{{Short description|American soccer player and coach}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2009}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use American English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Paul Krumpe | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|3|4}} | birth_place = [[Torrance, California]], United States | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = 1982–1985 | youthclubs1 = [[UCLA Bruins|UCLA]] | years1 = 1986–1988 | years2 = 1988–1989 | years3 = 1990 | years4 = 1991 | clubs1 = [[Chicago Sting]] (''indoor'') | clubs2 = [[Los Angeles Heat]] | clubs3 = [[Real Santa Barbara]] | clubs4 = [[Colorado Foxes]] | caps1 = 75 | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = 6 | goals1 = 13 | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1986–1991 | nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] | nationalcaps1 = 24 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | manageryears1 = 1991–1995 | manageryears2 = 1994 | manageryears3 = 1995–1997 | manageryears4 = 1998–2021 | managerclubs1 = [[West High School (Torrance)|West Torrance High School]] | managerclubs2 = [[El Camino College]] ''(assistant)'' | managerclubs3 = [[UCLA Bruins|UCLA]] ''(assistant)'' | managerclubs4 = [[Loyola Marymount University]] | manageryears5 = 2022–present | managerclubs5 = Loyola Marymount University (assistant) }} '''Paul Krumpe''' (born March 4, 1963 in [[Torrance, California]]) is an American former [[Association football|soccer]] [[Defender (association football)|defender]] and current coach. He spent two seasons in the [[Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)|Major Indoor Soccer League]], two in the [[Western Soccer Alliance]] and two in the [[American Professional Soccer League]]. He was a member of the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]] at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]. He is currently an assistant coach of the [[Loyola Marymount Lions|Loyola Marymount University (LMU)]] men's soccer team after serving as head coach from 1998 to 2021.
==High school and college== Krumpe was born and grew up in [[Torrance, California]] and attended [[West High School (Torrance)|West High School]] there. He attended [[UCLA]] where he was a four-year starter on the school's men's [[NCAA]] soccer team. In 1985, Krumpe's senior year, UCLA defeated [[American University]] 1–0 in 8 overtimes in the [[NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament|championship game]]. In that game, Krumpe was co-captain for UCLA and assisted on the winning goal. He graduated from UCLA in the spring of 1986 with a [[B.S.]] degree in Aerospace Engineering.
==Professional career== After graduation, Krumpe was drafted by the [[Chicago Sting]] of the [[Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–08)|Major Indoor Soccer League]] (MISL). He played two seasons with the Sting, then moved to the outdoor Los Angeles Heat of the [[Western Soccer Alliance]] for a summer season. After his one season with the Heat, Krumpe then moved to [[Real Santa Barbara]] of the [[American Professional Soccer League]] (APSL) where he played a single season. In 1991, he again found himself with another team, the [[Colorado Foxes]], also of the APSL.
==National team== Krumpe was actively involved with the [[United States men's national soccer team]] during this period as well. He earned his first [[Cap (sport)|cap]] in 1986 in a game with Canada. Over the next five years, he would play 25 times for the senior national team and over 40 times for men's team – including games not considered full internationals. These included the 1987 [[Pan American Games]], three games at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in South Korea,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Paul Krumpe Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/paul-krumpe-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081500/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/paul-krumpe-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|accessdate=July 25, 2009}}</ref> and the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]. He ended his national team career in 1991, as he began it, with a game against Canada.
The 1980s and early 1990s were a difficult time for American soccer players. With the demise of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]], they had few opportunities for playing outdoor soccer. Even the indoor leagues began struggling in the late 1980s. Several U.S. players moved overseas, but others, like Krumpe, found themselves moving from one financially struggling U.S. club to another. In 1991, having reached the highest levels of the game, at the 1990 World Cup, he decided to hang up his cleats and enter the coaching career field.
==Coaching== In 1989, Krumpe had worked with the coaching staff of the [[Cal State Dominguez Hills]] women's soccer team. That gave him a taste for coaching and when he retired from playing in 1991, he moved back to his high school, West Torrance, where he became its boys' soccer coach from 1991 to 1995. In his four years with the team, he took them to the playoffs four times. He didn't confine himself to the high school level, but also worked as an assistant coach for [[El Camino College]] in 1994. Now he works at LMU as a head coach for men's varsity soccer.
In 1995, [[UCLA]] hired Krumpe as an assistant coach. His time with the team culminated with another national championship for the Bruins in 1997.
[[Loyola Marymount University]] (LMU) hired Krumpe as its men's soccer coach in 1998. In his time at LMU, he led the team to eight [[NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament|NCAA Tournament]] appearances, with the final tournament berth coming [[2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament|in 2021]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lmulions.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/coaches/paul-krumpe/2434|title=Paul Krumpe - Men's Soccer Coach|website=Loyola Marymount University Athletics|language=en|access-date=November 30, 2019}}</ref>
On March 10, 2022, Krumpe stepped down from his position as LMU's head coach and was replaced by Kyle Schmid, but remained with the program as an assistant coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lmulions.com/news/2022/3/10/mens-soccer-kyle-schmid-set-to-lead-lions.aspx|title = Kyle Schmid Set to Lead Lions| date=March 10, 2022 }}</ref>
Krumpe also runs the Paul Krumpe Soccer Academy and briefly worked as an aerospace engineer with McDonnell-Douglas after retiring from playing.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.nasljerseys.com/MISL/Players/K/Krumpe.Paul.htm MISL stats]
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