Cliff McCrath

47 Cliff McCrath

Cliff McCrath is an NCAA National Coach of the Year, legendary for 47 years of coaching collegiate soccer. His coaching strategies took teams of underdogs to five NCAA Men's Soccer National Championship titles. About the AuthorCliff McCrath shares his winning strategies from decades of successful coaching and counseling. He is an NCAA National Coach of the Year and winner of U. S. Soccer's Lifetime Achievement Award. A Seattle Sports Star of the Year, he won the Bill Jeffrey Award for Excellence in Coaching, and was named Coach of the Year 30 times. McCrath is one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history with 597 collegiate victories, coaching Seattle Pacific University teams to five National Championship titles. He is included in 12 Halls of Fame from coast to coast for his long contribution to soccer. McCrath's 47 winning strategies get to the heart of life, coaching, and love in this inspiring book of short vignettes that feature stories from his career as a college coach, educator, counselor and dean for nearly half a century.