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UNBC Hires Alderson To Lead Men’s Soccer

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @ 11:17 AM

Prince George, B.C. – UNBC has hired Alan Alderson to coach the UNBC men’s soccer team.

Alderson will be leaving his post in Calgary where he is the Director of Coaching for the NSD Soccer Club and Total Soccer Development, and the Alberta Soccer Association Provincial Team Head Coach for U-16 Boys. He has over 20 years of head coach experience at the university level and a teaching and playing career that has included professional, national, university, provincial and high level senior and youth teams.

Alderson has already started planning for the Timberwolves’ move to the University level of play in the Canada West league even though he doesn’t officially start his new job for another two weeks. “I’ve done this before—moving from the CCAA into Canada West—and I’ve loved every minute of it. It’s a big jump for any team to make, but I’ve been through it and look forward to doing it again.”

During his first year in the Canada West league as head coach at the University of the Fraser Valley , Alderson took the team to first place. For the next seven years after that, his men’s soccer team either finished or was ranked top three in the country.

He is also driven to improve the fan base for soccer “I’ve heard great things about the Timberwolves fans at UNBC basketball games, and I’m looking forward to blowing away the CIS regarding our soccer fans, as well. I want them to sit up and say, ‘Wow! What’s going on in PG, BC?’”

Alderson did it at Trinity Western University (TWU), where, from 2006-09, his strategy for increasing attendance gave TWU men’s soccer the highest university soccer attendance in the country.

“I’ve been told people here in the North just need a challenge and they’ll rise to it,” notes Alderson. “I’m pretty much like that myself. It sounds like we’re a perfect fit.”

UNBC Hires Alderson To Lead Men’s Soccer

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