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Ali Alamdari will enter his fourth season as the head coach of
the Adrian College women's soccer team in 2011.
2010 Season Review
The Lady Bulldogs had an 11-6-3 overall record and went 4-4 in the
MIAA. Three players were selected for All-MIAA.
Sam Barker earned First Team Honors, while Patti Vaassen and
Lauren Cozzi were selected on the Second Team. Barker had a
record-breaking season as a rookie as she set Adrian College
single-season records for points, goals and shots. In addition, she
already ranks eighth in AC history in points and goals.
Team made it to the MIAA Semifinals.
2009 Season Review
Coach Alamdari led the 2009 Bulldogs to a record of 11-6-2, ending
the season ranked #10 in the
NSCAA DIII Central Region. Adrian finished the year as the MIAA
Runners-Up, and saw four
players honored with All-MIAA nominations, including NSCAA
All-Central Region nominee
Lindsay Chitwood who led the MIAA in scoring.
The 2009 Bulldogs were nationally ranked in several NCAA
statistical categories. Out of over
425 DIII teams, Adrian ranked 10th in Team Save Percentage
(0.889), 37th in Goals Against
Average (0.662), and 54th in Shutout Percentage (0.526). The
season saw several school records
broken including Fewest Goals Against, Highest Win Percentage, and
Highest MIAA Finish.
2008 Season Review
In his first season at Adrian in 2008, Alamdari took the program
to a new level as he coached
the Bulldogs to a 10-6-3 overall record including the school's
first-ever berth in the MIAA
Tournament Semifinals. The 10-win season was only the second
double-digit win season in the
last twenty years at AC.
Under the direction of Alamdari, Adrian placed two players on the
All-MIAA Team in 2008.
The Bulldogs were also recognized as the 12th Most Improved
Program nationally out of over
425 NCAA Division III women's soccer programs.
Adrian Soccer History
Alamdari's teams over the past three seasons have compiled a
record of 32-18-7 including a
MIAA record of 14-10-2. When you place those numbers against the
history of the program, it
is truly a success story. From the beginning of the program in
1989 through 2007, the Bulldog
women's soccer program had just one winning season (12-7-1 in
2002) and had never finished
above .500 in the MIAA standings. Alamdari is currently 2nd in
career wins at AC, behind
former head coach Rick Gutierrez who earned 32 wins with the
Bulldogs from 1998 through
2005.
Away from Adrian
Before taking over as the head coach at Adrian, Alamdari served as
the assistant coach for the
Albion College women's soccer program and helped the team to a
25-7-6 record in two seasons.
The team made a turnaround upon his arrival going 19-17-2 in the
previous two campaigns.
Albion captured the 2007 MIAA Tournament and Alamdari mentored all
goalkeepers including
MIAA Player of the Year Caitlin Bowman.
During the summer, Alamdari has served on the camp staff at the
University of Michigan since
2008. He also serves as the founder and director of the Adrian
Soccer Academy which formed in
the summer of 2009.
Prior to joining the college ranks, Alamdari served as the
Women’s Head Coach for Loy Norrix
High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Goalkeeper Coach for
Portage Northern High School
in Portage, Michigan and was active in the club scene with TKO
Premier and Kalamazoo
Kingdom Reserves. Coach Alamdari is licensed by the NSCAA and
USSF, and holds a Master
of Arts degree in Performance Driven Leadership from Western
Michigan University.
