Clint Schneider took over as head coach of the Simon Fraser University men’s soccer program on February 10, 2015 after spending five seasons as the lead assistant for Alan Koch.
He has been with the university since Simon Fraser began competing in the NCAA and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in the Fall of 2010. Schneider was an assistant coach on the SFU teams that went unbeaten in 2011 and made back-to-back NCAA Division II National Championship Final Four appearances in 2012 and 2013.
As the fifth head coach in the program’s history, Schneider is proud to continue to build on the tradition of success established by his predecessors.
A native of San Angelo, Texas, Schneider began his coaching career as an assistant coach at The Darlington School Soccer Academy in Georgia in 2005. He then teamed-up with Koch at Baker University (NAIA) in Kansas from 2007 and 2008, and served as an assistant coach at Southwestern University (NCAA Div. III) in 2009 before joining SFU. Schneider has head coaching experience with the Okanagan Challenge in the Pacific Coast Soccer League. In 2009, under his leadership, the Challenge won the regular season title, the post-season title and the John F. Kennedy Cup – a tournament between the best British Columbia, Washington State and Oregon men's soccer teams.
Schneider holds a NSCAA Advanced National Diploma, a USSF "D" License, a NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeper Diploma and a CSA Provincial Goalkeeper Diploma.
As a player, Schneider was a goalkeeper at Midwestern State University (NCAA D2) in Texas from 2001 to 2003. He graduated from Angelo State with a Bachelor’s degree and obtained his Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts from Baker University in 2008.
