Jump to content

List of MLS Cup winning head coaches

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 178.94.166.186 (talk) at 11:34, 7 December 2015 (→See also). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Main article: MLS Cup

This is a list of MLS Cup-winning head coaches.

Being such a young league, only one head coach has won the playoffs as both a player and head coach. Piotr Nowak, played for Chicago Fire during their 1998 MLS Cup title, in which he was named the Man of the Match. Nowak subsequently led D.C. United as a coach to their fourth MLS Cup title in 2004. The next closest head coach to such an achievement is Scottish-American, Dominic Kinnear. Kinnear was on the Colorado Rapids squad that lost the 1997 MLS Cup final; however, he led Houston Dynamo to two straight MLS Cup titles in 2006 and 2007. He is still the present manager of the club.

To date, two head coaches have led two different clubs to the league title: Sigi Schmid with Los Angeles Galaxy in 2002 and Columbus Crew in 2008, and Bruce Arena with D.C. United in 1996 & 1997, and Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011, 2012 & 2014.

Winning head coaches

Bruce Arena, winning head coach in 1996, 1997, 2011, 2012 and 2014
Sigi Schmid, winning head coach in 2002 and 2008
Final Winning head coach Nationality Club
1996 Bruce Arena  United States D.C. United
1997 Bruce Arena  United States D.C. United
1998 Bob Bradley  United States Chicago Fire
1999 Thomas Rongen  Netherlands D.C. United
2000 Bob Gansler  United States Kansas City Wizards
2001 Frank Yallop  Canada San Jose Earthquakes
2002 Sigi Schmid  Germany Los Angeles Galaxy
2003 Frank Yallop  Canada San Jose Earthquakes
2004 Piotr Nowak  Poland D.C. United
2005 Steve Sampson  United States Los Angeles Galaxy
2006 Dominic Kinnear  United States Houston Dynamo
2007 Dominic Kinnear  United States Houston Dynamo
2008 Sigi Schmid  Germany Columbus Crew
2009 Jason Kreis  United States Real Salt Lake
2010 Gary Smith  England Colorado Rapids
2011 Bruce Arena  United States L.A. Galaxy
2012 Bruce Arena  United States L.A. Galaxy
2013 Peter Vermes  United States Sporting Kansas City
2014 Bruce Arena  United States L.A. Galaxy
2015 Caleb Porter  United States Portland Timbers

Coaches with multiple MLS Cup victories

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties or Draws
^ Denotes coach who is currently coaching an MLS team
Number won Coach Team(s) won with (years) Coaching career GC W L T GC W L T
Regular season Playoffs
5 Bruce Arena D.C. United (1996, 1997)
Los Angeles Galaxy (2011, 2012, 2014) 		1996–1999, 2006–Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Sigi Schmid Los Angeles Galaxy (2002)

Columbus Crew (2008)

1999–2005, 2006–Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Frank Yallop San Jose Earthquakes (2001, 2003) 2001–2004, 2006–Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dominic Kinnear Houston Dynamo (2006, 2007) 2004–Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

By nationality

Nation Head Coaches Total
 United States 8 13
 Canada 1 2
 Germany 1 2
 England 1 1
 Netherlands 1 1
 Poland 1 1

See also

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_MLS_Cup_winning_head_coaches&oldid=694148325"