The National Soccer Coaches Association of America has announced its NSCAA/adidas Regional Coaches of the Year for men's intercollegiate play. The regional coaches, along with those of NCAA teams that advanced to the their respective College Cup, now are eligible for NSCAA/adidas National Coach of the Year honors. Those recipients will be announced at the Association's annual Awards Banquet, to be held Friday, Jan. 18, in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention in Baltimore, Md.

The 2007 NSCAA/adidas Regional Coaches of the Year for men's intercollegiate soccer are:

Division I
Region, Coach, School
Far West, Cameron Rast, Santa Clara University
Great Lakes, Craig Blazer, DePaul University
Mid-Atlantic, Dan Donigan, Saint Louis University
Midwest, Jim DeRose, Bradley University
North Atlantic, Eric Da Costa, Quinnipiac University
Northeast, Ray Reid, University of Connecticut
South, Jay Vidovich, Wake Forest University
South Atlantic, Ed Kelly, Boston College
Additional finalists: John Bluem, Ohio State; Sam Koch, Massachusetts; Oliver Weiss, Virginia Tech.

Division II
Appalachian, Helio D’Anna, Lincoln Memorial University
Far West, Marcus Ziemer, Sonoma State University
Great Lakes, John Basalyga, Northern Kentucky University
Midwest, Doug Elder, Midwestern State University
New England, Marco Koolman, Franklin Pierce College
Northeast, Jerry Sheska, East Stroudsburg University
South, Bill Elliott, University of West Florida
Southeast, Chris Whalley, Lees-McRae College
Additional finalist: Ryan Pratt, University of Montevallo.

Division III
Central, Paul McGinlay, Trinity University (Texas)
Great Lakes, Dwight Burgess, Capital University
Metro, Cristian da Silva, New Jersey City University
Mid-Atlantic, Dan Wagner, Franklin and Marshall College
New England, Dave Saward, Middlebury College
Northeast, Chris Apple, University of Rochester
South, Gerry DiBartolo, Salisbury University
West, Dan Rothert, Loras College
Additional finalist: Dave Brandt, Messiah College.

NAIA
Central, Ivan Joseph, Graceland University
Mid-South, Eric Nichols, Ohio Dominican University
North Central, Bill Ashby, University of Maine-Fort Kent
Northeast, Scott Morrissey, University of Rio Grande
Northwest, Dave Elligott, Simon Fraser University
South, David Gregson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University(Fla.)
Southwest, Mark Persson, Southern Nazarene University
West, Phil Wolf, Azusa Pacific University

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