Wake Forest Athletics
Bobby Muuss Named Assistant Men's Soccer Coach
6/12/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
June 12, 2001
Winston-Salem, NC -- Wake Forest men's soccer coach Jay Vidovich announced the hiring of Bobby Muuss as assistant coach on Thursday. Muuss joins the Demon Deacons from the defending national champions, the University of Connecticut. He will assist Vidovich in all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the WFU program and will play a major role in recruiting.
"Bobby brings a lot to the table. He's won a national championship as a player and as an assistant coach. His knowledge of what it takes to win will help make Wake Forest a benchmark program," Vidovich said. "He comes from a tremendous lineage and the energy, enthusiasm and commitment he brings will help push our players to the next level."
"I'm excited to be here working with one of the nation's best coaches and some of the best student-athletes in the country," Muuss said. "I'm ready to get started. We've got a good team in place that we feel can make a run for the ACC title this year. On a bigger scale, we can consistently make Wake Forest a national power and I'm thrilled to become part of that."
Muuss comes to Wake Forest after a four-year stint at the University of Connecticut where he served as a volunteer assistant coach. Over the course of four seasons at Connecticut, Muuss helped lead the Huskies to the 2000 National Championship title, three BIG EAST regular season titles, and two College Cup appearances. Working closely with the goalkeepers, he helped develop UConn's keepers into national competitors, ranking them annually among the nation's best in several goalkeeping categories.
Under his direction, UConn's goalkeepers have broken such records as career wins, career shutouts, single season shutouts and lowest single season goals against average. During Muuss' four seasons at UConn, his teams accumulated a combined overall record of 67-19-4 (.767), and held a No. 1 national ranking on several occasions.
Muuss has a great deal of experience at the youth coaching level having been involved in the Connecticut Olympic Development Program and various club teams. He was the director of coaching for the Northeast United Premier Soccer Club and the Manchester Premier club team.
In addition, Muuss is the camp director for the highly successful Ray Reid Soccer School, while also running his own camp, the Academy of Excellence, Inc., which focuses mainly on the development of young goalkeepers.
A native of East Islip, NY, and a four-year soccer letterwinner at East Islip High School, Muuss transferred to UConn from Southern Connecticut State in the fall of 1997 and earned his undergraduate degree in the spring of 1999 in communication science. While at Southern, Muuss was a member of the 1995 Division II National Championship Team. He currently holds a USSF "C" coaching license.
Muuss replaces Paul McDonough who recently accepted a coaching position at the University of South Carolina.
