David Barrett

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David Barrett has been the women's soccer coach at Illinois Wesleyan since April 2000 and has been the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin women's soccer "Coach of the Year" twice (2002, 2003). Since starting at IWU, Barrett has coached one NCAA Division III All-American, one Academic All-American, 10 all-Central region selections, and 34 Titans have earned all-conference honors.

Barrett's women's teams have compiled a six-year overall record of 76-29-12 (.701 winning percentage) with a conference-only mark of 28-10-4 (.714). His 2005 team became the first IWU soccer team (of any gender) ever to be selected to play in the NCAA Division III championship tournament. The 2006 Titans were ranked as high as No. 24 in the National  Soccer Coaches Association Division III poll.

The 2002 Titans were the CCIW tourney runners-up and were ranked No. 9 in the final Central Region poll. The 2004 team earned national votes midseason and played in the inaugural Midwest Association of Athletic Conferences postseason tournament.

For four seasons (2000-04), Barrett coached both the men's and women's teams at IWU, relinquishing the men's job after the 2004 campaign. His four-year men's overall record was 25-43-5 (.377) with a league mark of 6-17-2 (.280).

Barrett earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1993 from Wesleyan University (Conn.), where he was a three-year starter, at one point starting 41 consecutive games. A goalkeeper, Barrett holds the school's career records for victories (with 36), shutouts (17.5) and goals against average (0.80). He played on the 1991 team that was 15-1-1, won the East Coast Athletic Conference and Little Three championships, and were ranked No. 7 nationally in NCAA Division III.

From 1997-2000, Barrett was an assistant men's coach at Yale and, in those four seasons, the teams were a combined 43-23-4. In 1999 the Bulldogs reached the NCAA round of 16 and were No. 18 in the final national poll.

Barrett was the head soccer coach for the Connecticut Olympic Development Program from 1997-98, working with 25 boys in the under-14 and under-15 age group. Barrett was head boys' soccer coach at Suffield Academy (Conn.) from 1995-97 and head coach of boys' soccer at Bridgton Academy (Maine) in 1994-95.

David and his wife, Kelly, are the parents of a son, Sam (born Oct. 9, 2007), and reside in Bloomington.

BARRETT'S COACHING RECORD AT ILLINOIS WESLEYAN

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