Herb Schmidt
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herbert Schmidt | ||
| Place of birth | Summit, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1961 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960 | New York Hota | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1963 | Penn State Nittany Lions (assistant lacrosse) | ||
| 1964 | Penn State Nittany Lions (lacrosse) | ||
| 1967 | Lafayette College | ||
| 1968–1973 | Penn State Nittany Lions (soccer) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Herbert "Herb" Schmidt is a retired American soccer and lacrosse player and coach.
Player
Schmidt grew up in Summit, New Jersey and graduated from Summit High School where he played basketball and was captain of the 1957 boy's soccer team.[1][2][3] He then attended Rutgers University where he was a 1960 First Team and 1961 Honorable Mention All American soccer player.[4] He was also a two-time Lacrosse All-American.[5][6] He is listed under several categories in the NCAA soccer record book and is a member of the Rutgers Athletic Hall of Fame.[7][8] In 1960, he played for New York Hota of the German American Soccer League.[9]
Coach
In 1963, Penn State University hired Schmidt as assistant lacrosse coach. In 1964, he became head coach of the lacrosse team. In 1965, he was drafted into the Army. Upon his release in 1968, he served one year as both the lacrosse and soccer coach at Lafeyette College, but returned to Penn State in 1968, at which time, he became the head coach of the men's soccer team. He served as head coach until replaced by Walter Bahr in 1974. He had compiled a 38–21–8 and taken the team to four NCAA post-season tournaments. In 1986, Schmidt became the Associate Athletic Director, a position he held until his retirement in 2006.[10]
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ Staff. "Associate AD Herb Schmidt To Retire After Distinguished Career at Penn State", Penn State Athletics, November 17, 2006. Accessed February 18, 2011. "A native of Summit, N.J., Schmidt came to Penn State after graduating in 1962 from Rutgers University, where he became the school's first two-time soccer All-American."
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- American soccer players
- American soccer coaches
- College lacrosse players in the United States
- College men's lacrosse coaches in the United States
- German-American Soccer League players
- New York Hota players
- Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer coaches
- People from Summit, New Jersey
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer players
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's lacrosse players
- Living people
