| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | August 31, 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Tacoma Washington, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Warner Pacific Knights | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | F.C. Portland | ||
| 1987–1989 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 44 | (1) |
| 1989–1990 | Atlanta Attack (indoor) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1998 | Coe College (men) | ||
| 2007– | Coe College (men) | ||
| 2007– | Coe College (women) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Homer Screws is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer Alliance and American Indoor Soccer Association. He coached the Coe College men's and women's soccer teams.
Player
After graduating from high school, Screws spent a year playing lower division soccer in Germany. He returned to the United States and played at least one season of collegiate soccer at Warner Pacific College. In 1987 and 1988, Screws played for F.C. Portland in the Western Soccer Alliance.[1][2] In the fall of 1987, Screws signed with the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent two seasons with the Stars, but lost most of his second season with injuries. In 1989, he moved to the Atlanta Attack of the American Indoor Soccer Association. In January 1990, the Attack placed Screws on the disabled list.[3] He retired at the end of the season and moved back to Tacoma with his family.
Coach
In 1991, Screws and his wife decided to leave Tacoma due to a rising crime rate and move to Iowa where he became a youth soccer coach. This brought him to the attention of Coe College of Cedar Rapids, Iowa which Screws in 1993 as head coach of its men's soccer team. In 2007, Screws returned to Coe College as both the men's and women's soccer coach.
References
- ↑ 1987 F.C. Portland
- ↑ 1988 F.C. Portland
- ↑ "Deals". USA Today. January 24, 1990.