Mark Krikorian (soccer)
American sports executive and former soccer coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American sports executive and former soccer coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mark Krikorian (born March 28, 1960) is an American sports executive and former soccer coach who is president of soccer operations and general manager of Washington Spirit.[4][5][6]
.jpg) Krikorian in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 28, 1960[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Washington Spirit (general manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1978 | Pinkerton Astros | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1982 | Saint Anselm Hawks[3] | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988–1990 | UMaine Farmington Beavers (men; asst.) | ||
| 1990–1995 | Franklin Pierce Ravens (women) | ||
| 1996–2000 | Hartford Hawks (women) | ||
| 2001–2003 | Philadelphia Charge | ||
| 2004–2005 | United States U19 (women) | ||
| 2005–2021 | Florida State Seminoles (women) | ||
| 2022– | Washington Spirit (women, President of Soccer Operations) | ||
Medal record | |||
A long-time college soccer coach, Krikorian is most well known being the head coach for the Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team from 2005 until his abrupt retirement from coaching in 2022.[6][7][8] In 2014, Krikorian led the Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team to their first NCAA Women's Soccer Championship,[9] where they defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 1–0.[10] Krikorian previously coached at Franklin Pierce University and the University of Hartford.[11][12][13]
Krikorian also served as head coach of Philadelphia Charge of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), which ran for three seasons from 2001 until 2003. He was named WUSA Coach of the Year in 2002.[14] In 2004, Krikorian coached the United States women's under-19 team to the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand.[15]
In 2022 Washington Spirit announced that Krikorian had been appointed as President of Soccer Operations.[16]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Pierce Ravens (Northeast-10) (1990–1995) | |||||||||
| 1990 | Franklin Pierce | ||||||||
| 1991 | Franklin Pierce | ||||||||
| 1992 | Franklin Pierce | NCAA DII Semifinalist | |||||||
| 1993 | Franklin Pierce | NCAA DII Semifinalist | |||||||
| 1994 | Franklin Pierce | 19–0–0[17][18] | NCAA DII Champion | ||||||
| 1995 | Franklin Pierce | 20–0–0[17][18] | NCAA DII Champion | ||||||
| Franklin Pierce[19]: | 93–19–3 (.822) | ||||||||
| Hartford Hawks (America East Conference) (1996–2000) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Hartford | 4–14–0 | 2–5–0 | 7th | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 1997 | Hartford | 19–2–1 | 9–0–0 | 1st | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 1998 | Hartford | 17–5–0 | 9–0–0 | 1st | NCAA Third Round | ||||
| 1999 | Hartford | 18–5–2 | 9–0–0 | 1st | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2000 | Hartford | 17–4–0 | 8–1–0 | 2nd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| Hartford: | 75–30–3 (.708) | 37–6 (.860) | |||||||
| Florida State Seminoles (ACC) (2005–present) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Florida State | 20–4–1 | 8–2–0 | College Cup Semifinals | |||||
| 2006 | Florida State | 18–4–4 | 5–2–3 | College Cup Semifinals | |||||
| 2007 | Florida State | 18–6–3 | 6–2–2 | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
| 2008 | Florida State | 17–3–3 | 8–1–1 | NCAA Quarterfinals | |||||
| 2009 | Florida State | 19–5–1 | 7–2–1 | NCAA Quarterfinals | |||||
| 2010 | Florida State | 16–6–1 | 7–2–1 | NCAA Quarterfinals | |||||
| 2011 | Florida State | 18–7–1 | 5–5–0 | College Cup Semifinals | |||||
| 2012 | Florida State | 20–4–0 | 8–2–0 | College Cup Semifinals | |||||
| 2013 | Florida State | 23–2–3 | 10–1–2 | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
| 2014 | Florida State | 24–1–1 | 9–0–1 | NCAA Champion | |||||
| 2015 | Florida State | 18–3–4 | 6–1–3 | 2nd | College Cup Semifinals | ||||
| 2016 | Florida State | 14–4–4 | 6–2–2 | 6th | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2017 | Florida State | 13–7–1 | 5–4–1 | 7th | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2018 | Florida State | 20–4–3 | 5–4–1 | 7th | NCAA Champion | ||||
| 2019 | Florida State | 18–6–0 | 8–2–0 | 2nd | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2020 | Florida State | 13–0–3 | 8–0–0 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | ||||
| 2021 | Florida State | 21–1–3 | 7–1–2 | 2nd | NCAA Champion | ||||
| Florida State: | 310–67–36 (.794) | 118–33–27 (.739) | |||||||
| Total: | 478–116–42 (.785) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
Franklin Pierce Ravens
Hartford Hawks
Florida State Seminoles
United States U-20
Individual
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
