Bob Ammann

	Position: Head Coach (6th season)
	Birthdate: 05/27/1965
	Alma Mater: Cal State Fullerton (1992)

04/06/2012

NASL Signs Venegas

Minnesota Team Defending League Champ

11/02/2011

CSF, Davis in Cardfest

Teams Tie in Goals (1-1) and Reds (2-2)

10/11/2011

UCSB Wins in Rout

Titans Drop Third Match in Row

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Titans Making a Difference

After 15 years on the Titans' coaching staff and four years as a Titans' player, Bob Ammann (AH-mahn) was the obvious choice to succeed Al Mistri as head coach and try to bring the Titans' men's soccer program back to the prominence it enjoyed in the 1980s and 1990s.

Ammann was promoted on Dec. 5, 2005, to replace Mistri, who retired after the 2005 season. Ammann had been a full-time assistant for the previous 11 years and prior to that term he served four years as a part-time coach. During Ammann's coaching tenures the Titans made five trips to the NCAA Tournament, reaching the national semifinals in 1993 and the quarterfinals in 1994.

In his inaugural 2006 season, Ammann saw the Titans increase their victory total from four to seven (7-11-1). Two of their losses came by one goal to eventual national champion UC Santa Barbara, the first in double overtime. Two other losses came in overtime where the Titans finished 1-3-1. In 2007 the Titans improved slightly to 7-10-3 (1-1-3 in overtime) despite a rash of injuries that further weakened a thin bench. A young and inexperienced team went 5-14-1 in 2008 and last year's squad just missed a winning season at 8-9-2.

"I am extremely honored and very excited to be taking charge of the men's soccer program at my alma mater," said Ammann at the time of his appointment. "I appreciate this opportunity and look forward to bringing the program back to the national prominence that we once had. There is a lot of work that needs to be done, but I am confident and very eager to make sure that the necessary steps are taken to achieve our goals."

Ammann's first match of 2011 vs. Hope International will be his No. 100 (34-56-9, .389) as CSF head coach.

Ammann was a Titans' goaltender during the 1983 through 1986 seasons. He posted 12 career shutouts including six in the 1986 season when he helped the Titans capture the Pacific Coast Athletic Association championship and their first NCAA Div. I playoff berth. His best goals against average was 1.250 in 1985, his junior season. His younger brother, Mike, was the Titans' goaltender 1990 through 1993 and went on to a long career in professional soccer.

"I'm proud of the fact that I have been involved with six Cal State Fullerton NCAA Tournament teams," says Bob, who was the goalkeeper in 1986, a part-time coach in 1993 and 1994 and a full-time assistant coach in 1996, 1998 and 2000.

Bob played at the professional level for Neuchatel Xamax of the Swiss First Divison in 1989 and 1990. He also played for Brighton and Hove Albion F.C. in England, the Edmonton Brickmen of the Canadian Soccer League and the Los Angeles Salsa of the American Professional Soccer League.

He is serving his second year as a regional representative for the U.S. Soccer Academy, assigned to scout and evaluate U16 and 18 talent in the West for the U.S. national team.

Ammann is one of four former Titan student-athletes now serving as head coach at his or her alma mater, joining Demian Brown (women's soccer), Michelle Gromacki (softball) and John Elders (cross country / track and field). The Titans have had several more in that category at one time including former coaches Lynn Rogers and Julie Knight-Bowse (women's gymnastics), Dan Lewis and Ardeshir Asgari (wrestling), Donny Daniels (men's basketball), George Horton and Dave Serrano (baseball) and Mike Hinojos (fencing).

Ammann was born on May 27, 1965, and he graduated from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana. Bob and his wife, Liz, and their infant children Robert Anton, Faith Elizabeth and Stella Rae (born on Nov. 3, 2010), live in the newly incorporated city of Eastvale in western Riverside County.

CAREER HEAD COACHING RECORD
YEAR W L T PCT.
2006 7 11 1 .395
2007 7 10 3 .425
2008 5 14 1 .275
2009 8 9 2 .474
2010 7 12 2 .381
TOTALS 34 56 9 .389

Coach Ammann's Administrative Career at Cal State Fullerton

• Served as the Coach's Representative on the NCAA Steering Committee during the University's certification period

• Served on the hiring committees for Director of Athletic Academic Services, Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities, Women's Soccer Head Coach and Assistant Men's Soccer coach

• Currently serves as a committee member on the Gender Equity Committee 2001-present

• Served as the NCAA Site Representative for Men's NCAA playoffs

Coach Ammann's Scouting/Coaching Career Outside CSF

• United Stated Soccer Federation Development Academy scout, 2009-present

• United Stated Soccer Federation Development Academy market training coach, 2009-present

• U-18 National team staff coach Carson, Calif.; October 6-13, 2009

• United States Soccer Federation "A" license (highest license available)

• National Soccer Coaches Association of America Big West Conference representative, 2009-present

• Director of Goalkeeping, Stampede FC, Legends FC & PSA Soccer Club