Paul Ratcliffe (soccer)

Paul Ratcliffe

Personal information
Date of birth	1969 (age 55–56)
Place of birth	England
Team information
Current team	Stanford (coach)
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1992	UCLA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993	Los Angeles United
1994	Anaheim Splash
Managerial career
1998–2002	Saint Mary's
2003–	Stanford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Ratcliffe is an English-born American college soccer coach. He is the head coach of Stanford Cardinal women's soccer. He led Stanford to the 2011 National Championship. He is a three-time NSCAA Coach of the Year, winning the award in 2008, 2009, and 2011.

Coaching career

Ratcliffe was the head coach of Saint Mary's from 1998 until February 2003, when he was hired to coach Stanford. He won NSCAA Coach of the Year in 2008, 2009, and 2011. He led Stanford to national runners-up finishes in 2009 and 2010 before leading Stanford to a 2011, 2017, and 2019 National Championships.

College head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Saint Mary's (West Coast) (1998–2002)
1998	Saint Mary's	6–12–0
1999	Saint Mary's	13–4–1
2000	Saint Mary's	12–6–2
2001	Saint Mary's	15–3–2			NCAA Second Round
2002	Saint Mary's	9–9–2
Saint Mary's:		55–34–7 (.609)
Stanford (Pac-12) (2003–present)
2003	Stanford	10–9–2	5–3–1	T–3rd	NCAA First Round
2004	Stanford	13–6–3	4–3–2	T–4th	NCAA Second Round
2005	Stanford	10–7–3	4–3–2	4th	NCAA First Round
2006	Stanford	15–6–2	6–2–1	3rd	NCAA Round of 16
2007	Stanford	15–3–5	5–1–3	T–3rd	NCAA Round of 16
2008	Stanford	22–2–1	8–1–0	2nd	NCAA Semifinals
2009	Stanford	25–1–0	9–0–0	1st	NCAA Runners-up
2010	Stanford	23–1–2	9–0–0	1st	NCAA Runners-up
2011	Stanford	25–0–1	11–0–0	1st	NCAA Champions
2012	Stanford	21–2–1	11–0–0	1st	NCAA Semifinals
2013	Stanford	15–6–1	6–5–0	4th	NCAA Round of 16
2014	Stanford	20–2–3	9–1–1	2nd	NCAA Semifinals
2015	Stanford	19–2–2	10–0–1	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
2016	Stanford	18–2–1	10–1–0	1st	NCAA Second Round
2017	Stanford	24–1–0	11–0–0	1st	NCAA Champions
2018	Stanford	21–1–2	10–0–1	1st	NCAA College Cup Semifinals
2019	Stanford	24–1–0	11–0–0	1st	NCAA Champions
Stanford:		320–52–29 (.834)
Total:		375–86–36 (.775)	139–20–12 (.848)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of college women's soccer coaches with 300 wins

External links

• Stanford bio