{{short description|American soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jacob Coggins | image = JacobCoggins.jpg | upright = 0.9 | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|11|28}} | birth_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}} | position = Forward | currentclub = Sporting Charlotte | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1998–1999 | clubs1 = Wilmington Hammerheads | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2000–2007 | clubs2 = Charlotte Eagles | caps2 = 103 | goals2 = 50 | years3 = 2008 | clubs3 = Carolina RailHawks | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2009-2010 | clubs4 = Charlotte Eagles | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2010– | clubs5 = CASL Elite | caps5 = | goals5 = | club-update = June 16, 2010 }}
'''Jacob Coggins''' (born November 28, 1978) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for USASA amateur team Sporting Charlotte.
==Career==
===Youth=== Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Coggins attended Independence High School in Charlotte. He was not recruited by any major colleges and passed on offers from small schools.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
===Professional=== While attending a community college in Charlotte in 1998, he attended to a tryout with the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USISL D-3 Pro League who offered him a contract. In 2000, he moved to the Charlotte Eagles. In 2001, the Eagles moved up to the second division USL A-League, dropping back to the USL Second Division for the 2004 season. That year, he was the USL-2 scoring leader and league MVP, repeating both titles in 2005, as the Eagles won the league championship. He suffered from injuries during the 2006 season, which limited him to fourteen games. However, he returned strong in 2007, again leading the USL-2 in scoring.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
On December 5, 2007, Coggins signed with the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wakeforesttimes.com/sports/railhawks/bios/railhawks-acquire-usl-2-star-forward-from-charlott.shtml |title=RailHawks Acquire USL-2 Star Forward from Charlotte Eagles |access-date=2008-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420085413/http://www.wakeforesttimes.com/sports/railhawks/bios/railhawks-acquire-usl-2-star-forward-from-charlott.shtml |archive-date=2012-04-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He made his league debut in a 1–1 tie with the Atlanta Silverbacks on April 19, 2008.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
At the end of the season, he returned to Charlotte where he became a coach in the Eagles youth system.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charlotteeagles.com/home/307302.html |title=2009 Elite Program Directors Announced |access-date=2009-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181358/http://www.charlotteeagles.com/home/307302.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On March 31, 2009, he signed with the Eagles,<ref>[http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/317546.html Eagles duo return from RailHawks: Lemons and USL-2 MVP Coggins back with Charlotte for 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610170116/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/317546.html |date=June 10, 2011 }}</ref> and played 18 games for the team over the course of the season before being released at the end of the year.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Coggins played the amateur team CASL Elite in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2010; his team won their regional qualification group (which also featured NPSL teams FC Tulsa and Atlanta FC) before falling 4–2 to USL Second Division pro side Charleston Battery in the first round of tournament proper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlestonbattery.com/matches_report.asp?mid%3D329 |title=Charleston Battery |accessdate=July 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113153250/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/matches_report.asp?mid=329 |archivedate=January 13, 2012 }}</ref>
===International=== In February 2005, Coggins was called into the United States national team training camp when a contract dispute led the first team players to refuse to enter camp. He was going to start against Trinidad with teammate Dustin Swinehart. However, Coggins never played a game with the national team.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.charlotteeagles.com/eaglesproteam/eaglesroster/314367.html Charlotte Eagles bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929034806/http://www.charlotteeagles.com/eaglesproteam/eaglesroster/314367.html |date=2011-09-29 }} * [http://carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=243&Itemid=198 Carolina RailHawks player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708122240/http://carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=243&Itemid=198 |date=2011-07-08 }} * [http://www.soccerloop.com/interviews/jacob.coggins/ SL Interview: Jacob Coggins]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coggins, Jacob}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:American men's soccer players Category:Soccer players from North Carolina Category:Men's association football forwards Category:USL First Division players Category:USL Second Division players Category:A-League (1995–2004) players Category:North Carolina FC players Category:Charlotte Eagles players Category:Wilmington Hammerheads FC players Category:American soccer coaches Category:Independence High School (Charlotte, North Carolina) alumni