Kevin Grimes

Background

Grimes grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri where he played youth soccer with the Scott Gallagher Soccer Club.

Education

After high school, Grimes attended Southern Methodist University from 1986-1989. He graduated in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Career

He also earned five caps with the United States. national team in 1988. Youth

He was a 1988 and 1989 NSCAA first team All-American. He was also a Herman Award(National of the Year) finalist in both his junior and senior year at SMU. His senior year, he was third in the voting.

Professional

Grimes signed with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) in 1990.

The Saint Louis Storm of the MSL drafted Grimes in 1991 but he left for Iceland where he spent the 1991 season with Tindastoll Football Club. He returned to the United States. in 1992 to sign with the Miami Freedom of APSL. On April 3, 1993, he signed with the Los Angeles Salsa. He appeared in several exhibition games for the Salsa, but never played a regular season game.

In 1995, Grimes then moved to the USISL Raleigh Flyers where he played with current Real Salt Lake coach, Jason Kreis. In January 1996, the San Jose Clash of Major League Soccer (Master of Library Science) selected Grimes in the sixteenth round (158 overall) in the Inaugural Draft.

After starting 11 of 12 pre-season matches, Grimes injured his shin and the Clash released him on April 20, 1996.

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 and started for the Western Conference in the A-League All Star game in Rochester, New New York Despite this success, he decided to retire from playing professionally and enter coaching full-time. National team

Grimes first played for the United States. as the captain of the U-16 United States. National Youth Team in 1983. The United States. qualified for the Fédération internationale de football association 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 participate in the first ever Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Cup. While at SMU, Lothar Osiander called Grimes into the senior national team camp.

He went on to play five games with the national team, the last coming in a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica on June 14, 1988. In 1995, he began coaching the Irvine High School girls soccer team as well as the Mission Viejo Pateadores Soccer Club during his off season.

In his two seasons with Irvine High School, he compiled a 23-13-13 record.

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 hired Grimes as its head coach.

They have also advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Elite 8 in 2005, 2010, and 2013.

In 2010, they lost in PK"s to Akron, who ending up winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association College Cup.

Achievements

• In 1984, he won the McGuire Cup National Championship with Gallagher. He also attended Rosary High School where he was both a 1986 Parade Magazine All American and National Defender of the Year his senior year. Grimes earned his first caps with the United States. national team in a 1-0 win over Guatemala on January 10, 1988. In the years since then, he was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. Cal has won the Pac-10 Championship in 2006, 2007 and 2010.

Membership

Grimes also was a member of the U-18 and U-20 United States. National Teams. In 1993, Grimes began coaching youth soccer with the San Juan Soccer Club while a member of the Los Angeles Salsa.