Women's Soccer
Coaches
Head Coach Chris Case
Chris Case is entering his eighth season has the head women's soccer coach at Fredonia State. He and his teams continue to earn notice from the coaching community in the State University of New York Athletic Conference.
Each subsequent season represents another rung on the ladder which has been used for a steady climb since Case took over as head coach in 2002.
In Case's first season, the Blue Devils posted their best record -- 9-8-2 mark -- over the previous eight seasons. The accepted an invitation to the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, the program's first post-season competition of any kind since 1994.
The following season, Case was chosen 2003 SUNYAC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year after guiding the Blue Devils to their first-ever SUNYAC Tournament appearance. It also marked the third time in the history of the program the Blue Devils won as many as 11 games in a season. Combined with the 2002 season, Case guided the team to back-to-back winning seasons after seven straight seasons finishing at .500 or below.
The Blue Devils took it one step further in 2005 when they scored a dramatic 2-1 home victory over Plattsburgh in the first round of the SUNYAC Tournament. It was the program's first-ever conference tournament win. Following their ouster with a loss to Oneonta, the Blue Devils moved on to play in the ECAC Upstate New York Tournament where they added a 2-1 road win over New Paltz and finished with an 11-7-1 overall record. Their 6-3-1 record in the SUNYAC represented the Blue Devils' most conference wins in a season.
The Blue Devils returned to the SUNYAC Tournament during the 2006 season and went 1-1 in the 2007 ECAC Upstate New York Tournament. They reached the semifinals before falling to the eventual tournament champ. In 2008, the Blue Devils finished with an 11-6-1 record resulting in the highest winning percentage in program history (.639). It also marked the first time since 2004 the Blue Devils did not play in a post-season tournament, and just the second occurence by a Case-coached team.
Case's teams have posted a composite 68-53-15 record, which makes him the winningest women's soccer coach in school history in terms of total wins and winning percentage (.562). His .500 SUNYAC winning percentage (regular-season only) is .200 percentage points better than the next closest Blue Devil coach.Before he became head coach, Case served a one-year apprenticeship as Blue Devil women's assistant coach. At the time, he was fresh from his 2001 Fredonia State graduation. A former Blue Devil goalkeeper, he earned numerous honors and holds team goalkeeping records. He was also a dean's list student and made the SUNYAC All-Academic Team.
As a sophomore, he helped the Blue Devils win the 1998 SUNYAC and the ECAC Northeast championship titles and was subsequently named MVP of the ECAC tournament. He was a member of the 1999 Four Points Sheraton All-Tournament Team and the All SUNYAC Second Team.In his senior year, Case was selected as a SUNYAC Player of the Week, All SUNYAC First Team. and All Region Second Team. He was chosen as a co-captain both his junior and senior seasons.
A native of Fairport, N.Y., Case was All County and All Greater Rochester in high school. He once served as a counselor at the Fairport youth soccer camp. He also designed and coordinated training sessions for the Jamestown girls' soccer program and also served as a summer playground counselor for Perinton Parks and Recreation.
In the summers of 2005 and 2006, Case was the starting goalkeeper for the gold-medal winning Western team in the men's open soccer division of the Empire State Games. Both teams were coached by Blue Devil men's soccer coach P.J. Gondek.
E-mail Coach Case
Mailing address: 50 Dods Hall, Fredonia State University, Fredonia N.Y. 14063
Office phone: 716-673-3279
Assistant Coach Kyle Marvin
Kyle Marvin is in his sixth season as a Blue Devil assistant after a successful playing career for the Fredonia State men's team. A four-year starter for the Blue Devils, Marvin won the SUNYAC scoring race in 2002. He had 17 goals and eight assists overall, a total of 42 points. His points per game average was fifth best in NCAA Division III.
In four seasons Marvin had 27 goals and 10 assists for 61 points -- sixth most in Fredonia State men's soccer history. He was a three-time All-SUNYAC team selection, including a First Team pick after the 2001 season. He was also a two-time regional All-American.
He graduated in May 2002 with a degree in elementary education and a concentration in Spanish. He followed that up by completing his master's program at Fredonia State in the Tesol program (teaching English to speakers of other languages). He has played with the Palm Beach Pumas of a semipro league in Florida. He also played midfielder for gold-medal winning Western men's open division soccer team during the 2005 Empire State Games.
A native of Ontario, N.Y., Marvin attended Wayne Central High School.