly before the 1998 World Cup, the team won the CONCACAF Gold Cup against Brazil in February and had high expectations for the 1998 World Cup . But against all expectations, the team lost all three group games and was eliminated. On June 29, 1998, Sampson resigned as a result.

Costa Rican national soccer team

After a four-year absence, he returned to the coaching chair in 2002 and took over the Costa Rican national football team . He became the first US football coach to train a foreign national team. During his reign, the team climbed to 17th place in the FIFA world rankings , which is still a record today. Despite his success, he was fired in 2004 and returned to his homeland.

Return to the United States

As the new coach of Los Angeles Galaxy , he promptly managed the double in 2005 by winning the championship and trophy . In the following season, however, the success could not continue and Sampson was released on June 6, 2006. Since December 4th, 2014 he has been training the team at California Polytechnic State University .

Other professional positions

In addition to his coaching stations, Sampson has been President of the Global Sports Institute and the associated Steve Sampson Soccer Academy since 2006. He worked as a functionary, consultant and analyst for various associations and companies, including from 2012 to 2014 for the Time Warner Cable Deportes and Televisa Deportes on television.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sampson new coach of Costa Rica (de.fifa.com on November 13, 2002)
  2. ↑ The Inexorable Rise of Costa Rica (de.fifa.com June 4, 2003)
personal data
SURNAME Sampson, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Salt Lake City