Cossaboon Leaves SMU for Gonzaga University
Dec 30 | Women's Soccer
Dec. 30, 2006
Spokane, Wash. - Gonzaga University head women's soccer coach Shannon Stiles has announced on Friday the hiring of John Cossaboon as assistant coach. Cossaboon posted a record of 64-17-8 during his four years as head women's soccer coach at SMU.
Cossaboon, who will officially begin work Jan. 2, joins the Bulldogs from Southern Methodist University where he maintained the Mustangs' excellence. SMU won conference titles all four seasons, including this past season that saw SMU go 17-5-1 overall and 8-1-0 in Conference USA for its seventh straight regular-season title. The Mustangs, tied for 24th in the final SoccerTimes.com poll, lost in the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament but received an at-large bid into the College Cup, advancing to the second round in their sixth straight College Cup appearance. He earned his second straight C-USA Coach of the Year honor.
