Eric Barnes (soccer)

Eric Barnes
Personal information
Place of birth Aiken, South Carolina,  United States
Youth career
Years Team
2006-07 George Mason Patriots
2008-09 Pittsburgh Panthers
Teams managed
Years Team
2009-11 University of Pittsburgh (assistant coach)
2012 Niagara University (assistant coach)
2013-2016 Niagara University (head coach)

Eric Barnes (born in Aiken, South Carolina, USA) is a head coach and a former soccer player. He holds a NSCAA Premier Diploma and an NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma. Barnes is a grade 6 USSF Referee and a member of the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association.[1]

Player

A 2004 graduate of South Aiken High School in Aiken, S.C., Barnes earned a Bachelor's degree in health, fitness and recreation resources with a concentration in sport management in 2007 from George Mason University,[2] where he played collegiately for two years. He then played two years at the University of Pittsburgh while earning his Juris Doctor.[3]

Barnes also played professionally for the Carolina Dynamo (USL Premier Development League) in 2007 and for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-2) during the 2009 season.

Coach

He served as Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer assistant coach from 2009 until joining the Niagara Purple Eagles men's soccer team also as an assistant coach in 2012. The following season, 2013, he became Niagara's head coach. He was replaced by Bill Boyle at Niagara in 2016.[4]


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