Herb Schmidt
Personal information
Full name Herbert Schmidt
Place of birth Summit, New Jersey, United States
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 39 (90)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960 New York Hota
Managerial career
1963 Penn State Nittany Lions (assistant lacrosse)
1964 Penn State Nittany Lions (lacrosse)
1967 Lafayette College
1968–1973 Penn State Nittany Lions (soccer)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herbert Schmidt is a retired American soccer and lacrosse player and coach. He holds the second most career men's NCAA goals and the most by an American player.

Player

Schmidt grew up in Summit, New Jersey and graduated from Summit High School where he played basketball and was captain of the 1957 boys' soccer team.[1][2][3][4] He then attended Rutgers University where he was a 1960 First Team and 1961 Honorable Mention All American soccer player.[5] He was also a two-time Lacrosse All-American.[6][7] He is listed under several categories in the NCAA soccer record book and is a member of the Rutgers Athletic Hall of Fame.[8][9] In 1960, he played for New York Hota of the German American Soccer League.[10]

Coach

In 1963, Penn State University hired Schmidt as assistant lacrosse coach. In 1964, he became head coach of the lacrosse team. In 1965, he was drafted into the Army. Upon his release in 1968, he served one year as both the lacrosse and soccer coach at Lafayette College, but returned to Penn State in 1968, at which time, he became the head coach of the men's soccer team. He served as head coach until replaced by Walter Bahr in 1974. He had compiled a 38–21–8 and taken the team to four NCAA post-season tournaments. In 1986, Schmidt became the Associate Athletic Director, a position he held until his retirement in 2006.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Herb Schmidt Named Coach by Lafayette", The Summit Herald, June 1, 1967. Accessed October 14, 2018. "Herb Schmidt. an all-State soccer player at Summit High School and a two-time all-American soccer and lacrosse player for Rutgers University, has been named head soccer and lacrosse coach at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. A native of Summit, Schmidt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Herbert Schmidt of 115 Tulip Street."
  2. ^ Staff. "Associate AD Herb Schmidt To Retire After Distinguished Career at Penn State", Penn State Athletics, November 17, 2006. Accessed February 18, 2011. "A native of Summit, N.J., Schmidt came to Penn State after graduating in 1962 from Rutgers University, where he became the school's first two-time soccer All-American."
  3. ^ "Summit High School soccer records". Summitsports.org. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  4. ^ "Summit High School Class of '57". Summithighschool1957.com. January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  5. ^ 1960 Soccer All Americans
  6. ^ "1961 Lacrosse All Americans" (PDF).
  7. ^ "1962 Lacrosse All Americans" (PDF).
  8. ^ "NCAA soccer records" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  9. ^ "Rutgers Hall of Fame". Scarletknights.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  10. ^ "The Year in American Soccer – 1960". Homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  11. ^ "Associate AD Herb Schmidt To Retire After Distinguished Career at Penn State". Gopsusports.com. November 17, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
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