Dave Dir
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Dir | ||
| Date of birth | June 23, 1959 | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Colorado Storm | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Western Illinois | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980 | Chicago Sting | ||
| Colorado Comets | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1989–1991 | Regis University | ||
| 1991–1994 | Colorado Foxes | ||
| 1994–2000 | FC Dallas | ||
| 2002–2011 | U.S. U-20 team (asst) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Vancouver Whitecaps (scout) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David Dir (born June 23, 1959) is a United States soccer coach and broadcaster and a former player. He played professionally in USISL. He has coached in the American Professional Soccer League, NCAA, Major League Soccer, and the United States under-20 national team. Dir was one of the original ten head coaches in Major League Soccer, coaching the Dallas Burn from 1996 until 2000. At the time of his departure in 2000, Dir had amassed a regular-season record of 81-75-4, which was at the time more than any other head coach in MLS history.
Dir played youth soccer with the Chicago Kickers. He attended Western Illinois University, where he majored in broadcasting. In 1980, the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League drafted Dir with their first selection in the 1980 NASL College Draft. He suffered an injury in his first season and never played in a league game for the team. He later played for the Colorado Comets in the USISL.
In 1989, Dir began his coaching career as an assistant with the Colorado Foxes in the American Professional Soccer League. In 1990, Regis University hired Dir as head coach of the men's soccer team. His teams won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference both seasons with a record of 10-5-2 in 1990 and 9-5-4 in 1991. He was voted the 1990 RMAC Coach of the Year.
In 1992, he left Regis to become head coach of the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League. In his two and a half seasons with the team, he won the APSL championship twice, as well as the pro cup and regular season championship in each year. In May 1994, he resigned as head coach when his wife, who was a flight attendant, was transferred to a new location.
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