Mike Avery is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on September 19, 1968 in San Jose, California, United States.
Mike Avery (born September 19, 1968) is an American soccer coach and former player who played as a midfielder or forward. He is the head coach of National Premier Soccer League club Fort Wayne FC. Avery appeared with Real Santa Barbara, Askims IK, and Indiana Invaders during a short playing career before going into coaching.
Avery went into coaching in 1994, spending three years as the men’s head coach at Bethel and being named the first head coach in the history of the Pilots’ women’s program. He spent three years as the director of soccer at Cal State San Bernardino, coaching both the men’s and women’s teams at times during that spell. Avery was then a NCAA Division I assistant for the next seven years, spending six years at Notre Dame and one at Louisville. In 2007, Avery was named as the head coach at Valparaiso. He is the all-time winningest head coach in Crusader history, spending 13 years in the position before the program was discontinued by the university. After leaving Valpo, Avery moved to the senior level for the first time and was named as the inaugural head coach in Fort Wayne FC history.
Born on September 19, 1968 in San Jose, California, Avery began playing soccer at the age of four with his neighborhood team, Las Pulgas. He went on to play at Westmont College between 1986 and 1989. During his time at the school, the Warriors appeared in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national tournament three times. As a freshman, Avery tallied six goals and six assists in 24 appearances as Westmont won the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) during their first year in the conference. The Warriors repeated as conference champions in 1987, with Avery chipping in seven goals and 11 assists from 21 appearances on his way to an all-GSAC nod. As a junior, he tallied four goals and six assists from 23 games and was again named all-GSAC as Westmont won their third consecutive conference title. He put up eight goals and 11 assists in 24 games as a senior, with the Warriors winning another GSAC title and making a run to the semifinals of the NAIA Tournament. Avery was named an Honorable Mention All-American following the season, capping off a career in which he scored 25 goals in 92 appearances for Westmont and was named to the NAIA All-Far West team four times.
