McMenemy Promoted to Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at Alma Mater
2/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
NEW YORK ? A standout student-athlete for four years at Columbia, Tommy McMenemy recently was promoted to full-time assistant men's soccer coach at his alma mater.
McMenemy had spent the previous two seasons as a volunteer assistant under head coach Leo Chappel.
“As the interim top assistant coach, Coach McMenemy has made a forceful and positive impact on the program in a very short time,” Chappel said. “I am looking forward to working with him for years to come, both on the field and off. Tommy and I will continue to recruit the best student-athletes domestically and abroad, while leading a team that plays aggressive, attacking soccer and represents Columbia with pride.”
McMenemy was Columbia's most recent All-American, earning the honor as a senior in 2003. A two-time all-region selection, McMenemy earned All-Ivy League honors three times from 2000-03, including consecutive unanimous first team All-Ivy League nods in 2002 and 2003.
Also a three-time Academic All-Ivy League selection, McMenemy is the head coach of Landsdowne United, an amateur men's team in the top division of New York's premier semi-professional league, the Cosmopolitan League.
“Tommy brings a passion and enthusiasm to Columbia men's soccer that is second to none,” added Chappel. “His experience as a four-year starter and All-American for Columbia is invaluable as we continue to reestablish Columbia as the class of the Ivy League and one of the nation's best.”
Since his first year as a student at Columbia, McMenemy has been involved with the NYC Soccer Academy, headed by Chappel and women's head coach Kevin McCarthy, coaching full-day sessions for boys and girls at the Baker Field Athletics Complex.
McMenemy, who hails from Southampton, England and lives on Manhattan's East Side, is a 2004 Columbia graduate with a degree in American history.
