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Brian Wiese
Head Coach Brian Wiese made history on the Hilltop leading the 2019 Hoyas to the NCAA Championship, just the third team NCAA Championship in Georgetown Athletics history. Now in his 18th season on the Hilltop, Wiese has seen the most success in the program’s history after placing the program on the national stage as one of the top contenders in the country year after year.
Last season, the Hoyas won the BIG EAST Regular Season Championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The coaching staff earned BIG EAST Staff of the Year honors, and Georgetown had one All-American as well as three players signing professional contracts.
In 2021, Wiese and the Hoyas advanced to the national semifinal for the third time in program history along with winning the BIG EAST Regular Season and Tournament Championships. Individually, Dante Polvara was named the MAC Hermann Trophy winner and the Blue & Gray boasted three All-Americans.
In 2019, the Hoyas had a historic run winning the national championship with a 3-3 victory over Virginia that was decided in penalty kicks, 7-6. GU finished the year with a mark of 20-1-3 which set the program record for wins in a season. Georgetown also boasted the program’s first three-peat, winning the BIG EAST Championship for the third-consecutive year in a 3-1 victory over Providence College at Shaw Field. It was just the second time in program history that the squad has won both the regular season and the championship in the same year.
Individually, the Hoyas had three All-Americans for the first time in program history as well as five players named All-East Region. Additionally, senior Dylan Nealis was the second MAC Hermann Trophy finalist in program history. Wiese and staff were also named the Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches.
Wiese and company broke onto the national stage in 2012, which will be remembered as the most successful in program history. The Hoyas went 19-4-3 with a mark of 6-2-0 in the BIG EAST Conference. The squad was the third overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and the 19 wins were the most in program history. The Hoyas were the BIG EAST Blue Division Champions, the BIG EAST Championship runners-up and advanced to the national championship game in penalty kicks in a thrilling game against the University of Maryland after Georgetown began the season unranked.
With all of the success, the coaching staff was not forgotten as Wiese was named the United Soccer Coaches Division I Coach of the Year and then-Associate Head Coach Zach Samol earned United Soccer Coaches Northeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year.
In his tenure at Georgetown, Wiese has coached 34 players who have signed with an MLS squad, a Hermann Trophy winner, three Hermann Trophy finalists, six Hermann Trophy semifinalists, 20 All-Americans, 21 BIG EAST Players of the Year and 81 All-BIG EAST honorees as well as both the College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive and Defensive Player.
On the academic side, he has had two Academic All-Americans, three Academic All-Region honoree, three BIG EAST Scholar-Athletes and one Elite89 Award winner.
The team has seen unprecedented success under Wiese with 11 NCAA Tournament berths in a 12-year span. The squad has also won seven BIG EAST regular season championships, five BIG EAST Championships and been ranked among the top 25 in 13 seasons including stints at No. 1 in the nation.
Wiese earned his first collegiate head coaching job at Georgetown in March 2006 after a successful stint as the associate head coach at the University of Notre Dame. Following his first season, Wiese and his staff brought in one of the biggest recruiting classes in school history as the Hoyas welcomed 11 newcomers to the program.
From 1996-2005, Wiese worked under nationally-recognized coach Bobby Clark for five seasons at Stanford University and then for five more at Notre Dame. In those 10 seasons, the teams posted a combined record of 136-48-25, advanced to nine-straight NCAA Tournaments and made one trip to the championship match. At UND and Stanford, Wiese worked with 11 All-Americans and eight Academic All-America selections as well as four players who were candidates for the MAC Hermann Trophy.
Wiese joined Notre Dame as an assistant in 2001 and was promoted to associate head coach in 2005. During his time with the Irish, he helped guide the team to five NCAA Tournament appearances (reaching the Sweet 16 in 2003 and 2005), to the 2003 BIG EAST Championship title and the 2004 BIG EAST regular season championship. He was named to CollegeSoccerNews.com’s Top Assistant Coaches List in 2001 and was part of the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year on two occasions (2001 and 2003).
Prior to his stint at Notre Dame, Wiese spent five years (1996-2001) as an assistant coach at Stanford University. The Cardinal posted a 71-21-12 record during that time and made four NCAA Tournament appearances. The team posted a 10-4-4 record in 1996, its first winning season in four years, was ranked second in the country in 1997 when they went 13-5-2 and finished the 1998 season No. 2 in the country after reaching the NCAA title game and finishing 18-5-2. In 2000, Stanford was ranked No. 1 in the country during the season, finished 18-3-1 overall and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. That year, the Cardinal posted a 0.44 goals-against average, the best in the country, and were second in the country with 68 goals scored.
During his time at Stanford, Wiese earned a master’s degree in product design (mechanical engineering) in 1998.
A 1995 graduate of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Wiese earned a Bachelor of Arts in mechanical engineering. A goalkeeper, he was a three-time All-Ivy League selection, two-time Academic All-Ivy League honoree, was named the team’s most valuable player in 1993 and captained the team as a senior.
Wiese played professionally briefly for the Bulawayo Highlanders in Zimbabwe. He began his coaching career in 1995, serving as the head coach of the Upper Valley Lightning boys U-15 club team in New Hampshire. Following that, he moved out west, taking over as the head coach of the Del Mar (San Diego) Tsunami girls U-17 club team from 1995-96.
Wiese and his wife Becky have three children Morgan (22), a member of the Princeton women’s soccer team, as well as Ted (20) and Maya (18), a member of the Georgetown women's soccer team.
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