Lev Kirshner
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| Full name | Lev Kirshner | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 17, 1969 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | United States | |||||||||||||||
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| 1987–1990 | Rutgers University | |||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| Reno Rattlers | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–1995 | Cañada College | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Ohlone College | |||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Rutgers (assistant) | |||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | San Diego State (assistant) | |||||||||||||||
| 2000– | San Diego State | |||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | ||||||||||||||||
Lev Kirshner is the head coach for the men's soccer team San Diego State University.
Kirshner attended Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California where he played soccer, badminton and ran cross country. He graduated in 1987 and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2001. After graduating from high school, Kirshner attended Rutgers. He graduated in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in communications.
In 1993, Kirshner was a member of the U.S. soccer team which won the bronze medal at the 1993 Maccabiah Games. He was the captain of the U.S. team at the 1997 games.
Kirshner played professionally with the Reno Rattlers of the USISL.
In 1992, Cañada College hired Kirshner as the head coach of the women’s soccer team and assistant coach of the men’s team. Up to that time, the team had never won a conference game. Kirshner coached them to a 16–1–3 record, garnering Coast Conference Coach of the Year recognition. In 1995, Kirshner moved to Ohlone College. He again turned his team around. From Ohlone, Kirshner moved to Rutgers where he was an assistant coach for the 1996 season. He then moved back west to become an assistant coach at San Diego State in 1997. He served in that capacity for three seasons before becoming head coach in 2000. Kirshner finished 2010 with the best season of his 11-year tenure and most wins in a single season for his career.
In 2003, Kirshner became the coach of the U.S. U-20 team which won a bronze medal at the Pan-American Maccabiah games. He was elevated to the position of national U.S. Maccabiah team in 2005.
In 1999, Kirshner became the director of soccer operations of the Hotspurs Soccer Club. He left that position in 2002. He is currently a youth coach with PQ Premier and has spent time as a Region IV ODP coach.
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