Charlie Naimo

Charlie Naimo
Personal information
Full name Charles Naimo
Place of birth United States
Club information
Current team
Pali Blues (Head Coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
19981999 Central Jersey Splash (Head Coach)
2000 New Brunswick Power (General Manager & Head Coach)
20042006 New Jersey Wildcats (Head Coach)
2007 Jersey Sky Blue (Head Coach)
20082010, 2012Present Pali Blues (General Manager & Head Coach)
20112012 Los Angeles Blues (Vice President & Head Coach)

Charlie Naimo is currently the Technical Director of the Western New York Flash in the NWSL. He most recently served as Head Coach of the Los Angeles Blues in the USL Wleague.[1]

Naimo started his USL coaching career in 1998 with the Central Jersey Splash of the W-League. He coached the Splash for two seasons before moving to the New Brunswick Power (W-League) for the 2000 W-League season. He was named the W-League Coach of the Year in 1999 with the Splash.[2]

He returned to the W-League in 2004 to coach the New Jersey Wildcats with great success. In three seasons with the Wildcats, Naimo posted a 47-2-1 record including the 2005 W-League Championship.[3]

After one season (2007) as Head Coach of the W-League's Jersey Sky Blue - a predecessor to Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer, Naimo moved to California where he started the Pali Blues of the W-League. From 2008-2010, he served as Head Coach of the Pali Blues winning the W-League Championship in 2008[4] and 2009.[5]

Naimo was also involved with Women's Professional Soccer serving as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Sol in 2009 and as a Technical Advisor with the Chicago Red Stars in 2010.[6]

In 2011, Naimo moved into coaching on the men's side when he assumed the position of Head Coach for the Los Angeles Blues in the team's debut season in the USL Pro. He served in that position for two seasons before resigning following the 2012 season.[7]

In 2012, Naimo returned to the role of Head Coach of the Pali Blues in addition to his role with the Blues men's team.[8] He brought the Blues back to the W-League championship where they fell to the Ottawa Fury in penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie.[9] Naimo earned the 2012 W-League Coach of the Year Award.[10]

In 2014, Naimo was hired by the Western New York Flash in the role of Technical Director.[11]

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