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Mark Berson - Wikipedia

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Mark Berson
Biographical details
Born	(1953-03-16) March 16, 1953 (age 71) Hartford, Connecticut
Playing career
1971–1974	North Carolina Tar Heels

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977	The Citadel Bulldogs
1978–2020	South Carolina Gamecocks

Head coaching record
Overall	522-266-76
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Conference USA Regular Season Championship (2011) Conference USA Tournament Championship (2010) Conference USA Tournament Championship (2005) Metro Regular Season Championship (1993)
Awards
National Soccer Coaches Association Coach of the Year (1984, 1985, 1988, 1995) South Carolina Youth Soccer Association's Hall of Fame (1992) Independent Coach of the Year (1998) Conference USA Coach of the Year 2011

Mark Berson (born March 16, 1953) is an American retired soccer coach. He spent 43 seasons as head men's soccer coach at the University of South Carolina. He started his coaching career at The Citadel in 1976.

Collegiate career

Berson graduated from Summit High School in Summit, New Jersey in 1971 and enrolled at the University of North Carolina.^[1] On the Tar Heel soccer team, he played midfielder his freshman year and goalie the final three years. Berson graduated in 1975 with a degree in journalism and later earned a master's of education degree in sport administration in 1977 from Ohio University.

Coaching career

Berson took a position as an assistant coach on The Citadel's men's soccer program in 1976. A year later, he became the head coach and guided the Bulldogs to their best record ever with an 11–5 mark. In 1978, Berson accepted the head coaching position at the University of South Carolina. He led the Gamecocks to a 13–3–1 record in the program's first season and in the second season they obtained a spot in the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. The program achieved a high level success under his guidance and his teams won three conference championships in only seven years of being in a conference. The program has made a total of 22 appearances in the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship, all under his direction. Berson coached three players who appeared in the World Cup (Clint Mathis, Josh Wolff and Brad Guzan) for Team USA, spanning a total of 21 years.

When he retired after the 2021 season, he had the most wins of any active coach in NCAA Division I with 522 career victories.

Personal life

Berson is married and has two children, Erin and Luke, who both went to the University of South Carolina.

Head coaching record


Season	College	Won	Lost	Tied	Notes
1977	The Citadel	11	5	0
1978	South Carolina	13	3	1
1979	South Carolina	14	5	0	NCAA Appearance
1980	South Carolina	12	5	2
1981	South Carolina	16	4	1
1982	South Carolina	12	5	2
1983	South Carolina	8	11	2
1984	South Carolina	14	4	2
1985	South Carolina	20	3	1	NCAA Appearance
1986	South Carolina	17	5	0	NCAA Appearance
1987	South Carolina	16	2	3	NCAA Appearance
1988	South Carolina	14	4	4	NCAA Appearance
1989	South Carolina	17	3	2	NCAA Appearance
1990	South Carolina	14	5	2	NCAA Appearance
1991	South Carolina	14	5	0	NCAA Appearance
1992	South Carolina	13	5	3	NCAA Appearance
1993	South Carolina	16	4	4	Metro Champions; NCAA Appearance
1994	South Carolina	16	4	0	NCAA Appearance
1995	South Carolina	16	4	0
1996	South Carolina	8	9	2
1997	South Carolina	16	3	1	NCAA Appearance
1998	South Carolina	16	5	0	NCAA Appearance
1999	South Carolina	10	7	2
2000	South Carolina	12	4	3	NCAA Appearance
2001	South Carolina	12	5	2	NCAA Appearance
2002	South Carolina	11	8	1	NCAA Appearance
2003	South Carolina	9	7	2
2004	South Carolina	12	7	1	NCAA Appearance
2005	South Carolina	12	7	2	Conference USA Tournament Champions; NCAA Appearance
2006	South Carolina	11	5	1
2007	South Carolina	11	6	2
2008	South Carolina	10	6	5
2009	South Carolina	7	8	5
2010	South Carolina	13	8	2	Conference USA Tournament Champions; NCAA Appearance
2011	South Carolina	9	7	2	Conference USA Regular Season Champions; NCAA Appearance
2012	South Carolina	5	11	2
2013	South Carolina	7	7	5
2014	South Carolina	10	10	0
2015	South Carolina	11	8	2	NCAA Appearance
2016	South Carolina	11	8	1	NCAA Appearance
2017	South Carolina	6	9	2
2018	South Carolina	7	10	0
2019	South Carolina	7	9	2
2020	South Carolina	8	7	1	gamecocksonline.com - Men's Soccer - 2023 South Carolina Men's Soccer History & Records - Head Coaching Records
	Overall	522	266	76	22 NCAA Appearances

References

^ Mark Berson profile, CSTV. Accessed November 5, 2007. "A 1971 graduate of Summit (N.J.) High School, Berson attended the University of North Carolina and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism in 1975."

External links

USC Biography at GamecocksOnline.com

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Venues	Eugene E. Stone III Stadium
Rivalries	Clemson Kentucky Coastal Carolina
Culture & lore	Mark Berson Cocky Mighty Sound of the Southeast "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1979 2001 2004 2005
National championship seasons in bold; College Cup seasons in italics

Conference USA Men's Soccer Coach of the Year

1995: Getman
1996: Tart
1997: Cook
1998: Hackworth
1999: Getman
2000: Grant
2001: Donigan
2002: Colavecchia
2003: Dayes
2004: Grant
2005: Gray
2006: Hyndman
2007: McIntosh
2008: McIntosh
2009: Gray
2010: McClements
2011: Berson
2012: McClements
2013: Fishbein
2014: Cedergren
2015: Calabrese / Cedergren
2016: Langan
2017: Nylen
2018: Cedergren
2019: Grassie
2020: Grassie
2021: Russell

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