Schirmer Elevated to Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach
7/13/2016 12:03:00 PM | Women's Soccer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Head Coach Robin Confer announced the hiring of Josh Schirmer as the assistant women's soccer coach. Since the spring, Schirmer had previously been serving as the program's volunteer assistant.
Schirmer began working with the Ospreys this past spring on a volunteer basis after three seasons at NJCAA power Eastern Florida State College.
"We are excited to promote Josh to a full time assistant coach," said Confer. "Since he joined us early in the spring he made an immediate impact with our players and team. His knowledge of the game, experience and work ethic will help us fulfill our goals as a program. He is a proven recruiter and has a lot of international connections that will bring another dimension to our team. "
While at EFSC, his teams ranked in the top five nationally three times, including the country's No. 2 overall ranking in 2015. The Titans reached the NJCAA National Championship Game in the fall of 2015 and the National Semifinals the two previous years. Schirmer was named the Junior College South Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2013 by the National Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association and was elevated to associate head coach.
A Jacksonville native, he holds England FA Level 1, USSF C, NSCAA Advanced National and Level 1 Goalkeeper coaching licenses. He also spent a season as the Head Coach of the Brevard Soccer Alliance a U-18 Club Team that qualified for the Disney Showcase in December of 2014.
Schirmer played collegiate soccer at Tennessee Wesleyan College where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He was a two-time NAIA Scholar All-American and a three-year member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
After college, Schirmer went on to play professionally in Hong Kong for one year and later spent five seasons with the Urawa Reds Football Club in Urawa, Japan.
Schirmer earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Finance from Tennessee Wesleyan in 2004 while minoring in Economics. He currently resides in Jacksonville.
Schirmer began working with the Ospreys this past spring on a volunteer basis after three seasons at NJCAA power Eastern Florida State College.
"We are excited to promote Josh to a full time assistant coach," said Confer. "Since he joined us early in the spring he made an immediate impact with our players and team. His knowledge of the game, experience and work ethic will help us fulfill our goals as a program. He is a proven recruiter and has a lot of international connections that will bring another dimension to our team. "
While at EFSC, his teams ranked in the top five nationally three times, including the country's No. 2 overall ranking in 2015. The Titans reached the NJCAA National Championship Game in the fall of 2015 and the National Semifinals the two previous years. Schirmer was named the Junior College South Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2013 by the National Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association and was elevated to associate head coach.
A Jacksonville native, he holds England FA Level 1, USSF C, NSCAA Advanced National and Level 1 Goalkeeper coaching licenses. He also spent a season as the Head Coach of the Brevard Soccer Alliance a U-18 Club Team that qualified for the Disney Showcase in December of 2014.
Schirmer played collegiate soccer at Tennessee Wesleyan College where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He was a two-time NAIA Scholar All-American and a three-year member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
After college, Schirmer went on to play professionally in Hong Kong for one year and later spent five seasons with the Urawa Reds Football Club in Urawa, Japan.
Schirmer earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Finance from Tennessee Wesleyan in 2004 while minoring in Economics. He currently resides in Jacksonville.
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