Adam Perron - Men's Soccer Coach - James Madison University Athletics

Adam Perron

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
perronan@jmu.edu
Phone:
614-273-4538

In his first season as an assistant coach with James Madison men’s soccer, Adam Perron helped lead the program to the 2018 regular-season Colonial Athletic Association title and the program’s sixth CAA championship. With their automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Championship, the Dukes went on to the Quarterfinals for the first time since 1995.

After an impressive 15-4-3 overall record and 6-2 in conference play, the soccer staff was named the Regional Staff of the Year for the Atlantic Region by United Soccer Coaches. The program earned a program-high 10 All-CAA honors while five student-athletes were named to All-Region teams.

Perron worked closely with goalkeeper TJ Bush,helping him to an outstanding season in goal as he was named All-ECAC Team, First Team All-CAA, VaSID First Team All-State, Third Team All-Atlantic Region and was a member of the CAA All-Tournament Team. Bush also broke the individual single-season shutout record, recording 13 clean sheets on the year.

As a former Southern New Hampshire men’s soccer assistant coach, Perron was brought in by Head Coach Tom Foley on April 19, 2018.

“I am really excited to be given this opportunity,” Perron said. “When I stepped on this campus, I fell in love with the school and the team, and I am committed to the goals that have already been set for this team. I’m very grateful and thankful to Tom, Paul and the JMU community for welcoming me.”

Perron will primarily work with the goalkeepers and assist in recruiting in the northeastern parts of the United States.

“I am very excited to add Adam to the staff,” Foley said. “He has a strong goalkeeping background, which will help us tremendously, and I admire his knowledge of the game and his enthusiasm for the game.”

While at SNHU, Perron served as the primary recruiter and goalkeeper coach. Over two seasons, Perron guided the goalkeepers to multiple accolades, including First Team All-America honors and the Northeast 10 Conference Goalkeeper of the Year award. In 2015, the team finished in the top three nationally in goals-against average with a 0.47 clip.

Additionally, in 2017, Perron served as the head coach of the Seacoast Academy under-19 team. While working with Seacoast Academy, Perron was the assistant coach for the Seacoast United Phantoms in the Premier Developmental League (PDL).

In 2016, Perron was the assistant/goalkeeper coach at Ohio State. In his sole year with the program, Perron’s starting goalkeeper was unanimously named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in addition to landing on the Top Drawer Soccer Best Freshman Second Team.

Perron played professional soccer for multiple teams in the USL-PDL, played three years with the Western Massachusetts Pioneers (2006-2009), the Massachusetts Twisters (2007-2009) and received a training camp invite from the Rochester Rhinos in 2010. Most recently Perron played in the summers of 2013 and 2014 for the Portland Phoenix in the USL-PDL, where Perron served as the team captain in the 2013 campaign.

Perron received his bachelor’s degree in sport management from Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire, where Perron was a four-year starter as a goalkeeper. With the Chargers, Perron sits second all-time in wins as a goalie, was a two-time All-Conference selection (2002 and 2005) and was the team MVP in 2004.

Perron got his master’s degree in liberal studies with a concentration in social sciences from Utica College in 2012. He received his National Soccer Coaches Association of America diploma in 2010.