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Meet Randy Waldrum…. The New Super Falcons Head Coach

Named Randy Jordan Waldrum, a former professional and collegiate soccer head coach,Born on the 25th of September 1956 (age 61), Irving, Texas, United States.

He started his coaching career at Austin College in 1982, leading the men’s soccer team to a 4–12–1 record.

From 1989 to 1994, he coached both the men’s and women’s soccer teams at the University of Tulsa. He posted a 66–33–6 record with the men, and a 61–36–9 record with the women. In 1996, he founded the Baylor University women’s soccer program, and went 46–14–3 from 1996 to 1998.

He has been the head women’s soccer coach at the University of Notre Dame, where the team’s record in 14 seasons was 279–50–16.In 1988, he was the head men’s soccer coach at Texas Wesleyan University, and compiled a 6–10 record.

Waldrum led the Notre Dame women’s soccer team to two national championships, in 2004 and 2010. The 2010 title game was his 300th match at Notre Dame.

The National Women’s Soccer League 2014 expansion team Houston Dash named Waldrum as the team’s first head coach.

Waldrum signed a 3-year contract ahead of the 2014 season and a 1-year extension for the 2017 season, but left as head coach on May 29, 2017, after the 7th week of the 2017 season. Under Waldrum, the Dash had a 19–39–13 record and did not make the league playoffs.

Waldrum was fired as the Trinidad and Tobago women’s national team coach in January 2016.

He is the newly appointed Head Coach of the Super Falcons of Nigeria.

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