Saturday, January 29, 2011

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 28, 2011) – The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Friday the hiring of Dr. Adam Sayers as the Buccaneers’ new head women’s soccer coach.

“I am very honored to be offered the position,” said Sayers, who has spent the last two years as the top assistant at the University of South Florida. “There is a lot of potential for the women’s soccer program at ETSU. I really want to thank Dr. Paul Stanton, Dave Mullins and Barbie Breedlove for the opportunity. I have been very fortunate to have worked at two very good programs, and I think that will greatly prepare me for the challenges ahead.”

As the top assistant for head coach Denise Schilte-Brown at USF, Sayers helped guide the Bulls to 14 wins and the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and tournament win in 2010. Additionally, USF finished ranked in a national poll for the first time in school history following the 2010 campaign.

While at USF, Sayers oversaw many aspects of the USF women's soccer program, including all on-field physical training, fitness testing and monitoring, and recovery and regeneration strategies. He also contributed to the development and implementation of team tactics, and video analysis and opponent breakdowns, along with other day-to-day operations.

"Adam Sayers is a terrific hire as our head women's soccer coach,” said ETSU Senior Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator Barbie Breedlove. “He has prepared personally and professionally to accept this responsibility and he will take our program to a championship level in short order. We had 138 candidates for the position because it is an outstanding job where a coach can be successful. Coach Sayers comes to ETSU from a Top 25 program and the Big East Conference, one of the best conferences in the country and his experience, expertise and ability will immediately improve our program.”

Prior to USF, Sayers spent five seasons with the Middle Tennessee State soccer program – three years as a full-time assistant and two years as a graduate assistant. He was a part of five straight winning seasons at MTSU, as the Blue Raiders established numerous school records in each of those campaigns and won the first Sun Belt Championship in program history in 2004.

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