Fury College Prep Program (FCPP)

The Arizona Fury College Prep Program has been designed by a professional staff that has first hand experience and knowledge of the demands of college soccer.  This program has been created to aid the student athlete and their family through the overwhelming process of college recruiting.  The FCPP will deal with every facet of the recruiting process to ensure that the athlete has every possible opportunity to continue their soccer career at the next level.

• Thursday  February 16th, 2006 - Jerry Smith, Santa Clara University, DI Head Women's Soccer Coach visits the Arizona Fury Soccer Club

Head coach Jerry Smith has completed 18 years at the helm of the Santa Clara program. Although he is most known for the development of his players and teams to their fullest potentials, he also produces success, and is the winningest women's soccer coach in Santa Clara history, having compiled a record of 294-73-24 (.783)--fourth best in NCAA history--establishing a standard of excellence few can match.

Since taking over the head coaching duties at Santa Clara in the spring of 1987, Smith has built the Bronco soccer program into a national power. For 16 consecutive seasons, his Broncos have reached the NCAA Tournament and have been ranked among the top 10 teams in the country. Smith's success culminated in 2001, as he was named the National Coach of the Year after bringing home the University's first outright NCAA championship.

The Broncos ended that season on the highest note, going 6-0 in the postseason and winning the College Cup by defeating perennial power North Carolina 1-0. The team finished its season with a 23-2-0 mark, defeating 10 nationally-ranked opponents and ending the undefeated seasons of five squads.

• Saturday February 18th, 2006 - John DiRico, Dowling College - DII Head Men's Soccer Coach visits the Arizona Fury Soccer Club

Head Coach John DiRico enters his fourteenth year at the helm of the men’s soccer program. He has complied an overall record of 154-67-25 over thirteen seasons and has turned Dowling Soccer into an elite national program. During his tenure, the Golden Lions have won seven NYCAC Championships and have appeared in seven NCAA Northeast Regional Tournaments. In 2001, 2003 and 2004, DiRico’s squad won the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship and advanced to the NCAA Final-Four.

During the 2004 season, the Golden Lions held the number one seed in the Northeast for the entire season and finished third in the country for Division II. For his achievements, coach DiRico was named the NSCAA Northeast Regional Coach of the Year, along with the NYCAC Coach of the Year. Coach DiRico also earned NSCAA honors in 2001 and has been named NYCAC Coach of the Year three other times in his career (2001, 1998, 1995).