Education
North Carolina State University.
North Carolina State University.
He spent two years as the head coach of Carolina RailHawks Football Club.
State University. In 2002, he was selected to the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination"s 50th Anniversary men"s soccer team Schweitzer began his professional career in France in 1993 and 1994, where he played for Stade Brestois 29 and En Avant Guingamp of the French Third Division.
Upon his return from France, Schweitzer played for one season (1995) with the Atlanta Ruckus of the American Professional Soccer League (the forerunner to the A-League) before moving on to the Carolina Dynamo of the United Soccer Leagues in 1996.
In 1997, Schweitzer was named to the USL-1 First Team. Schweitzer moved to the Rochester Rhinos of USL-1 in 1998.
Following the suspension of the Syrcause franchise at the end of the season, Schweitzer followed Salty Dogs head coach Laurie Calloway back to Rochester, playing one final season with the Rhinos in 2005, when he served as team captain. After the season, the team named him to their all-time Rhinos squad in celebration of the franchise"s tenth anniversary.
Schweitzer retired from professional soccer at the end of the 2005 campaign.
In addition to his outdoor play, Schweitzer was also a professional indoor soccer player. He played eight seasons for the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) (and later MISL). In 2004-2005, Schweitzer played one season with the Baltimore Blast of the MISL.
After his retirement as a player, Schweitzer took a job as a full-time coach and director of Next Level Academy in Morrisville, North Carolina He also served as an assistant coach of the Raleigh Elite PDL squad for the 2006 season.
On October 11, 2006, Schweitzer was introduced as the first head coach of the Carolina RailHawks, a USL-1 expansion franchise that will start play in 2007.
The RailHawks job is Schweitzer"s first as a head coach of a professional soccer team In October 2008, the RailHawks announced that Schweitzer would no longer continue as head coach.
During his two years as coach of Carolina, he took the team to a 24-24-24.
He was a member of the Wolfpack team that made it to the 1990 National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four. Schweitzer was also a member of the United States. World University Games Team from 1992-1994.