Joe Morrone is a former head men's collegiate soccer coach. He is the father of former American soccer midfielder Joe Morrone, Jr.

Joe Morrone, Jr.

Joseph "Joe" Morrone, Jr. is a former U.S. soccer midfielder. He was the 1980 Hermann Trophy as the top collegiate player of the year and the 1981 North American Soccer League Rookie of the Year....

. He is best known to have coached soccer at UCONN

University of Connecticut

The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...

 from 1969 to 1996. He is credited with transforming a struggling UCONN soccer program into one of the nation's best. He won the 1981 NCAA national championship at UCONN. From 1981 to 1983, his teams reached the Final Four three times. His teams reached the NCAA tournament 16 out of the past 18 years he coached there.

Despite this success, from 1989 to 1996, his teams never made the NCAA tournament, and he was asked to step down. He was replaced by another coaching legend, Ray Reid

Ray Reid

Raymond Michael Reid is the head men's soccer coach at UCONN. He is the school's all time most successful coach. His success in soccer division 1 is shown by his team's winning percentage of . As a collegiate head coach, he has a career record of 350-87-49...

. UCONN's soccer stadium is named after him. His career coaching record stands at 422-199-64.

External links

• http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/26/nyregion/the-troubling-retirement-of-a-soccer-coach.html?pagewanted=all