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Henry Almeida is entering his second season as head coach of the Corsair men's soccer team. In his first year in the head coaching position, UMass Dartmouth posted a 7-10-1 overall record and a 2-4-1 mark in the Little East Conference.
Almeida had served as an assistant coach under former head coach Ray Cabral for two seasons before he was named head coach of the Corsairs prior to the 2008 season.
Almeida's tenure included serving as an assistant when UMass Dartmouth went 12-4-1 two seasons ago, the most successful season in Cabral's seven-year tenure as head coach. Prior to joining the Corsairs, Almeida was the head boys' soccer coach at Old Rochester Regional High School for two years. He was the head coach of the freshmen at Dartmouth High School between 1996 and 2002, and the head junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach for the Indians for the following two seasons.
In addition, Almeida was head coach of the Storm soccer club in the MAPLE (Massachusetts Premier League) Division I in 2005, head coach of the Nor'easter soccer club in the same division between 2003 and 2005, and coached the St. Michael's soccer club to under-16 boys' South Coast League championships in 2001 and 2002.
A native of Dartmouth, Almeida was a four-year starter at Dartmouth High School as a central defender (sweeper), serving as a team captain before his graduation in 1991. He was named Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior, was named to the Eastern Massachusetts All-Star Team, and also earned All-State accolades from the Boston Globe and was named All-Region by the New Bedford Standard-Times and the Providence Journal.
Almeida played a year of collegiate soccer at Merrimack College, and transferred to UMass Dartmouth and played another year under Head Coach Jim Cook before opening up his own business. He continued his playing career until an injury sustained while playing in a men's soccer league opened the door to coaching.
At Old Rochester Regional, Almeida took a team that was 2-16 his first season and guided them to a 9-9 mark in his second year, and ORR advanced to the state finals and lost in a penalty kick shootout the next year. By that time, he had begun his collegiate coaching career.
Almeida also serves as a business development representative for Polar Beverage of Avon, MA. He is married (Danielle) and he and his wife are the proud parents of a two-month old girl, Sydney Ann.
Contact Coach Henry Almeida
By phone: (508) 999-8170
By email: halmeida@umassd.edu
