John Rennie (soccer)

John Rennie is an American college soccer coach. He was a five-time ACC Coach of the Year and the 1982 NSCAA Coach of the Year.

John Rennie
Personal information
Full name John Rennie
Date of birth c. 1944 (age 75–76)
Place of birth Chatham, New Jersey
Playing position(s) Manager
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1965 Temple Owls
Teams managed
Years Team
1972 Southeastern Massachusetts
1973–1978 Columbia Lions
1979–2007 Duke Blue Devils

Career

He attended Chatham High School in New Jersey.[1] He then played baseball, soccer, and tennis for the Temple Owls.

In 1972, he was the head men's soccer coach at Southeastern Massachusetts, where his team had a record of 12–4–3. He was the head coach for the Columbia Lions from 1973–1978. His Columbia teams went 4–32–4 from 1973–1975, but in 1978 he led Columbia to an Ivy League Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance.

During his time at Duke he led the team to five NCAA College Cups in 1982, 1986, 1992, 1995, and 2004. His team's 1986 national championship was Duke's first in any sport.

Rennie finished his career with 454 wins and is one of only eight coaches all-time to get 400 wins with a Division I program.

He was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame in 2011[2] and the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013.[3]

College head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Southeastern Massachusetts () (1972–1972)
1972 Southeastern Massachusetts 12–4–3
Southeastern Massachusetts: 12–4–3 (.711)
Columbia (Ivy League) (1973–1978)
1973 Columbia 1–12–10–7–08th
1974 Columbia 0–10–30–5–27th
1975 Columbia 3–10–01–6–08th
1976 Columbia 6–5–31–5–17th
1977 Columbia 9–4–23–4–06th
1978 Columbia 13–2–16–0–11stNCAA Round of 16
Columbia: 32–43–10 (.435)
Duke Blue Devils (ACC) (1979–2007)
1979 Duke 10–7–11–4–05th
1980 Duke 15–4–34–0–21stNCAA Round of 16
1981 Duke 16–4–04–2–02ndNCAA First Round
1982 Duke 22–1–24–0–2T–1stNCAA Runners-up
1983 Duke 18–2–24–1–12ndNCAA Round of 16
1984 Duke 12–5–32–3–15th
1985 Duke 16–5–04–2–03rdNCAA First Round
1986 Duke 18–5–13–3–0T–3rdNCAA Championship
1987 Duke 13–5–14–1–12ndNCAA First Round
1988 Duke 15–6–02–4–0T–5th
1989 Duke 10–5–42–2–24thNCAA First Round
1990 Duke 12–6–13–2–1T–2nd
1991 Duke 10–9–02–4–06th
1992 Duke 15–4–33–2–13rdNCAA Semifinals
1993 Duke 15–5–04–2–0T–2ndNCAA First Round
1994 Duke 15–7–13–3–0T–3rdNCAA Round of 16
1995 Duke 16–7–13–2–14thNCAA Runners-up
1996 Duke 12–7–03–3–0T–2nd
1997 Duke 15–5–04–2–0T–1st
1998 Duke 18–4–04–2–03rdNCAA First Round
1999 Duke 16–1–34–0–21stNCAA Round of 16
2000 Duke 15–6–05–1–0T–1stNCAA Round of 16
2001 Duke 8–10–12–4–05th
2002 Duke 11–8–13–3–0T–4thNCAA First Round
2003 Duke 8–10–12–4–0T–6th
2004 Duke 18–6–04–3–0T–3rdNCAA Semifinals
2005 Duke 12–5–33–3–2T–5thNCAA Second Round
2006 Duke 18–4–15–2–1T–1stNCAA Quarterfinals
2007 Duke 11–8–14–3–1T–3rdNCAA First Round
Duke: 410–161–34 (.706)
Total:454–208–47 (.673)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also
  • List of college men's soccer coaches with 400 wins

References
  1. Editor, P.C. ROBINSON. "For Chatham's Rennie, lifetime of soccer is a lifetime of teaching".CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. "North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  3. "Hall of Fame Spotlight: John Rennie".
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