Riverdale, NY (August 22, 2005)- Manhattan College coach Michael Swanwick has been appointed director of coaching for Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association's Boys ODP North program.
Swanwick has been a Boys ODP North coach for seven years.
"He's a hard working individual," said Cesar Markovic, the state's director of
coaching. "He's a true professional. He's a type of coach who always wants to
learn and progress. That's amazing and gets respect of his peers.
"He'll be my right-hand man in the North."
Swanwick, who directed Dominican College for the past five seasons, took over as
the head men's soccer coach at Manhattan College this past January.
In 2004, while at Dominican, he was named CACC coach of the year in 2004 after
guiding the Dominican Chargers to a 15-6-1 mark, the conference title and the
ECAC championship. Under Swanwick, Dominican also captured the conference crown
in 2002, turning around a 3-17 team a season prior to his arrival.
A USSF A licensed coach, Swanwick -- prior to coaching at Dominican -- was the
men's soccer coach at Orange County Community College, directing the team to
three consecutive Mid Hudson Conference Championships and three consecutive
seasons in the NJCAA rankings. In his first year as coach, Swanwick transformed
a 1-18 side into a 12-6 team with a National Junior College Athletic Association
ranking of 19th in the nation.
Swanwick played junior college soccer at Spartanburg Methodist College, an NJCAA
Division I school, where he is second on the list of all-time leading scorers.
He continued his college soccer career at NCAA Division I Marshall University
in Huntington, West Virginia. At Marshall he was named Most Valuable Player
both his junior and senior year.
Swanwick received his Master's Degree in social work from Fordham University in
1997 and is working on his doctorate in social work at the school.
