| Mark Berson | |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | South Carolina |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 412-160-53 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 16, 1953 |
| Place of birth | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Playing career | |
| 1971-1974 | North Carolina |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977 1978–present |
The Citadel South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 423-165-53 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Conference USA Tournament Championship (2005) Metro Regular Season Championship (1993) |
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| Awards | |
| National Soccer Coaches Association Coach of the Year (1984, 1985, 1988, 1995) South Carolina Youth Soccer Association's Hall of Fame (1992) Independent Coach of the Year (1998) |
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Mark Berson (born March 16, 1953) is currently the men's soccer coach at the University of South Carolina. He started his coaching career at The Citadel in 1976.
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Mark Berson graduated from Summit High School in New Jersey in 1971 and enrolled at the University of North Carolina.[1] On the Tar Heel soccer team, he played midfielder his freshman year and goalie the final three years. Berson graduated in 1975 with a degree in journalism and later earned a master's of education degree in sport administration in 1977 from Ohio University.
Berson took a position as an assistant coach on The Citadel's men's soccer program in 1976. A year later, he became the head coach and guided the Bulldogs to their best record ever with an 11-5 mark. In 1978, Berson accepted the head coaching position at the University of South Carolina. He led the Gamecocks to a 13-3-1 record in the program's first season and in the second season they obtained a spot in the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. The program has achieved a high level success under his guidance and the soccer team has won two conference championships in only four years of being in a conference. The program has made a total of eighteen appearances in the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship.
Berson is married and has two children, Erin and Luke, who both go to the University of South Carolina. Luke is currently a Redshirt-Sophmore on the Gamecocks.
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