{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1976)}} {{Distinguish|Stacy Wilson}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Staci Wilson | image = USWNT Camp Zama Staci Wilson 1 (cropped).jpg | caption = Wilson in 2019 | full_name = Staci Nicole Wilson<ref name="WUSA">{{cite web |url=http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/staci_wilson/ |title=Staci Wilson |publisher=Women's United Soccer Association |access-date=July 20, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020814072059/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/staci_wilson/ |archive-date=August 14, 2002}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|8}}<ref name="WUSA"/> | birth_place = Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.<ref name="WUSA"/> | height = {{convert|5|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="WUSA"/> | position = Defender | currentclub = Pine Knights (boys' head coach) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Reston United | youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–1994 | youthclubs2 = Jefferson Colonials | collegeyears1 = 1994–1997 | college1 = North Carolina Tar Heels | collegecaps1 = 102 | collegegoals1 = 11 | years1 = 1998–2000 | clubs1 = Raleigh Wings | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = Carolina Courage | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1995–1996 | nationalteam1 = United States | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2000–200? | managerclubs1 = Flint Hill Huskies | manageryears2 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs2 = Loudoun Youth Soccer Association | manageryears3 = 2006–2008 | managerclubs3 = Weston Fury Soccer Club | manageryears4 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs4 = Philadelphia Independence (assistant) | manageryears5 = 2012 | managerclubs5 = Florida Atlantic Owls (assistant) | manageryears6 = 2012–2014 | managerclubs6 = Team Boca Soccer Club | manageryears7 = 2015–2017 | managerclubs7 = Oxbridge ThunderWolves | manageryears8 = 2019– | managerclubs8 = Pine Knights (boys) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fbw|USA}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Gold|1996 Atlanta|}} }}
'''Staci Nicole Wilson''' (born July 8, 1976) is an American soccer player and Olympic champion. She is an alumna of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Alexandria, Virginia) and the University of North Carolina.
She received a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.<ref name=db-ol-SOC-1996>{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=SOC |title=1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Soccer |website=databaseolympics.com |access-date=May 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822145745/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=SOC |archive-date=August 22, 2008 }}</ref>
Wilson was an All-American soccer player during high school in Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.fausports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/wilson_staci00.html |title= Staci Wilson Reflects on Olympic Experience, Coaching |publisher= Florida Atlantic University |date= July 3, 2012}}</ref> She was a dominant defensive player as a member of the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team. There, among other honors, she was the 1994 National Freshman Player of the Year.<ref name=ar-th-SOC>{{cite web |url= http://www.tarheelblue.com/sports/w-soccer/archive/100102aac.html |title= Defensive Great Staci Wilson |website= tarheelblue.com |accessdate= November 9, 2011 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120523184230/http://www.tarheelblue.com/sports/w-soccer/archive/100102aac.html |archivedate= May 23, 2012}}</ref> In March 2001, the team retired Wilson's jersey number 27.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205487457 |title= Wilson's #27 Retired By University |website= goheels.com |date= March 8, 2001}}</ref>
In March 2012 Wilson became an assistant coach for women's soccer at Florida Atlantic University.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://fausports.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/staci-wilson/942 |title= Staci Wilson |publisher= Florida Atlantic University |accessdate= January 19, 2015}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIFA player|181260}} * {{databaseOlympics|WILSOSTA01}} * {{Sports reference|archive=20170611062340}} * [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2000/06/08/woodbridge-wins-quarterfinal/2c998cf8-3c66-4933-8c8c-774a0e8b3ab5/ Flint Hill Taps Wilson for Girls Soccer] * [http://www.vadcsoccerhof.org/hall-of-fame-inductees/hall-of-fame-bios/staci-wilson Staci Wilson] at Virginia–D.C. Soccer Hall of Fame * [https://www.tcpalm.com/story/sports/high-school/soccer/2020/02/21/staci-wilson-pine-soccer-north-carolina-uswnt/4829834002/ Staci Wilson was a star for North Carolina and U.S. women's soccer teams. Now she has Pine School in the state semifinal] * [https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/91624/staci-wilson-on-coaching-high-school-boys-her-win.html Staci Wilson on coaching high school boys, her winning formula, and recalling her mentors]
{{United States Squad 1996 Summer Olympics (Women's Football)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Staci}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Soccer players from Fairfax County, Virginia Category:American women's soccer players Category:United States women's international soccer players Category:Carolina Courage players Category:Florida Atlantic Owls women's soccer coaches Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:High school soccer coaches in the United States Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in soccer Category:Parade High School All-Americans (girls' soccer) Category:Philadelphia Independence Category:Raleigh Wings players Category:Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology alumni Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players Category:Women's association football defenders Category:Women's Professional Soccer coaches Category:Women's United Soccer Association players Category:African-American soccer players Category:20th-century American sportswomen
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