Steve Small returned to Elizabethtown as an assistant coach under Skip Roderick with the men's soccer team in 2018.
Small was a scout and an assistant coach with the Blue Jays for two seasons prior to his appointment as an assistant coach at Millersville University in 2007. In his two seasons at Elizabethtown, the Blue Jays compiled a 25-9-5 record and won the Middle Atlantic Conference championship in 2006.
Most recently, Small was the head coach for two seasons at Slippery Rock University. He guided The Rock to a 5-10-3 overall record and a 3-6-2 mark in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference play during the 2017 season. SRU was one of the top defensive teams in the conference, leading the league in save percentage, while ranking fifth in goals allowed and goals against average.
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Small's student-athletes achieved on and off the field. He mentored two All-PSAC selections, a United Soccer Coaches Men's Scholar All-Region honoree and CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2017.
In his first season at SRU, Small guided The Rock to a 5-9-2 record, which included a 4-5-2 mark in PSAC play.
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Small assisted head coach Steve Widdowson at Millersville from 2007-15 prior to taking the Slippery Rock position. He factored heavily into the Marauders' rise to perennial NCAA and PSAC contender status over nine seasons.
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While at Millersville, Small helped lead the program to an impressive 113-57-11 record. The Marauders qualified for the PSAC Tournament eight times, won one conference title, earned five NCAA Tournament berths and won two regional championships. In 2011, Millersville advanced to the national semifinals.
Small has also gained coaching experience outside the college game, having been involved with the Lititz Youth Soccer Club for more than a decade. He has since had coaching stints with F.C. Millennium, Leeds United, Ephrata High School and with the Penn Legacy Soccer Club for four years.
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A 2006 graduate of DeSales University, Small earned his bachelor's degree in sport management. He was a three-year starter on the Bulldogs men's soccer team.
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Small holds a United Soccer Coaches National Diploma and Director of Coaching Diploma. He currently coaches with FC Revolution.
Updated 8/29/2023
