USD Men's Soccer 2006

TCJ#MY TATE Assistant Coach -10th Season

Tommy Tate returns for his tenth season as an assistant coach for the Torero soccer program. No stranger to USD, he played four years at goalie for Coach McFadden between 1990-1994. He recorded 17 shutouts during his Torero career and finished with a 37-14-5 record as the starting keeper. ___________. He recorded 16 wins and 9 shutouts as a freshman and went 13-4 during his senior campaign. A 1995 graduate of USD with a B.A. in History, Tommy was the goal– keeper coach for the San Diego Spirit of the WUSA for three seasons. He earned additional coaching experience as an assistant coach for the boy's team at the University of San Diego High School. He has his USSF B license and is also the US National Team Assistant for U-15 and U-17. In addition, he is the coach for the Region IV 1991 age group. He competed for four years as a goalie for the San Diego Flash profes– sional minor league team that plays in the A-League Western Division. Tom and his wife, Claire, were married on September 6, 2003.

MIKE NICHOLSON Assistant Coach - 2nd Season

Michael "Nico" Nicholson returns for his second season as an assistant coach to Seamus McFadden and the University of San Diego men's soccer program. Nicholson comes to Alcala Park after serving as an assistant coach to the Univer– sity of California, San Diego women's soccer program from 1994-2005. During

his stint with UCSD, the Tritons captured three NCAA Division II and three NCAA Division III national championships. From 2003-05, Nicholson was also the

director of the Temecula/Murrieta Soccer Club and from 1998 to 2003 , he acted as the Head Boy's Coach for the San Diego Surf. Many of the club teams at the Surf achieved Regional and State success and many of his players were placed on national teams. In 1994, he coached the Nomads Boy 's Under 16 club that won a national championship. In addition to his tremendous wealth of coaching experience, Nichol– son also spent time with the United Systems of Independent Soccer League, a men's semi-professional league. He played three seasons for the San Diego Top Guns from 1993-95 and guided his team to the Regional Finalists in 1994 and 1995. Nicholson graduated from the University of Leeds in England, where

he earned a degree in Sports Science in 1989. He captained his soccer team to the national finals in 1989 and his team won the national championship in 1986. USD NCAA Tournament Appearances - 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1990