Longtime faculty soccer coach Jerry Faust died Monday. He was 89.
Faust coached at Notre Dame from 1981 via 1985 after which spent 9 years as the pinnacle coach at Akron. Notre Dame was 30-26-1 in Faust’s time on the faculty and went to 2 bowl video games.
Faust was employed at Notre Dame with none head teaching expertise in faculty soccer. He was employed by the Combating Irish from Moeller Excessive College in Ohio, the place he had been the pinnacle coach since 1962. 9 of Faust’s former highschool gamers have been on the roster when he took over at Notre Dame for Dan Devine.
Nonetheless, Notre Dame didn’t proceed the success it had with Devine and Ara Parseghian below Faust. The Combating Irish have been above .500 in three of his 5 seasons, however they by no means received greater than seven video games in a single season. The workforce’s solely bowl win in his tenure got here in 1983 within the Liberty Bowl.
The spotlight of Faust’s time at Notre Dame got here in 1982 when the Combating Irish beat then-No. 10 Michigan in what was the primary night time recreation at Notre Dame Stadium. The sport was Notre Dame’s season opener because the Irish received 23-17 on the best way to a 6-4-1 season.
Faust introduced his resignation close to the top of the 1985 season, a 12 months that concluded with a blowout loss at Miami. After leaving Notre Dame, Faust was employed by the Zips as they made the transfer to the highest stage of school soccer.
Akron went to the FBS stage after Faust’s first season and posted a profitable file in 1989. Nonetheless, that was simply certainly one of two profitable seasons in Faust’s time with the Zips, and his tenure resulted in 1994 after a 1-10 season that included a 1-8 file within the MAC.
