Lawrence Briggs

Lawrence Briggs

Personal information
Full name	Lawrence Briggs
Date of birth	1890s
Date of death	1970s
Teams managed
Years	Team
1930–1967	UMass Minutemen

Lawrence Briggs was an American soccer coach who is best known for being the first men's soccer coach for the UMass Minutemen soccer program. Additionally, Briggs is known for being a founder of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and served as their president in 1947. He was also a founding member of the now-defunct New England Intercollegiate Soccer League which served as a foundation for modern college soccer in the United States.

Briggs was enshrined in the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1978.^[1][2]

References

1. "Lawrence Briggs". Society for American Soccer History. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
2. "Hall of Famers". U.S. Soccer. USSoccer.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.