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July 6, 2004
Sean McKuras starts his third season as the Falcons head coach and has
helped bring the Falcon program to state prominence.
In 2003 the Falcons won the WIAC regular season championship for the first
time in school history. UWRF finished 6-2 in WIAC play and is the only
other team than UW-Stevens Point to win a regular season crown. The Falcons
advanced to and hosted the WIAC playoff championship match and lost to
UWSP, 2-1, in two overtimes. McKuras was named the WIAC Coach of the Year
for the second straight season after leading the Falcons to a school best
17-4 overall record.
In 2002 McKuras led the Falcons to a third place finish in the WIAC regular
season. The Falcons advanced to the WIAC semifinals. McKuras was named
the WIAC Coach of the Year after the Falcons finished with a six-win improvement
over the 2001 season. The Falcons were the fourth most improved team in
the nation in 2003 under McKuras' leadership. He was the team's assistant
coach in 2001 when the Falcons finished 6-10-1 overall and 2-6 and in
seventh place in the WIAC.
In the fall of 2000, he was the head boy’s coach at Shakopee, Minn.,
High School, and in the spring of 2000 he was the head coach for the Eau
Claire North High School’s girl’s varsity program.
In 1998 and 1999 McKuras was the head coach of the UW-Eau Claire men’s
club team and helped lead the team to one its most successful seasons.
He was an assistant varsity boy’s and girl’s coach and head
coach of the junior varsity at Eau Claire North High School in 1998 and
1999. From 1994 to 2000 he was a coach with the Valley United Soccer Club
in Apple Valley, Minn. In 2000 his U16 girl’s team won the State
Cup championship and his 1999 team won the Minnesota State championship.
In 1998 he helped lead a boy’s team to the Minnesota State title.
Currently he is a coach and trainer with the Blooming Youth Soccer Club.
In 2003 McKuras was the head coach of the Bloomington U15 premier boys
team that won the Minnesota State Cup. He is currently a member of the
Minnesota ODP/State Select staff.
He is the Director of Player Development for the Bloomington, Minn., Youth
Soccer Club. He earned the NSCAA Level 1 Goalkeepers License in 2000,
and the USSF “C” Coaching License in 2002.
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Sean McKuras
Two-Time WIAC
Coach of the Year
The McKuras File
| Year |
W |
L |
T |
Pct |
W |
L |
T |
Pct |
WIAC Place |
| 2004 |
12 |
5 |
1 |
.694 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
.562 |
4th |
| 2003 |
17 |
4 |
0 |
.809 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
.750 |
1st |
| 2002 |
13 |
5 |
2 |
.700 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
.563 |
3rd |
| Totals |
42 |
14 |
3 |
.737 |
14 |
8 |
2 |
.625 |
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