MEN'S SOCCER COACH
Dan Palmer
 Dan Palmer became the third head men's soccer coach in Case history on June 10, 2004.
Palmer coached the Spartans to a 17-2-2 record in 2006, as the team captured the University Athletic Association championship and made their first-ever appearance to the NCAA postseason tournament. He was named the UAA Coach of the Year after the 2006 season. In 2007, the Spartans were nationally ranked as high at second in the nation, finishing the season ranked No. 22 in the country after a successful year.
Palmer went 3-30-3 his previous two seasons as the head coach at local Hiram College. He came to Hiram after six years (1996-2002) as the head men's and women's soccer coach at William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. While at WWU (record: men 46-45-7, women 70-45-6), Palmer was honored as the 1997 American Midwest Conference Men's Co-Coach of the Year and the 1998 AMC Women's Coach of the Year.
Prior to that, Palmer coached the boys team at Wheaton North High School in Wheaton, Illinois from 1994 to 1996 (record: 27-13-5). He was named IHSSCA Section III Coach of the Year in 1995. Palmer also served as the mens soccer coach at his alma mater, North Central College (NCAA Div. III) from 1984 to 1989 (record: 46-44-7).
Palmer, whose career coaching record is 192-177-28, completed his B.A. from North Central in 1981 and his M.A. from Northeastern Illinois University in 1989. |
