CBC Cadets, Terry Michler
Under Michler, CBC has won five state championships and played in six other title matches, his squads have reached the final four 15 times and have 23 district titles _ including a string of 16 in succession from 1978 through 1993 _ in 38 seasons. The picture above is following the semifinal win over Desmet in 2005, after his last state title, which CBC also won in 2004. The gallery below is from a visit I made to his offices last summer to learn more about his program and that’s when the string of numbers noted come into perspective.
Michler has had eight players compete with various national teams and 17 named as high school All-Americans. Thirty-two former players have played professionally, with 271 getting a chance to play college soccer.
He was also an accomplished player, a standout in both soccer and football at CBC. Early on, Michler set his sights on returning to CBC to coach soccer. But he nearly missed out on that chance.
“I had finished my career at Rockhurst and had signed with the Kansas City Spurs (of the old North American Soccer League),” he recalled. “A couple of weeks later, I get a call from CBC asking me if I wanted to teach and coach the B-team. But I was 21 and had to give pro soccer a chance, so I turned them down.”
Two years later, CBC called again. This time, with an opportunity to coach varsity soccer, Michler quickly accepted the job.
There is plenty more in the St Louis Post-Dispatch, the source for this article. I highly recommend it, Terry is a fellow I’m proud to call my friend.
By the way, if you are a budding coach yourself, consider signing up for a 3 day clinic Terry has put together with a pair of Dutch Coaches who will be here in January. The clinic will be held on the Martin Luther King holiday weekend in St Louis, January 16-18. Check it out!
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Nice article Ole. I read the Post Dispatch story last night and was amazed when Michler said the record of 25-4 his first year at CBC was not as good as the 39-2-2 record they had they year before he got there. If my math is correct that would have been the 1970 team that played 43 games…..Joe Kofran if you’re reading this, how many games did you play when you were winning state championships at Vianney in the ’80s? I can’t imagine playing 43 games in a high school season.