Floreal Pedrazo enters his third year with the Dukes. Pedrazo moved to Harrisonburg from the University of Montevallo in Montevello, Alabama, where he has served as an assistant coach for men's soccer since 2013, helping the team to a conference championship. He also led the Alabaster Competitive Soccer Club in Alabama as the head coach of the U15 and U18 teams and spent a year as the Montevello women's tennis head coach in 2014.
Last season, the Dukes racked up a 9-7-3 overall record and 5-1-2 in CAA play to take the regular-season conference championship. JMU captured a program-record eight players on the All-CAA teams, headlined by Manuel Ferriol earning a spot on the First Team.Â
During his first season in Harrisonburg, JMU won the last four games of the season for the program's first four-game win streak since 2011. The Dukes won five of their last six games and placed three players (Callum Hill, Billy Metzler and Kyle Morton) on the All-CAA Third Team.
Hailing from Germany, Pedrazo gained playing experience with the U16 German National team and Offenbacher Fussball Club in the German 3rd Division from 1998-2003 before coming stateside and attending Birmingham-Southern College. There, he claimed a place on the Big South All-Freshman team and All-Big South First Team while winning back-to-back regular season championships in 2004 and 2005.
After earning his Bachelors of Science in business administration from Birmingham-Southern, he attended Georgia State University in Atlanta where he captained the team and acquired a Master of Science in sports management.
His professional career then continued in Germany before turning his focus to coaching. Pedrazo holds a soccer coaching UEFA B-License and is fluent in German, Spanish and English.