TSC Media Release
TSC Media Release
FRANKLIN, TN - Tennessee Soccer Club has named Adam Grant as head coach of its USL League Two team for the 2022 season.
He is currently in his sixth year as the Head Men’s Soccer Coach at Cumberland University following a two-year stint as the Head Women’s Coach.
No stranger to success, Grant’s teams were 126-52-12 over the 11 years as a head and assistant with the men’s and women’s programs at Cumberland, reaching the NAIA Championships six times. He won back-to-back Coach of the Year Awards for the Mid-South Conference in 2017 and 2018
“We are extremely pleased to name Adam as the Head Coach of our League Two team,” Executive Director Stuart Brown said. “With local ties at Cumberland and having led [Nashville United] from the beginning, he will bring great experience and leadership in building our team to compete in USL’s League Two.”
“I am incredibly excited for this opportunity with Tennessee Soccer Club,” said Grant. “Soccer is becoming massive in the Greater Nashville area and to lead the USL League Two team is a big honor. I am ready to get started and build this group.”
Grant holds a “C” coaching license with the US Soccer Federation and a NSCAA Goalkeeping Level 1 and 2 license.
A Dublin, Ireland, native, he graduated from Pobalscoil Neasain before playing three years at Lambuth University, earning First Team All-Conference honors as a freshman and Second Team All-Conference accolades as a junior. The Eagles won a conference championship his freshman season and he captained the 2010 club to a 12-5-2 overall mark.
Grant continued to Martin Methodist College to complete his coursework, earning his bachelor’s in Business Administration with an emphasis in Sports Management in May 2012. He received his master’s in Sport and Exercise Pedagogy from Cumberland in May 2014.
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Tennessee Soccer Club (TSC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Williamson County and the surrounding Greater Nashville area. TSC's Mission is "to promote a love for soccer by developing excellence in the game for our players and coaches to positively impact our member families and communities.”
Since 2012, TSC has been the premier youth soccer club in the state of Tennessee and currently serves over 3,500 players participating in recreational, competitive and/or supplemental soccer programs across four locations: TSC Murfreesboro, TSC Nashville, TSC Sumner and TSC Williamson. TSC teams compete locally, regionally, and nationally in leagues such as the Tennessee Youth Soccer League, USYS National League and Mid South Conference, and the Elite Clubs National League. TSC also fields two U23 pre-professional teams competing in USL W League (women’s) and USL League Two (men’s). TSC has won multiple state and national championships in recent years through competition in these leagues.
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