In seven seasons at Fort Lewis, head men's soccer coach Jeremy Fishbein's teams posted 74-47-7 record (.605) and won four league championships — two in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1997,1998) and two in the Colorado Athletic Conference (1993,1995). He also guided the Skyhawks to their first two NCAA Division II playoff trips (1997 & 1998).
"Coach Fishbein created something out of nothing at Fort Lewis College," said former Skyhawk men's soccer coach Jeremy Gunn, who replaced Fishbein at Fort Lewis in 1999. "He created a tradition of excellence that set the standard not only for our soccer program, but for every program in the region."
Since leaving Fort Lewis, Fishbein has coached at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, from 1999-2000 (his teams posted a 21-13-3 record in "rebuilding" years) and at the University of New Mexico from 2002 to present. During his first nine seasons at UNM, the Lobos have posted a pair of 18-win seasons and a 17-win mark — the three best campaigns in Lobo history. His record at UNM through the completion of the 2010 season is 119-41-24. Fishbein's 2005 squad went 18-2-3 and advanced to the NCAA Division I championship game, where they lost 1-0 to Maryland.
Fishbein's coaching accolades are numerous. At Fort Lewis, he won NCAA Division II West Region Coach of the Year honors in 1993 and RMAC and CAC Coach of the Year awards in 1993, 1997 and 1998. At UNM, he was chosen as Soccer America magazine National Coach of the Year in 2004, NCAA Far West Region Coach of the Year in 2005, and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year in 2002, 2005 and 2006.
He and his wife, Alicia Meraz, live in Albuquerque, N.M., with their two daughters, Alisa and Gabriella.
