Tony da Luz

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Tony da Luz
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-08-30) August 30, 1961 (age 64)[1]
Place of birth San Diego, California, U.S.[1]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (head coach)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 San Diego Toreros
Managerial career
1985–1991 San Diego Toreros (men's, assistant)
1992–1996 San Diego Toreros
1997– Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Tony da Luz (born August 30, 1961) is an American college soccer coach who is the head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team, a position he has held since 1997.

Career

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Da Luz played college soccer for the San Diego Toreros and assistant-coached the men's team after graduating. He became the inaugural head coach of the San Diego Toreros women's soccer team in 1992. In his last season in San Diego in 1996, he led the team to the second round of the NCAA tournament and was named West Coast Conference coach of the year.[2]

Da Luz was hired as the head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team in 1997. He was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) coach of the year in his second season in 1998. In 2011, he led Wake Forest to their first appearance in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament.[2]

Personal life

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Da Luz and his wife, Amy, have three children. Their son Austin played college soccer at Wake Forest and professionally for North Carolina FC.[3]

References

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