Univeristy of California, Santa Barbara
September 26
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Paul Stumpf
Women's Head Coach
: 1999 - Present
Paul Stumpf is in his 11th season as the head coach of the UC Santa Barbara women's soccer program.
He enters the season with a record of 99-76-24. His total of 99 wins rank second on UCSB's all-time list, one behind Tad Bobak, who finished his coaching career with exactly 100.
In 2008, Stumpf guided UCSB to its first Big West Tournament title and first NCAA Tournament bid since 1991. Last season marked the fifth time that Stumpf has guided the Gauchos to at least 10 wins. He has led the program to records of .500 or better in seven of the last nine seasons, including, at one point, four straight seasons of 10 or more victories, the first time the program accomplished that feat since 1988-91.
In 1999, Stumpf took over a Gaucho program that had won a combined five Division I matches in the preceding two years. Immediately, he transformed the team, leading UCSB to a respectable 8-9-1 overall mark and a 5-4 record in league, earning him Big West Coach of the Year honors. The following year, the Gauchos were 9-9-1 overall and 4-4-0 in the Big West. 2001 was truly a breakthrough year. After opening the season with a record of 0-3, UCSB went 11-4-1 the remainder of the way to finish with its best record in nine years at 11-7-1 overall and 7-2-0 in the Big West, good for second-place.
In 2002, Stumpf's fourth year in Santa Barbara, the Gauchos went 13-5-2 overall and 6-2-1 in Big West play. Once again, UCSB entered its final game of the season with an opportunity to win the league title. In 2003, the Gauchos went 11-6-4 overall and 5-2-2 in the Big West, good for another second-place finish. In addition, Stumpf guided UCSB to the Big West Tournament Championship match. In 2004, after opening the season with a 1-3 record, the Gauchos went 12-3-2 the remainder of the way, including 7-1-1 in Big West play, to finish with an outstanding 13-6-2 mark. The 7-1-1 league record was good enough to earn UCSB its first-ever Big West regular season championship. In fact, for the second year in a row, Santa Barbara advanced to the championship match at the Big West Tournament. 2004 was also the program's fifth straight season with a .500 or better mark. In 2006, despite a 7-7-6 overall record, the Gauchos were back in the thick of the Big West race, tying for the regular season crown with a 5-1-1 mark.
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