 Anthony
James
Head Coach
Wheeling (W. Va.) Jesuit, 1994
Fourth Year at YSU
Eighth Year Overall
Anthony James is in his fourth year
as the head soccer coach at
Youngstown State. James was named
the fourth head coach in the 11 year
history of the Penguins’ soccer
program in February 2004.
In the 2006 season the team finished with the best record
since James took over the program
three years ago. James’ recruit
class of freshman were aslo ranked
third in the Horizon League by a
pre-season poll released by
soccerbuzz.com. Two of the freshmen,
goalkeeper Caitlin Bodzioney and
forward Jordan Gapczynski, were
named to the Horizon League
All-Newcomer team. Sophomore Caitlin
Lee was also the first Penguin in
the history of the program to be
named to the All-League First Team.
In his second year with the program,
James’ squad showed tremendous
improvement playing 14 games decided
by two goals or less. Senior
midfielder Sadie Brookman was named
second-team All-
Horizon League while freshman
Caitlin Lee made the all-newcomer
squad.
As a group, YSU earned the National
Soccer Coaches Association of
America Team Ethics Award of Merit.
The Penguins garnered a Silver
Certificate, which is awarded to
teams receiving fewer than five
yellow cards during the season.
Youngstown State had a
Horizon-League low four yellow cards
in 20 matches for the year.
In 2004, the Penguins improved throughout the year and picked
up a late-season win over Cleveland
State.
Prior to coming to YSU, James spent four seasons at Division
II West Virginia Wesleyan College
where he directed the Bobcats to a
55-25-3 record. In 2003, Wesleyan
finished 16-3-2 overall and won its
second West Virginia Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference Championship in
three years. For his efforts, he
received WVIAC Coach-of-the-Year
honors in 2001 and 2003.
From 1997-2000 he was head coach at
Wheeling Park High School where he
directed his team to consecutive
state titles in 1998 and 1999, while
also making the semifinals in 1997.
He was named West Virginia High
School Soccer Coaches Association
Coach of the Year in 1999.
Outside of the college coaching
realm, he has been a Region I staff
coach for the U.S. Olympic
Development Program since 1998. He
is also the founder and director of
coaching for Soccer Vision Academy.
For the past two years, James served as U.S. staff coach at
the U.S. Soccer Federation’s
Under-14 Girls National Team pool
camp in California. He also holds
his UFS-B license.
James, a native of Port of Spain, Trinidad, began his
collegiate coaching career by
spending four years as the assistant
women’s soccer coach for Wheeling
Jesuit College. He earned an
Industrial Engineering degree from
Wheeling Jesuit in 1994 before
earning his masters in Business
Administration from the school in
1997. He presently holds his NSCAA
National, Advance National and
Premier Diploma. James recently
married his wife, Andrea, who is the
assistant sports information
director at Carnegie Mellon.
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