John Kowalski

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John Kowalski
Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-12-22) December 22, 1951
Place of birth	Milkow, Poland

John Kowalski (born December 22, 1951 in Milkow, Poland) is a former coach of the professional United States soccer clubs Tampa Bay Mutiny (Major League Soccer), Pittsburgh Riverhounds (NASL) and Pittsburgh Spirit (Major Soccer League originally called the Major Indoor Soccer League). He currently coaches the Robert Morris University women's soccer team and the U-14 Girls Stars United team, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Kowalski also briefly managed the United States national team in 1991, compiling a 2-0-1 record. Perhaps most notably, Kowalski was the head coach of the 1989 and 1992 U.S. five-a-side (Futsal) teams which won a bronze medal in the Netherlands in 1989^[1] and a silver medal in Hong Kong in 1992.^[2] Since the Futsal World Championship is a FIFA sanctioned event, the 1992 silver medal is the highest medal achievement the United States men's team has accomplished in FIFA worldwide soccer competition. The 1989 bronze was the first official US medal in a FIFA world competition.^[3]

He is married and has a daughter. He is of Polish origin.

References

↑ "Netherlands 1989: Brazil show the way". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2006-10-10. Retrieved 2006-10-12.
↑ "Hong Kong 1992: Brazil boss it". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2006-10-09. Retrieved 2006-10-12.
↑ There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930 and no official third place was awarded; USA and Yugoslavia each lost in the semi-finals.

Preceded by Bob Gansler	United States men's national soccer team head coach 1991	Succeeded by Bora Milutinović

United States men's national soccer team – Head coaches

Cahill (1916)
Burford (1924)
Agar (1925–26)
Burford (1928)
Millar (1930)
Gould (1934)
Lloyd (1937)
Brown (1947)
Giesler (1948–49)
Jeffrey (1950)
Wood (1952)
Schwarz (1953–55)
Meyer (1957)
Reed (1959–61)
Herberger (1964)
Meyer (1965)
Woosnam (1968)
Jago (1969)
Kehoe (1971–72)
Wosniak (1973)
E. Chyzowych (1973)
G. Bradley (1973)
Cramer (1974)
Miller (1975)
Schellscheidt (1975)
W. Chyzowych (1976–80)
Gansler (1982)
Panagoulias (1983–85)
Osiander (1986–88)
Gansler (1989–1991)
Kowalski (1991)
Milutinović (1991–95)
Sampson (1995–98)
Arena (1998–2006)
B. Bradley (2006–11)
Klinsmann (2011–)

v t e Tampa Bay Mutiny – managers

Rongen (1996) Kowalski (1997–98) Hankinson (1998–00) Mondelo (2001) Van der Beck (2001)

Persondata
Name	Kowalski, John
Alternative names
Short description	Polish football manager
Date of birth	1951-12-22
Place of birth	Milkow, Poland
Date of death
Place of death

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