# Jim Rilatt > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Rilatt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Rilatt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rilatt > Source revision: 1326098226 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American soccer coach (born 1963)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jim Rilatt | image = | caption = | fullname = James B. Rilatt | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}} | birth_place = [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [University of Portland](/source/University_of_Portland) | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = [Warner Pacific College](/source/Warner_Pacific_College) (assistant) | manageryears2 = 1991 | managerclubs2 = [Lewis & Clark College](/source/Lewis_%26_Clark_College) | manageryears3 = 1992 | managerclubs3 = [Willamette University](/source/Willamette_University) ''(women)'' | manageryears4 = 2006–2008 | managerclubs4 = [Pacific University](/source/Pacific_University) (assistant) | manageryears5 = 2007–2010 | managerclubs5 = [Portland Timbers](/source/Portland_Timbers_(2001%E2%80%932010)) (assistant) | manageryears6 = 2009–2016 | managerclubs6 = [Portland Timbers U23s](/source/Portland_Timbers_U23s) }} '''Jim Rilatt''' (born 1963) is an American [soccer](/source/Association_football) coach who was the former [head coach](/source/Manager_(association_football)) of the [Portland Timbers U23's](/source/Portland_Timbers_U23's) in the [USL Premier Development League](/source/USL_Premier_Development_League) (PDL). In 2010, after an undefeated season in which the U23's won the PDL title, he was named PDL Coach of the Year. ==Career== Rilatt has over 20 years of experience coaching soccer in the [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon) area at the youth, high school, college and professional levels. In his 14 years coaching high school soccer, Rilatt was named [Mount Hood Conference](/source/Oregon_School_Activities_Association) Coach of the Year five times.{{cite news|title=Jim Rilatt returns as Timbers U-23s head coach|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2009/11/jim_rilatt_returns_as_timbers.html|accessdate=June 1, 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=November 20, 2009|location=Portland}} As assistant coach for [Warner Pacific College](/source/Warner_Pacific_College), Rilatt helped the Knights to two [NAIA](/source/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics) District II national titles. In 1991, he served as head coach for [Lewis & Clark College](/source/Lewis_%26_Clark_College) and was the head coach of the women's team at [Willamette University](/source/Willamette_University) the following year.{{cite web|title=Jim Rilatt - Director of Coaching |url=http://www.esufc.com/templates/template7/template7.php?page=1407 |publisher=EastSide United FC |accessdate=June 1, 2011 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324211643/http://www.esufc.com/templates/template7/template7.php?page=1407 |archivedate=March 24, 2012 |df= }} Rilatt served as a coach, Associate Director and then Director of Coaching for F.C. Portland Soccer Academy for 13 years, coaching teams to fifteen Oregon Youth Soccer Association titles and one [United States Youth Soccer Association](/source/United_States_Youth_Soccer_Association) national title in 1994. In 2006, Rilatt was hired as an assistant coach at [Pacific University](/source/Pacific_University) under head coach [Jim Brazeau](/source/Jim_Brazeau) and helped the Boxers recover from their worst-ever season in 2005.{{cite web|title=Brazeau Named Men's Soccer Coach Of The Year|url=http://www.pacificu.edu/news/detail.cfm?NEWS_ID=2384&CATEGORY_ID=1|publisher=Pacific University|accessdate=June 1, 2011}} After his first year of coaching duties at Pacific, both Rilatt and Brazeau were added to the coaching staff of the [Portland Timbers](/source/Portland_Timbers_(2001%E2%80%932010)) of the [USL First Division](/source/USL_First_Division).{{cite web|title=Brazeau, Rilatt Named To Portland Timbers Staff|url=http://www.pacificu.edu/news/detail.cfm?NEWS_ID=3186&CATEGORY_ID=1|publisher=Pacific University|accessdate=June 1, 2011}} Rilatt continued to coach youth soccer with Lake Oswego Soccer Club before being hired in 2009 as Director of Coaching for youth club EastSide United FC where [Portland Timbers](/source/Portland_Timbers) General Manager [Gavin Wilkinson](/source/Gavin_Wilkinson) serves as Technical Director. In 2009, Rilatt was named the inaugural head coach of the [Portland Timbers U23's](/source/Portland_Timbers_U23's) of the [PDL](/source/USL_Premier_Development_League), a developmental squad for the Portland Timbers. He was named PDL Coach of the Year in 2010 after leading the club during its unblemished (20–0–0) run to the PDL title.{{cite web|title=2010 PDL Honors Announced|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/453907.html|publisher=United Soccer Leagues|accessdate=June 1, 2011|date=August 6, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711165124/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/453907.html|archivedate=July 11, 2012|df=}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807102359/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/u-23s-coaching-staff Portland Timbers U23's profile] {{DEFAULTSORT:Rilatt, Jim}} Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:American soccer coaches Category:Lewis & Clark Pioneers coaches Category:Pacific Boxers coaches Category:Portland Timbers (2001–2010) coaches Category:Warner Pacific Knights coaches Category:Willamette Bearcats coaches Category:College men's soccer coaches in Oregon Category:College women's soccer coaches in Oregon Category:High school soccer coaches in the United States Category:Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jim Rilatt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rilatt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Rilatt?action=history)). 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