Ray Reid

Education

He graduated from Southern Connecticut in 1982 with a degree in economics.

Career

He has led UConn to one National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I national championship, eight Big East regular season championships and four Big East tournament championships. Before coming to UConn, he was the head coach at Southern Connecticut State University, leading the team to three National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II national championships in eight seasons. Reid was raised in Brentwood, New New York

Reid was a soccer standout at Brentwood High School, where he received academic honors in addition to those on the field

He spent his first year of National Collegiate Athletic Association eligibility at Suffolk Community College, receiving all-region honors. He transferred to Southern Connecticut for his remaining three years of eligibility.

He was a captain on the team for his junior and senior years and played in three National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II national championship semifinals while with the Owls. After graduating from Southern Connecticut in 1982, Reid was offered an assistant coaching position by then-head coach Bob Dikranian.

During Reid"s eight-year tenure at Southern Connecticut, the Owls only missed the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament once (1991) and advanced to the Division II College Cup six times (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996), winning national championships in three of those years (1990, 1993, 1995).

UConn initially pursued Reid for the coaching job after long-time head coach Joe Morrone suffered several sub-par seasons, failing to reach the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament for seven straight years. After several years of turning down offers from other Division I programs, Reid decided to take the job, which some of those close to him described as "his dream job". He has coached at UConn since 1997, and has obtained a 248–80–46 (725) mark during his 17 seasons in Storrs.

In just his third season, Reid took the Huskies to the College Cup semifinals, falling just short of the national championship game.

But Reid brought back a determined team in 2000, winning his first and only Division I national championship in a 2–0 victory against Creighton. His teams have made sixteen straight National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearances, including three straight national quarterfinal appearances since 2011.

Achievements

• Reid leads all coaches in the nation in winning percentage (769) and has won four NSCAA Coach of the Year awards. He spent the next six seasons as an assistant coach at the school, helping the team win its first national championship in 1987.