Hurricane Soccer Names Jeff Freeman Assistant Coach

Feb. 26, 2004

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami, along with head soccer coach Tricia Taliaferro, announced the hiring of Jeff Freeman as an assistant soccer coach Wednesday.

Freeman comes to Miami after spending the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Southwest Missouri State. Prior to his stint as an assistant, Freeman served as a volunteer goalkeeper coach in 1998.

“Jeff brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the program and I look forward to the added dimension he brings to the team,” Taliaferro said.

“Jeff brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the program and I look forward to the added dimension he brings to the team,” Head soccer coach Tricia Taliaferro

“It’s a great time to be a Hurricane,'” Freeman added. “Coaching at the University of Miami along with coach Tricia Taliaferro in the ACC is a great opportunity that I couldn’t pass up.”

While in Springfield (Mo.), Freeman also coached with the Springfield Premier Club and has been involved with various high school programs throughout his coaching career, including serving as the head coach at Parkview High School in 1999.

A native of Blue Springs, Mo., Freeman was an academic all-conference goalkeeper at SMS and a member of the 1997 team that made a jump into the national scene by earning a national ranking, while making SMS’s first ever NCAA Tournament appearance.

He holds both an undergraduate and master’s degree in Education from SMS, as well as an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma.