Greg Ryan (soccer)

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Personal information
Greg Ryan
Full name	Greg Ryan
Date of birth	January 21, 1957 (age 50)
Place of birth	Dallas, Texas, United States
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1975-1978	Southern Methodist University
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979 1979 1979 1980-1984	Minnesota Kicks Tulsa Roughnecks New York Cosmos Chicago Sting	1 (0) 14 (0) 4 (0) 51 (2)
Teams managed
1983 1984-1993 1996-1999 1999-2002 2002-2005 2005-	Colorado College (assistant) University of Wisconsin-Madison Southern Methodist University Colorado College U.S. women's national team (assistant) U.S. women's national team
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:33, 3 january 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 7 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Greg Ryan (born January 21, 1957) is the current head coach of the United States women's national soccer team (US WNT). He was previously the head coach at University of Wisconsin, Southern Methodist University, and Colorado College, and an assistant with the US WNT.

Ryan, a native of Dallas, Texas, attended the Southern Methodist University from 1975-1978. He played on the mens soccer team, earning first team All American honors his senior year.

The Minnesota Kicks of the North American Soccer League drafted Ryan in 1978. However, he played only one game for the team before it traded him to the Tulsa Roughnecks. The Roughnecks then traded Ryan to the New York Cosmos. Ryan finished the 1979 season with the Cosmos. They then traded Ryan to the Chicago Sting in the offseason. He remained with the Sting until the end of the NASL after the 1984 season. However, he played no games with the team in 1983. Ryan won two NASL championships as the Sting took both the 1981 and 1984 titles.

In 1983, Ryan entered the coaching ranks, while still playing, when he served as an assistant coach with Colorado College mens soccer team.^[1] After retiring from playing after the collapse of the NASL in 1984, Ryan moved to the University of Wisconsin where he coached in various capacities until 1993. In 1991, he was named the women's college coach of the year. In 1996, he moved to Southern Methodist University where he compiled a 37-21-5 record as the womens soccer coach. In 1999, he moved back to Colorado College.^[2] He coached the womens team until 2002, taking the team to a 40-28-6 record. That year he signed as an assistant coach with the U.S. women's national team. In 2005, he replaced April Heinrichs as head coach.