Keith Tozer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 4, 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1978 | Oneonta State | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1979 | Cincinnati Kids (indoor) | 23 | (4) |
| 1979 | Pennsylvania Stoners | ||
| 1979–1981 | Hartford Hellions (indoor) | 48 | (9) |
| 1981–1984 | Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) | 85 | (8) |
| 1984–1987 | Louisville Thunder (indoor) | ||
| 1989–1990 | Atlanta Attack (indoor) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1987 | Louisville Thunder | ||
| 1987–1989 | Los Angeles Lazers | ||
| 1989–1992 | Atlanta/Kansas City Attack | ||
| 1992–2014 | Milwaukee Wave | ||
| 1996–1998 | U.S. Futsal (interim/assistant) | ||
| 1998– | U.S. Futsal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Keith Tozer is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League and American Indoor Soccer Association. He previously coached the Milwaukee Wave of Major Indoor Soccer League.
Tozer grew up in upstate New York. After graduating from high school, he attended Oneonta State from 1975 to 1979, where he played as a forward on the men's soccer team. He finished his four seasons at Oneonta with the school's all-time points record of 117 points off 50 goals and 17 assists. In 2002, Oneonta State inducted Tozer into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.
In 1978, the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) was preparing for its first season. When they held their first college draft, the Cincinnati Kids selected Tozer as the league's first draft pick. He played a single season with the Kids, as the team folded at the end of the 1978–1979 season. When the Kids folded, Tozer moved outdoors to the Pennsylvania Stoners for the 1979 American Soccer League season. The Stoners made it to the league's playoff semifinals before being eliminated by the Columbus Magic. Tozer moved back to the MISL where he played for the Hartford Hellions for two seasons. At the end of the 1980–1981 season, Hartford moved to Memphis. Tozer did not move with the team, but joined the Pittsburgh Spirit. Tozer spent the next three seasons with the Spirit. While with the Spirit, Tozer spent time assisting with a summer soccer camp. That experience gave Tozer a taste for coaching which he would use in later years. In 1984, Tozer left both the Spirit and MISL when he moved to the Louisville Thunder of the American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA). The AISA was formed in March 1984 as a rival to MISL. Tozer played nearly 100 games with the Thunder over three seasons, but more significantly, he was the team's head coach. In his first two seasons with the Thunder, Tozer saw his team fall in the championship series to the Canton Invaders. In his third season with the team, Tozer and the Thunder finally mastered the Invaders, winning their first AISA championship. Tozer left the Thunder in 1987 to become the head coach of the Los Angeles Lazers (MISL), having coached the Thunder to a 70-37 record, three championship series and one AISA title.
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