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Stephen Gorton
Stephen Gorton

Position:
Assistant Coach
Experience:
Second Season
Alma Mater:
Western Illinois, 2005



02/22/2012

Oakland Soccer Adds Six During Early Signing Period

The Golden Grizzlies inked four freshmen and two junior college transfers.

Stephen Gorton joins the Oakland University men's soccer team as an assistant coach for the 2011 season. The former standout player from Western Illinois comes to Oakland after spending the last four seasons as the head coach at Garden City Community College.

Gorton will become the team's recruiting coordinator and will also have responsibilities in the areas of team training, team academics, scouting and film analysis and editing.

After leading Garden City CC to the semifinals of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Tournament in 2008 he was named the NJCAA Plains District Coach of the Year and nominated for the National Soccer Coaches of Association of America (NSCAA) National Coach of the Year award.

During his time at GCCC Gorton trained a pair of NSCAA All-Americans and five NJCAA All-Americans. He constantly had his team at or near the top of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) and produced 33 all-conference players during his four years at GCCC, including two KJCCC Player of the Year honorees.

Gorton is familiar with The Summit League having coached and played at Western Illinois University. Gorton was an assistant on the WIU team that won The Summit League Tournament in 2004 with a team that featured current Major League Soccer player Kosuke Kimura. As a player at WIU, Gorton was an NSCAA All-American and All-Region selection. He was also named to the NSCAA/Adidas All North team.

Gorton is a native of Mattawan, Mich. He comes to Oakland along with his wife, the former Andrea Fernandez, who had served as the head women's soccer coach at GCCC. The couple will also work with WAZA Soccer Club in addition to serving on the staff at the Oakland summer soccer camps.

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