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Alan Dawson         

The winningest coach in ODU history and a four-time CAA Coach of the Year, head coach Alan Dawson has guided the Monarchs for 12 seasons. In just a few short years, he has led the Old Dominion University men's soccer team to national prominence with six straight NCAA Tournament berths, including two top 16 seeds, and two straight round of 16 berths.

Dawson, a former assistant coach at the University of North Carolina (1996) and a two-time NCAA Division III South Region Coach of the Year at Methodist, has always been known as a winner. In 1995, he led Methodist to the NCAA Division III Championship game. While at Methodist, he guided the school to seven consecutive conference championships and six straight NCAA tournament appearances in only nine seasons. He was inducted into the Methodist College Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.

Before coaching at Methodist, he served as a graduate assistant coach at UNC-Greensboro from 1984-86. UNCG reached the NCAA Division III quarterfinals in 1984 and won the championship in 1985. He also led the Virginia ODP team to back-to-back regional championships as the head coach in 1999 and 2000.

He and his wife Mari have three children, Alec (18), Garrick (17) and Ellesse (15).