Indiana University Athletics
Gonzalez Promoted to Associate Head Coach
1/26/2017 1:52:00 PM | Women's Soccer
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Women's Soccer head coach Amy Berbary announced on Thursday that Sergio Gonzalez has been promoted to associate head coach, effective immediately.
"Sergio has been such a significant and vital piece to this program and coaching staff since the beginning," said Berbary. "This promotion is a result of his hard work and commitment to our student-athletes, as well as the direction of the program. His roles and responsibilities with the goalkeepers, his eye for talent and his soccer knowledge on the field has continued to help us reach new heights."
Gonzalez, who works primarily with goalkeepers and defenders, has served as an assistant coach since Berbary's first season at Indiana in 2013.
"He has been with me since day one," said Berbary. "I still remember when I picked up the phone and called him 10 minutes after I was offered this job and said 'let's do this together.'"
This past season, Gonzalez coached freshman goalkeeper Sarah L'Hommedieu, whose 93 saves and 4.90 saves per game average led the Big Ten. In addition, L'Hommedieu earned three weekly conference honors and finished seventh in the country in freshmen saves.
The 2015 season saw the Hoosier defense post a scoreless streak of 463 minutes, the second longest in the history of the program, behind goalkeeper Sarah Stone. Stone, who was the cornerstone of the 2014 defense as well, finished her Indiana career ranked near the top of nearly every Indiana goalkeeping category, including becoming just the fourth Hoosier with 200-plus career saves.
During Gonzalez's first season with the Hoosiers, the team set a new single-season shutout record with nine behind goalkeeper Shannon Flower, whose 15 victories in the net was also a program record.
"These four years here have been very special," said Gonzalez. "This is a tremendous opportunity and honor. I'm thankful to Amy, Eric Neuburger, Fred Glass and all the administration for giving me this chance. My family and I love Bloomington, love IU and are excited about the future of the program and the direction we're headed in."
Before coming to Bloomington, Gonzalez spent two seasons as the head coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Prior to that, he and Berbary served as assistant coaches at University of Dayton. During his five years with the Flyers, the team won a pair of Atlantic 10 Conference titles and twice advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. From 2000-06, Gonzalez was an assistant coach for Slippery Rock University, guiding the team to a pair of conference titles and a Sweet Sixteen appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Gonzalez currently serves as the head goalkeeper coach for the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II ODP, working with the 2000 age group, and has also coached for U.S. Soccer Development Camps.
"Sergio has been such a significant and vital piece to this program and coaching staff since the beginning," said Berbary. "This promotion is a result of his hard work and commitment to our student-athletes, as well as the direction of the program. His roles and responsibilities with the goalkeepers, his eye for talent and his soccer knowledge on the field has continued to help us reach new heights."
Gonzalez, who works primarily with goalkeepers and defenders, has served as an assistant coach since Berbary's first season at Indiana in 2013.
"He has been with me since day one," said Berbary. "I still remember when I picked up the phone and called him 10 minutes after I was offered this job and said 'let's do this together.'"
This past season, Gonzalez coached freshman goalkeeper Sarah L'Hommedieu, whose 93 saves and 4.90 saves per game average led the Big Ten. In addition, L'Hommedieu earned three weekly conference honors and finished seventh in the country in freshmen saves.
The 2015 season saw the Hoosier defense post a scoreless streak of 463 minutes, the second longest in the history of the program, behind goalkeeper Sarah Stone. Stone, who was the cornerstone of the 2014 defense as well, finished her Indiana career ranked near the top of nearly every Indiana goalkeeping category, including becoming just the fourth Hoosier with 200-plus career saves.
During Gonzalez's first season with the Hoosiers, the team set a new single-season shutout record with nine behind goalkeeper Shannon Flower, whose 15 victories in the net was also a program record.
"These four years here have been very special," said Gonzalez. "This is a tremendous opportunity and honor. I'm thankful to Amy, Eric Neuburger, Fred Glass and all the administration for giving me this chance. My family and I love Bloomington, love IU and are excited about the future of the program and the direction we're headed in."
Before coming to Bloomington, Gonzalez spent two seasons as the head coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Prior to that, he and Berbary served as assistant coaches at University of Dayton. During his five years with the Flyers, the team won a pair of Atlantic 10 Conference titles and twice advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. From 2000-06, Gonzalez was an assistant coach for Slippery Rock University, guiding the team to a pair of conference titles and a Sweet Sixteen appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Gonzalez currently serves as the head goalkeeper coach for the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II ODP, working with the 2000 age group, and has also coached for U.S. Soccer Development Camps.
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