# Jim DeRose > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_DeRose > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_DeRose.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_DeRose > Source revision: 1294797174 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American soccer player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Jim DeRose | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|9|28}} | birth_place = [Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey](/source/Cinnaminson_Township%2C_New_Jersey), United States | height = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [Goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) | youthyears1 = 1985–1988 | youthclubs1 = [Johnson State College](/source/Johnson_State_College) | years1 = 1990 | clubs1 = [New Mexico Chiles](/source/New_Mexico_Chiles) | caps1 = | goals1 = | manageryears1 = 1990 | manageryears2 = 1991 | manageryears3 = 1992–1994 | manageryears4 = 1995 | manageryears5 = 1996–2023 | managerclubs1 = [Johnson State Badgers](/source/Johnson_State_College) (assistant) | managerclubs2 = [Vermont Catamounts](/source/Vermont_Catamounts_men's_soccer) (assistant) | managerclubs3 = [Illinois State Redbirds](/source/Illinois_State_Redbirds_men's_soccer) (assistant) | managerclubs4 = [Richmond Spiders](/source/Richmond_Spiders_men's_soccer) (assistant) | managerclubs5 = [Bradley Braves](/source/Bradley_Braves_men's_soccer) | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Jim DeRose''' (born c. 1967 in [Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey](/source/Cinnaminson_Township%2C_New_Jersey)[http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=194715 Jim DeRose] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031359/http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=194715 |date=2016-03-04 }}, [Bradley University](/source/Bradley_University) athletics. Accessed June 18, 2012. "A native of Cinnaminson, N.J., DeRose brings enthusiasm, a hard-work ethic and popularity to The Hilltop. ") is an American former soccer player and coach who spent most of this managerial career at [Bradley University](/source/Bradley_University). He also spent one professional season as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) with the [New Mexico Chiles](/source/New_Mexico_Chiles) in the [American Professional Soccer League](/source/American_Professional_Soccer_League). ==Player== DeRose attended [Johnson State College](/source/Johnson_State_College), playing on the men's soccer team from 1985 to 1988. He was an [NAIA](/source/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics) first team All American and the New England Player of the Year in 1988.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aacsports.com/msguide.pdf |title=NAIA National Championship Press Book |access-date=2008-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517063120/http://www.aacsports.com/msguide.pdf |archive-date=2008-05-17 |url-status=dead }} He graduated in 1989 with a [bachelor's degree](/source/bachelor's_degree) in secondary education. In 1990, DeRose spent one season with the [New Mexico Chiles](/source/New_Mexico_Chiles) of the [American Professional Soccer League](/source/American_Professional_Soccer_League).[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1990/statswsa90.htm#NM 1990 New Mexico Chiles] The Chiles lasted only one season before folding. During this time, soccer in the United States was experiencing great turbulence. Teams and leagues lasted a few years at the most before collapsing. Consequently, DeRose decided to pursue other opportunities in the sport. ==Coach== DeRose began his coaching career as an assistant soccer coach at [Johnson State College](/source/Johnson_State_College) in 1989. He returned to coaching as an assistant at the [University of Vermont](/source/University_of_Vermont) in 1991. In 1992, he moved to [Illinois State University](/source/Illinois_State_University) where he was an assistant until the school dropped the men's soccer program in 1994. He spent a single season as an assistant at the [University of Richmond](/source/University_of_Richmond) before being hired as the head coach at [Bradley University](/source/Bradley_University) in 1996. In 2007, he was named the [Soccer America Magazine](/source/Soccer_America_Magazine) Coach of the Year. DeRose was honored as the Greater Peoria Tri-County Male Coach of the Year in 1998.{{cite web | url=http://www.gpshof.org/AwTri/derose.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041016025840/http://www.gpshof.org/AwTri/derose.html | archive-date=2004-10-16 | url-status=usurped | title=Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame - Tri-County Award Jim DeRose }} At the end of the [2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season](/source/2023_NCAA_Division_I_men's_soccer_season), DeRose retired.{{cite web |last1=Huett |first1=Wes |title=Bradley soccer coach Jim DeRose retires after nearly three decades in Peoria |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/college/soccer/2023/11/02/bradley-soccer-coach-jim-derose-announces-retirement-tim-regan-promoted/71428258007/ |website=[Peoria Journal Star](/source/Peoria_Journal_Star) |publisher=[Gannett](/source/Gannett) |access-date=June 29, 2024 |date=November 2, 2023}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/coaches/jim-derose/3299 Bradley University coaching profile] {{DEFAULTSORT:Derose, Jim}} Category:Living people Category:American soccer coaches Category:American men's soccer players Category:New Mexico Chiles (APSL) players Category:American Professional Soccer League players Category:Bradley Braves men's soccer coaches Category:Johnson State College alumni Category:Sportspeople from Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey Category:Soccer players from Burlington County, New Jersey Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:1967 births Category:20th-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jim DeRose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_DeRose) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_DeRose?action=history)). 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