Joe Waggoner enters his fifth season (2011) as SMU women[apos]s goalkeepers coach.
Waggoner began coaching soccer and goalkeepers in 1995 in South Texas. He has played professional soccer for the Houston Hurricanes, the Texas Toros, the Texas Rattlers, and most recently with the Texas Spurs of the PDL. In 1999, Waggoner was invited into the Dallas Burn Pro player combine, entered into the 1999 MLS Superdraft, then invited to train day-to-day with the Dallas Burn organization (now FC Dallas), playing games with their minor league teams. A 1994 graduate from Baylor University, Waggoner has worked in soccer ever since, starting coaching in 1995 as goalkeeper and team coach for the Katy Strikers (now Texas Premier FC) outside of Houston, Texas.
Waggoner worked as goalkeeper evaluator for South Texas state teams in the [apos]82, [apos]84, and [apos]85 birth years. In the spring of 1998, Joe coached the [apos]84 girls South Texas ODP state team. He spent four years in Houston, coaching teams and goalkeepers for the Strikers and ODP until moving to Dallas in 1999. Waggoner has worked as goalkeeper coach for the Texas Spurs (two years), Southwest (Now Revolution Premier - five years), Texas Spirit (four years), and Club Classic (four years) soccer clubs. Since 2001, Waggoner has worked as the head goalkeeper coach for North Texas Soccer in the Olympic Development Program working with every age for the boys[apos] and girls[apos] state teams.
Waggoner is a clinician for North Texas, educating team and individual coaches on training their goalkeepers. He teaches the goalkeeper portion of many of the E, D, and C clinics in North Texas. Joe has also led instruction at the Annual General Meeting for North Texas, and led goalkeeper education programs for recreational associations in North Texas. He received a national [quote]C[quote] coaching license in 1997.
[quote]Joe is an elite goalkeeper coach and we are lucky to have his vast experience and expertise at SMU,[quote] states Erwin. [quote]Joe is one of the top goalkeeper coaches in the South, working with many of the top keepers in North Texas and beyond. His knowledge, personality and attitude compliment our team. He does a wonderful job working with all of our goalkeepers and team! He is another perfect fit on our coaching staff.[quote]
