{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1967)}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Caesar Cervin | fullname = | image = | birth_date = January 29, 1953 | birth_place = El Paso, Texas, U.S. | height = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = SMU Mustangs | years1 = 1978–1979 | years2 = 1979– | years3 = 1981 | years4 = 1982 | years5 = 1985 | years6 = 1989–1990 | years7 = 1990 | clubs1 = Cleveland Force (indoor) | clubs2 = Wichita Wings (indoor) | clubs3 = Dallas Tornado | clubs4 = Oklahoma City Slickers | clubs5 = Dallas Americans | clubs6 = Addison Arrows (indoor) | caps1 = 19 | caps2 = 20 | caps3 = 0 | caps4 = 0 | goals1 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1990 | manageryears2 = 1995–2014 | manageryears3 = 1991 | manageryears4 = 2011 | managerclubs1 = | managerclubs2 = Dallas Sidekicks (assistant coach) | managerclubs3 = Fort Worth Kickers (head coach) | managerclubs4 = Texas Outlaws (head coach) | managerclubs5 = | managerclubs6 = }} '''Caesar Cervin''' is an American retired soccer midfielder. He played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, United Soccer League and Southwest Indoor Soccer League (SISL). He later coached teams in the SISL where he was the 1991 Coach of the Year, USISL, Lone Star Soccer Alliance and was a fourteen-year assistant coach with the Dallas Sidekicks.
==Player== While born in Texas, Cervin grew up in Mexico.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} After graduating from high school, he attended Southern Methodist University where he played on the men's soccer team.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} In 1978, he signed with the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/hx823/7879/index.html |title=1978-1979 Cleveland Force |access-date=2009-10-26 |archive-date=2022-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606095047/http://www.geocities.com/hx823/7879/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He then played an unknown number of seasons with the Wichita Wings.<ref name="MISL">''AROUND THE MISL . . .'' Wichita Eagle, The (KS) - Monday, May 13, 1985</ref> In 1981, he signed with the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League, but saw no first team games. In March 1982, he signed with the Oklahoma City Slickers of the American Soccer League.<ref name="a">''Sean to fight on March 18'' The Daily Oklahoman - Wednesday, March 3, 1982</ref> In June 1982, the Slickers released him after he failed to enter a game. He returned to Dallas where he was a "part-owner of an automotive repair shop".<ref>''Slickers release forward'' The Daily Oklahoman - Wednesday, June 23, 1982</ref> In 1985, he played for the Dallas Americans in the United Soccer League.<ref name="MISL"/> In 1989, he signed with the Addison Arrows of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League.<ref>''Renegades Ousted In Shootout, Again'' Tulsa World - Monday, August 7, 1989</ref> In 1990, he both coached and played for the FC Dallas of the Lone Star Soccer Alliance.
==Coach== In 1982, Norman High School hired Cervin as head coach of the boys' soccer team.<ref name="a"/> In 1990, he coached FC Dallas in the Lone Star Soccer Alliance.<ref>''Spirit Knocks Off Dallas 2-1'' The Daily Oklahoman - Sunday, July 1, 1990</ref> He took Dallas to the LSSA championship where they fell to the Oklahoma City Spirit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1990.html#LSSA |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1990 |access-date=2009-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108201937/http://www.sover.net/%7espectrum/year/1990.html#LSSA |archive-date=2009-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later that year, he was hired by the Dallas Sidekicks of Major Indoor Soccer League as an assistant coach. He remained with the Sidekicks until 2004. In 1991, he coached the Fort Worth Kickers in the Southwest Independent Soccer League. He was the SISL Coach of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1991.html#SISL |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1991 |access-date=2009-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006190628/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1991.html#SISL |archive-date=2008-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the 1994-1995 USISL season, he coached the expansion Mesquite Kickers.<ref>''Roughnecks, Schwab Face Kickers'' Tulsa World - Saturday, February 11, 1995</ref> In 1996, he returned to the Fort Worth Kickers, now known as the Dallas Lightning.<ref>''Tatu Makes Roughnecks Debut Against Texans This Weekend'' Tulsa World - Saturday, January 6, 1996</ref> On September 9, 2008, the Texas Outlaws of the Professional Arena Soccer League hired Cervin.<ref>[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3716086 Outlaws Hire Caesar Cervin as Co-Head Coach]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [http://www.kicksfan.com/2003-04/gallery/staff/index.htm Photo of Cervin with the Dallas Sidekicks] * [http://www.nasljerseys.com/MISL/Players/C/Cervin.Ceasar.htm MISL stats]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cervin, Caeser}} Category:American soccer coaches Category:American men's soccer players Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Category:Cleveland Force (original MISL) players Category:Dallas Americans players Category:DFW Tornados players Category:Lone Star Soccer Alliance coaches Category:Lone Star Soccer Alliance players Category:Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Category:Oklahoma City Slickers (ASL) players Category:USISL players Category:SMU Mustangs men's soccer players Category:United Soccer League (1984–85) players Category:USISL coaches Category:Wichita Wings (MISL) players Category:Living people Category:Men's association football forwards Category:1967 births Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Norman Public Schools teachers