Texas A&M University Men's Soccer

Guerrieri is the only head coach in the 23-year history of Aggie Soccer. Guerrieri has built the Texas A&M program from scratch into one of the elite sides in the nation and he has the Maroon and White planted firmly atop the Southeastern Conference. One of the winningest coaches in the history of NCAA Division I soccer, Guerrieri has established Texas A&M as a premier program in the nation. Under his tutelage, Texas A&M is one of only five teams to play in every NCAA Tournament the last 21 seasons. The Aggies have posted 12 consecutive 15-win seasons, the lengthiest active streak in the nation. Guerrieri has led the Maroon and White to 14 Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights and the 2014 NCAA Women's College Cup.  Coach G's Aggies have consistently been ranked in the national top 25 over the past 20+ seasons while attracting some of the top soccer players in the world to College Station. Guerrieri ranks fifth all-time among NCAA Division I coaches with 411 wins and sixth with a .750 winning percentage. He has guided Texas A&M to nine conference regular-season titles and seven conference tournament crowns. Guerrieri is a four-time conference coach of the year and five-time NSCAA Central Region Coach of the Year. With Guerrieri at the helm, Texas A&M has established one of the greatest college soccer atmospheres in the country. The Aggies ranked in the top three in home attendance from 2002-15, including the nation's top attendance in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007 (averaging nearly 3,400 per home game in 2006). Furthermore, Guerrieri's teams have won 86 percent of their home matches since the Aggie Soccer Stadium opened in 1994. Not only have Guerrieri's teams fared well on the field, but all of the student-athletes that have completed their playing careers for him at A&M have either graduated or are on schedule to graduate. In so doing, the team has annually maintained a team GPA above 3.0. Last November, the Aggies again earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award (composite team GPA of at least 3.0 for all team members who appear on the official NCAA roster forms) for the fourth consecutive season. Guerrieri is a member of both the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and the United States Soccer Coaches Program. In addition, he holds an NSCAA Advanced National Coaching diploma and a USSF "A" coaching license and is the former head coach of the South's amateur team in the U.S. Soccer Festival. He served as the Division I Chair of women's soccer for the NSCAA from 1996-2002, guiding NCAA women's soccer through its greatest period of expansion. A native of Chicago, Guerrieri was raised in the Dallas area (Richardson), where he played for the powerful Sparta Blue club team, the top youth team in Texas at the time. Guerrieri also captained the J.J. Pearce High School soccer team as a goalkeeper.  Following high school, he continued his playing career at the University of Tulsa. As team captain of the Golden Hurricane, he was honored as the team MVP in 1982 and was named to the 1981 All-Midwest team. During his career, he set most of the school's team and individual defensive records; the many of which he still holds 30 years after graduation. Following his graduation from Tulsa, Guerrieri served as an assistant coach for the men's programs at Tulsa (1985) and North Texas (1987 and 1990), and as the assistant men's coach and head women's coach at Rollins College (1986). Before coming to College Station, Guerrieri served as head coach for both the men's and women's soccer teams at Hardin-Simmons University and Richland College. His Hardin-Simmons women's team was the 1988 NAIA national runner-up and the 1989 NAIA regional finalist, earning him the Met Life/NSCAA Region Coach of the Year honor. Guerrieri's 1991 and 1992 Richland teams frequented the NJCAA national top-10 rankings in both the men's and women's divisions, and he was twice named Regional Coach of the Year. While the head coach at Richland, Guerrieri served the soccer community in various capacities, ranging from director of coaching for the Dallas Flame Soccer Club, to goalkeeper coach for the North Texas Soccer Association's Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 1990-92. He was also a key personality in the development of the NDCCSA Classic League Soccer Facility at Richland.  He later served as the USA Region III ODP Program Goalkeeper Coach from 1994-2001. Guerrieri received his B.S. in education from Tulsa in 1985. Guerrieri and his wife, the former Terri Markham (A&M, 1987), have three children - a daughter, Emily (19)--A&M Class of 2019, and two sons, Alan (15) and Conner (12).   G Guerrieri Head Coach G Guerrieri is the only head coach in the 23-year history of Aggie Soccer. Guerrieri has built the Texas A&M program from scratch into one of the elite sides in the nation and he has the Maroon and White planted firmly atop the Southeastern Conference. One of the winningest coaches in the history of NCAA Division I soccer, Guerrieri has established Texas A&M as a premier program in the nation. Under his tutelage, Texas A&M is one of only five teams to play in every NCAA Tournament the last 21 seasons. The Aggies have posted 12 consecutive 15-win seasons, the lengthiest active streak in the nation. Guerrieri has led the Maroon and White to 14 Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights and the 2014 NCAA Women's College Cup.  Coach G's Aggies have consistently been ranked in the national top 25 over the past 20+ seasons while attracting some of the top soccer players in the world to College Station. Guerrieri ranks fifth all-time among NCAA Division I coaches with 411 wins and sixth with a .750 winning percentage. He has guided Texas A&M to nine conference regular-season titles and seven conference tournament crowns. Guerrieri is a four-time conference coach of the year and five-time NSCAA Central Region Coach of the Year. With Guerrieri at the helm, Texas A&M has established one of the greatest college soccer atmospheres in the country. The Aggies ranked in the top three in home attendance from 2002-15, including the nation's top attendance in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007 (averaging nearly 3,400 per home game in 2006). Furthermore, Guerrieri's teams have won 86 percent of their home matches since the Aggie Soccer Stadium opened in 1994. Not only have Guerrieri's teams fared well on the field, but all of the student-athletes that have completed their playing careers for him at A&M have either graduated or are on schedule to graduate. In so doing, the team has annually maintained a team GPA above 3.0. Last November, the Aggies again earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award (composite team GPA of at least 3.0 for all team members who appear on the official NCAA roster forms) for the fourth consecutive season. Guerrieri is a member of both the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and the United States Soccer Coaches Program. In addition, he holds an NSCAA Advanced National Coaching diploma and a USSF "A" coaching license and is the former head coach of the South's amateur team in the U.S. Soccer Festival. He served as the Division I Chair of women's soccer for the NSCAA from 1996-2002, guiding NCAA women's soccer through its greatest period of expansion. A native of Chicago, Guerrieri was raised in the Dallas area (Richardson), where he played for the powerful Sparta Blue club team, the top youth team in Texas at the time. Guerrieri also captained the J.J. Pearce High School soccer team as a goalkeeper.  Following high school, he continued his playing career at the University of Tulsa. As team captain of the Golden Hurricane, he was honored as the team MVP in 1982 and was named to the 1981 All-Midwest team. During his career, he set most of the school's team and individual defensive records; the many of which he still holds 30 years after graduation. Following his graduation from Tulsa, Guerrieri served as an assistant coach for the men's programs at Tulsa (1985) and North Texas (1987 and 1990), and as the assistant men's coach and head women's coach at Rollins College (1986). Before coming to College Station, Guerrieri served as head coach for both the men's and women's soccer teams at Hardin-Simmons University and Richland College. His Hardin-Simmons women's team was the 1988 NAIA national runner-up and the 1989 NAIA regional finalist, earning him the Met Life/NSCAA Region Coach of the Year honor. Guerrieri's 1991 and 1992 Richland teams frequented the NJCAA national top-10 rankings in both the men's and women's divisions, and he was twice named Regional Coach of the Year. While the head coach at Richland, Guerrieri served the soccer community in various capacities, ranging from director of coaching for the Dallas Flame Soccer Club, to goalkeeper coach for the North Texas Soccer Association's Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 1990-92. He was also a key personality in the development of the NDCCSA Classic League Soccer Facility at Richland.  He later served as the USA Region III ODP Program Goalkeeper Coach from 1994-2001. Guerrieri received his B.S. in education from Tulsa in 1985. Guerrieri and his wife, the former Terri Markham (A&M, 1987), have three children - a daughter, Emily (19)--A&M Class of 2019, and two sons, Alan (15) and Conner (12).  

Stephenson has helped build the Texas A&M program into one of the elite sides in the nation and he has the Maroon and White planted firmly atop the Southeastern Conference. During his first 17 seasons, A&M has claimed eight conference regular-season crowns and six league tournament titles. The Aggies have made it to the NCAA Championship all 17  of his seasons on staff, earned 13 Sweet Sixteen appearances, made it to the Elite Eight on six occasions and played in the 2014 College Cup.   In 2015, guiding a team that returned just three starters and seven percent of their scoring from the prior season, Stephenson helped the staff with one of its best coaching jobs, guiding the gritty Aggies to an NCAA Championship quarterfinal spot, handing the North Carolina Tar Heels their first exit prior to the Sweet 16 in the 34-year history of the tournament. The 2014 campaign represented the grandest in school history and Stephenson was rewarded with the honor of being named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America South Region Assistant Coach of the Year. With Stephensons assistance, Texas A&M experienced a historic campaign in 2014, setting a school record for wins on the way to its first-ever College Cup appearance. The Maroon and White went 22-3-2 on the season and won the SEC Double with a regular-season crown and tournament title. The Aggies became the first team to earn the SEC Double in back-to-back seasons since Florida in 2001. They also became the first SEC team since Florida in 2001 to advance to the College Cup. Stephenson joined the Aggie program after four years as head coach at Methodist College in Fayetteville, N.C., where he led the Lady Monarchs to the 1995 NCAA Division III national championship match. In the same year, Stephenson was named Conference and South Region Coach of the Year.  During his tenure, Methodist posted a 42-28-3 (.596) record and placed among the top three in the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference each season, including winning the conference crown in 1995. His teams hold conference and school records for most wins in a season (18) and longest winning streak (13). Stephenson chaired the NCAA South Regional Committee and sat on the Division III Women's Soccer Championships Committee while at Methodist.  Prior to Methodist College, he was the Director of Coaching for Buffalo and western New York. He was also the coach of the Germania Harriers boys U-19 squad, taking the team to the Snickers Eastern Regional Youth Championships. Stephenson also worked with the Buffalo Blizzard in the National Professional Soccer League.  Stephenson was the assistant men's soccer coach at Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pa., from 1990-1994. During that time, his team claimed two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crowns and reached the NCAA Division II quarterfinals in 1994 while being lauded as the highest scoring Division II team in the country.  Other credentials to Stephenson's credit include an A-license from the United States Soccer Federation and the Advanced National Diploma awarded by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Additionally, he served as the Director of Coaching for the High Point Soccer Association in High Point, North Carolina.  Stephenson is the former head coach of the Region III Olympic Development Program (ODP). With a wealth of international experience, Stephenson led teams that have played all over Europe as well as Mexico and Costa Rica. In 2005, he was named the assistant coach for the ODP Adidas All-Star team that competed in Scotland, Germany and Holland. As an age group coach for Region III ODP, Stephenson's teams have won six inter-regional championships.  Never too far away from youth soccer, Stephenson has also coached ODP teams in Pennsylvania, New York and North Carolina. In 2004, his Aggieland Soccer Club Boys '90 team won the South Texas Super Two Championship.  A native of Hornsea, England, Stephenson received his B.S. in 1987 from Lock Haven University. As a player, the former England Schoolboy trialist was a four-year all-conference and all-regional selection and was selected as one of the top 25 players of the century for Lock Haven. The three-time team captain earned PSAC MVP and first team All-America honors as a senior.  In 2003, he earned National Assistant Coach of the Year honors by AFLAC and Scholastic Coach & Athletic Director magazine.  Stephenson and his wife, the former Lori Silvasy, herself an all-American soccer player and assistant coach on the A&M soccer team, reside in College Station with their two children, Brittany and Christopher.  

Stephenson is entering her 15th season on the Texas A&M staff. She supplements one of the best soccer staffs in the country with her soccer knowledge and impressive organization skills. Since Stephenson joined the Aggies staff in 2001, Texas A&M has advanced to the NCAA Championship in all 15 of her seasons on the staff, including 11 trips to the Sweet Sixteen and six appearances in the Elite Eight. In 2015, guiding a team that returned just three starters and seven percent of their scoring from the prior season, Stephenson helped the staff with one of its best coaching jobs, guiding the gritty Aggies to an NCAA Championship quarterfinal spot, handing the North Carolina Tar Heels their first exit prior to the Sweet 16 in the 34-year history of the tournament. With Stephensons assistance, Texas A&M experienced a historic campaign in 2014, setting a school record for wins on the way to its first-ever College Cup appearance. The Maroon and White went 22-3-2 on the season and won the SEC Double with a regular-season crown and tournament title. The Aggies became the first team to earn the SEC Double in back-to-back seasons since Florida in 2001. They also became the first SEC team since Florida in 2001 to advance to the College Cup. During her 15 seasons, A&M has claimed eight conference regular-season crowns and six league tournament titles. Stephenson came to Texas A&M from Blinn College in Bryan, Texas, where she was an instructor of biology from 1999 to 2000. Stephenson was also a biology instructor at Methodist College in Fayetteville, N.C., for the three previous years.  While at Methodist College, Stephenson was named the interim head soccer coach in 1999. She was previously involved in the North Carolina and Region III Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP), serving both organizations as head coach and assistant coach while living in North Carolina from 1986-90 and when she returned to the state from 1995-96.  In addition to her duties with the A&M soccer team, Stephenson developed the Brazos Mystic '89 girls team from a recreational team to a South Texas Division I competitor. The Mystic '89 team won state championship titles in the Texas State Cup (2003), the President's Cup State Championship (2004, 2005), and were finalists in the Director's Cup Southern Region National Championship in 2005.  A 1984 graduate of Reid Ross High School in Fayetteville, N.C., Stephenson earned a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Methodist College in 1988 and later earned her master's degree in cellular and molecular biology from Roswell Park Cancer Institute at the University of Buffalo.  An accomplished player, Stephenson was a member of the inaugural women's soccer team at Methodist College and started all four years of her playing career from 1984-87. She led the Lady Monarchs to the Dixie Athletic Conference Championship in 1985, 1986 and 1987, and to berths in the NCAA Division III National Championship both of the seasons the NCAA sponsored the event. Stephenson served as the Monarchs' team captain for three years and earned multiple all-conference honors. In addition to being on the soccer team, she spent two years on the tennis team.  For her efforts on the field, Stephenson was an All-America selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America following the 1986 season as well as being named the North Carolina Female Athlete of the Year.  For her efforts in the classroom, Stephenson earned Academic All-America citations from Adidas following the 1986 and 1987 seasons.  The former Lori Silvasy is married to A&M soccer Associate Head Coach Phil Stephenson. The couple resides in College Station and has two children, Brittany and Christopher.  

Magnuson has competed 13 seasons as the Director of Operations for the Texas A&M soccer team and 21 overall with head coach G Guerrieri's program. During his tenure, the Aggies have played in the NCAA Tournaments every year and have claimed 16 Conference Championships. Hes served on six Elite Eight squads, including A&Ms College Cup appearance in 2014. Magnuson is responsible for the day to day operations of the Aggie soccer program including team travel, game day operations and community involvement. He also oversees the marketing of home soccer matches. Under his watch, the Aggies led the nation in average home attendance in 2003 and 2004 and set an NCAA record for total season attendance in 2004, 2006 and again in 2007. In 2005, the Aggies averaged a school record 3,797 fans for the regular season. Magnuson served as the Women's College Cup Tournament Co-Director in 2005, 2007 and 2009, overseeing all aspects of three of the most successful tournaments in NCAA college soccer history.  A mainstay with the soccer program since 1995, Magnuson served four years as the team manager before graduating in 1999. During this time, he coordinated practice and game day operations and was responsible for postgame match analysis statistics. He also served as the team's study hall coordinator.  From 1998-99, Magnuson served on the South Texas Olympic Development Program staff. He holds a USSF "C" License and a National Soccer Coaches Association of America National Diploma. In the summer of 1999, he was promoted to Director of Operations of the highly successful Texas A&M Soccer Camp.  After graduating from Texas A&M in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology, Magnuson spent two years at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla., where he earned a master's degree in exercise science. While in Tallahassee, Magnuson coached and trained with the Top of Florida soccer club Magnuson returned to Texas A&M in the summer of 2001 and picked up right where he left off two years before. In 2002, Magnuson made his debut as the color commentator for the Texas A&M soccer internet radio broadcasts on AggieAthletics.com and still serves in the role for 12thMan.com on road trips. He was promoted to Director of Soccer Operations in August 2003. A native and resident of College Station, Texas, Magnuson is married to the former Amber Childers, who was a member of the A&M soccer team from 1998 to 2001. The couple has three children, Ashtyn Taylor, Caden Everett, and Parker Ethan.