Bill Jeffrey Award

Bill Jeffrey Award

The Bill Jeffrey Award is named for the former Penn State coach who played a major role in shaping soccer and the NSCAA. Each year, the NSCAA presents this award to a person who has raised intercollegiate soccer to new heights through his or her long-term dedication to the game.

About Bill Jeffrey
Bill played semi-professional soccer in Scotland before coming to the United States in 1920, where he played for Altoona, Homestead, Braddock and Bethlehem. While acting as player-manager of Altoona in 1925 he took his team to play the college team at Penn State. There he was offered a job as coach of the college team, and the rest is history. Jeffrey coached at Penn State from 1926 through the 1952 season, winning nine national collegiate championships. During those 27 seasons as Penn State's coach, 36 of his players earned a total of 51 All-American awards. He is best known as the coach of the U.S. World Cup team in 1950. Inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1951.

Past Recipients
1972 - Wayne Sunderland, Pratt Institute, NY
1973 - Dettmar Cramer, Germany
1974 - John McKeon, East Stroudsburg State College
1976 - Don Yonker, Drexel University
1977 - Frank Longo, Quincy College
1978 - Bill Shellenberger, Lynchburg College
1979 - Pat Damore, SUNY-Fredonia
1981 - Walter Chyzowych, U.S. Soccer Federation
1983 - Owen Wright and Patricia Wright, Elizabethtown College
1984 - Mickey Cochrane, Bowling Green State University
1985 - Raymond Bernabei, NISOA
1986 - Greg Myers, U.S. Naval Academy
1987 - Jerry Yeagley, Indiana University
1988 - Fred Schmalz, University of Evansville
1989 - Albert Colone, National Soccer Hall of Fame - Oneonta, NY
1990 - Hank Steinbrecher, U.S. Soccer Federation
1991 - Joseph Morrone, University of Connecticut
1992 - Steve Veal, NAIA Soccer
1993 - Charlie Slagle, Davidson College
1994 - Tim Schum, Binghamton University
1995 - John MacKenzie, Western Illinois University
1996 - Theodore H. Barclay, Denison University
1997 - Mel Lorback, West Chester University
1998 - Marvin Zuidema, Calvin College
1999 - Peter Gooding, Amherst College
2000 - Horst Richardson, Colorado College
2001 - Steve Negoesco, University of San Francisco
2002 - Aliceann Wilber, Williams Smith College
2003 - Al Albert, College of William and Mary
2004 - Bud Lewis, Wilmington College