Hailing from 25 years at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 22 of them as head men’s soccer coach, Elmar Bolowich joins Creighton University this year as the new head men’s soccer coach for the Bluejays.  Under Coach Bolowich, UNC won a National Championship (2001), two ACC championships (2000 as head coach and 1987 as assistant coach), a regular ACC season title (2010), two regular season ACC season co-titles (2000 and 2009), and has appeared in the NCAA National Championship tournament 16 times, with Coach Bolowich leading the Tarheels to six quarterfinals (2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010), four semifinals (2001, 2008, 2009, and 2010) being National Championship runner-up in 2008. He left the Tarheels as the winningest men’s soccer coach in the program’s history.  While collecting such fine stats for the team, Bolowich was personally named ACC Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2010, named the NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2001, and named NCAA men’s Division One Coach of the Year in 2001. Always known amongst his peers for his exemplary conduct on the field, in 1999 he was awarded the National Intercollegiate Soccer Official Association National Merit award, which is given annually to one college coach whose reputation is recognized by soccer officials as reflective of the highest standards of professional and ethical behavior. Bolowich expects his teams to excel on and off the field as evidenced by his Carolina team in the classroom.  The men’s soccer grade point average has consistently been among the highest of any men’s team at UNC. As an example, nine of his former players earned a spot on the ACC’s Academic Honor Roll for the 2009-2010 season. In addition to creating such a fine program at Carolina both on and off the field, Bolowich has also produced many international and professional players. In 2010, twenty-one of his former players played professionally including eleven in Major League Soccer, seven in the United Soccer Leagues, and three internationally.  Bolowich also coached World Cup players Eddie Pope, Gregg Berhalter, and Kerry Zavagnin, National Men’s team member, Olympic Team member, and current MLS Player, Logan Pause, and National Men’s team player pool member, Olympic team player, and current player Dax McCarty.

If his accomplishments as a NCAA Division One coach aren’t enough, he has also been actively involved in youth soccer since coming to the United States in 1986.  Coach Bolowich served on the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association (NCYSA) from 1999-2006 as their Vice President of Player and Coaching Development while coaching youth teams himself.  He coached various boys teams during various years between 1989 to 2010 and notably won four state and regional championships and went to the national championships four times, once ending up as finalist.  As a youth coach, he earned the NCYSA Service Award (2007), the NCYSA Brantley Murphy Award (2006 and 2008), NCYSA Boys Classic Coach of the Year (2009), and USYSA Region III Boys Coach of the Year (2009).

Coach brings his passion for soccer and developing players to the Creighton Soccer Academy this summer.  As an experienced and successful director of Carolina Soccer Camp since 1990, he knows what is important in creating a fun environment to learn soccer.  He is personally at every camp session, hand picks his staff, designs every curriculum, and makes sure that quality of camp is what you can expect.

Dear Camp Participants,

A great experience awaits you this summer! The training at our Academy has proven to be one of the most advanced, demanding and fun in the country. We show players how to improve during the Academy with inspirational demonstrations, challenging soccer drills and top level coaching.

Graduates of the Academy have gone on to play professionally, obtained college scholarships, and excelled on their club and high school teams.  We have developed many professional players at Creighton and are the only collegiate program in the United States to have a player drafted every year into the MLS.  No matter what your goals are as a player, we will have staff to help you obtain it. We are confident that our methods for developing players will work for you too! We guarantee that you will improve after following our program.

I hope that you join us this summer. Enrollment is limited. I will be personally involved on the field every day to ensure that you have a great experience.

See you soon,
 
Coach Elmar Bolowich