Former West Virginia University men’s soccer All-American Andy Wright enters his fifth season on the Mountaineer men’s coaching staff and his first as associate head coach in 2020.
ANDY WRIGHT
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ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH 5th SEASON
PERSONAL
BORN: HOMETOWN: ALMA MATER:
January 15, 1985 Southport, England West Virginia, 2008
PLAYING EXPERIENCE 2004-07 2008-12 2010, 2012 2012-15 2015
West Virginia (NCAA) Scunthorpe United (League 1) Grimsby Town (National League) Morecambe (League Two) Southport (National League)
COACHING EXPERIENCE 2016-19 2020-PRESENT
WVU Assistant Coach WVU Associate Head Coach
PLAYING HONORS
2005 All-Big East Second Team 2006 All-Northeast Region Third Team, NSCAA 2006 All-Big East First Team 2007 Second Team All-America, Soccer America, College Soccer News 2007 Third Team All-America, NSCAA 2007 All-Northeast Region First Team, NSCAA 2007 Big East Midfielder of the Year 2007 All-Big East First Team
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE WEST VIRGINIA – PLAYER
2005 2006 2006 2007
NCAA Tournament Second Round NCAA Tournament Second Round Big East Regular Season Champions NCAA Sweet 16
WEST VIRGINIA – COACH
2018 2018
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NCAA Tournament Second Round MAC Regular Season Champions
defender Sebastian Garcia-Herreros was named to the MAC Second Team, while four players reached the MAC All-Tournament Team, including junior goalkeeper Steven Tekesky, the Tournament MVP. In the classroom, WVU Wright, a Mountaineer from 2004-07 continued to excel, as nine members and one of the top players in program of the team were named to the Acahistory, returned to Morgantown after demic All-MAC Team. concluding a successful playing career, in which he played for five clubs WVU was ranked as high as No. 19 in from 2007-15. the national polls at one point during the season and finished No. 1 in the In his four seasons back at WVU, he MAC and No. 26 nationally with 38 has helped guide the Mountaineers assists as a team. to two conference titles, two NCAA Tournament berths, multiple weeks West Virginia won the MAC reguin the national rankings and numerlar-season title and advanced to the ous national athletic and academic NCAA Tournament Second Round honors. in 2018. With a 14-7-0 record and a 5-0-0 mark in conference play, the Last season, WVU won its first MAC Mountaineers were one win shy of Tournament title, winning three the tying the program record and one matches in six days to earn an autoof just two teams in the country to matic bid into the NCAA Tournament. record a 1.000 winning percentage in The Mountaineers reached the NCAA conference play. Second Round for the second consecutive season, while finishing the WVU finished the season in the topcampaign with a 10-9-2 mark. Senior 25 in each of the major poll’s final
