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as the team's first coach. McCrath then did much of the early work scouting players and assembling a roster. Once the team began playing in 1974, he worked as a color commentator for local broadcasts of
Sounders’ games. He did not slight his collegiate coaching duties and took Seattle Pacific to the
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in 1954. That year, he saw soccer played for the first time. Intrigued, he tried out for the team his sophomore year. Despite his late introduction to the game, he quickly rose to the top of the collegiate ranks when he was named an
Honorable Mention (third team) All American in 1957. He graduated
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in 1974, 1975 and 1977. Each time, the team finished as runner-up. In 1978, the
Falcons finally took the title and McCrath was named the National Coach of the Year. The Falcons won the championship again in 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1993 and finished as runner-up in 1984 and 1990. In 2007, the Falcons
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where he inherited a mediocre team. In his first season, he went 4–4–0, but quickly improved as the
Cougars went to the NAIA post season in 1968 and 1969. In 1969, he again took his team to the semifinals. This brought him to the attention of David McKenna, president of
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in the spring of 1958 and remained at
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Fighting Scots to a 52–26–2 record, four post season tournaments and the 1966 NAIA semifinals. That year, he graduated with an
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Coach of the Year and retired ranked second on the all time collegiate coaching wins list with 597 wins.
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franchise in
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181:(born February 3, 1936) is a retired American
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351:Wheaton Hall of Fame
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