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Ali Khosroshahin enters his third season at the helm of the USC women's soccer program, having guided the Women of Troy to a National Championship and NCAA third-round appearance in his first two seasons at USC.
In 2007, Khosroshahin became the first coach to win the national title in his first season with his program, and accumulated a number of other firsts for himself and the Trojans. After leading USC to the first NCAA title for the program and for the Pac-10, Khosroshahin was named the National Coach of the Year by the NSCAA, SoccerBuzz and Soccer America. Also named the SoccerBuzz West Region Coach of the Year, Khosroshahin had garnered a career-best win total with USC's 20-3-2 overall record in 2007.
In 2008, Khosroshahin guided the Trojans into the NCAA Tournament once again, reaching the NCAA Third Round and finishing with a 16-5-2 overall record.
His overall coaching career record now stands at 112-48-10 (.688) with a 36-8-4 (.792) mark in two seasons at USC. In his eight seasons as a head coach, Khosroshahin's teams have made a combined five NCAA appearances.
In summer 2008, Khosroshahin traveled to Africa to participate in workshops supporting the Sport for Social Change Initiative, which is working to establish a network for organizations promoting the development of girls soccer programs in Kenya. Also, as assistant coach of the Under-17 Mexican National Team, Khosroshahin was in Trinidad & Tobago to coach Mexico at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup.
Khosroshahin (pronounced ho-SRO-sha-HEEN) came to Troy after spending six years as the head women's coach at Cal State Fullerton. While coaching the Titans, he was honored as the Big West Coach of the Year three times, as he guided the team to three NCAA Tournament appearances. The Titans had winning seasons in each of Khoroshahin's six years there (2001-2006).
Khosroshahin recorded a number of milestones during his time at Cal State Fullerton after taking over a fledgling program that had posted winning records only twice in its previous eight-year history. He won 64.8% of his matches (76-40-6), including a 34-13-3 (71.0%) league mark. His 76 overall wins and 34 Big West victories were more than the school had totaled in either category before he took over.
He produced 44 players who were named to All-Big West Conference squads, including 23 first teamers, plus 13 who made various All-West Region teams and two All-Americans. He twice was runner-up for Soccer Buzz West Region Coach of the Year (2001 and 2005).
Khosroshahin's 2006 squad went 12-8-2 (its third straight 10-win season), won a second consecutive Big West Tournament championship and became the first Big West school to win NCAA Tournament matches in back-to-back seasons. He was the Big West's Coach of the Year for the second season in a row.
In 2005, Cal State Fullerton was 19-4 (a school record for victories), had a 10-match winning streak, captured the Big West regular season (6-1) and Tournament crowns and became the first Big West team to advance to the third round of the NCAA tourney (the Titans did so after posting a second round win over USC).
In his 2001 debut season, he was the Big West Coach of the Year as the Titans finished 13-7 and won the Big West regular season title (8-1) while garnering the school's first-ever NCAA tourney berth. He then went 12-5-1 in 2002, 9-8-2 in 2003 (with wins or ties over three top-20 teams) and 11-8-1 in 2004 (with a seven-match winning streak) while finishing first in the Big West regular season race at 7-1-1.
Before taking over at Cal State Fullerton, he was an assistant with the Titans' women's and men's programs for four years (1997-2000). The men advanced to the NCAA playoffs in 1998 and 2000.
He began his coaching career in 1992 as the boys varsity head coach at Canyon High in Anaheim (Calif.), where he was the Century League Coach of the Year in 1993. He then was the girls varsity head coach at San Marino (Calif.) High in 1994.
He broke into the collegiate ranks in 1994, serving as a graduate assistant with the men's team at his alma mater, Cal State Los Angeles, as the Golden Eagles advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs that season. He then became a full-time women's and men's assistant there for three seasons (1995-97) before going to Cal State Fullerton.
Khosroshahin also has coached at the international level. He was an assistant with Mexico during the 1999 Women's World Cup, was on the staff of Mexico's U-19 Women's National Program in 2004 and the U-20 squad in 2005 and helped the Mexican women's team prepare for the 2004 Olympics. He also assisted during the U.S. Women's Indoor Soccer Victory Tour following their 1999 Women's World Cup title and even coached the U.S. National team during a match.
He has been a head coach for the U.S. Olympic Development Program, the San Fernando Valley Quakes men's team of the United Soccer Leagues and numerous club teams at various age levels.
Khosroshahin was a two-year (1989-90) letterman at Cal State Fullerton before transferring to Cal State Los Angeles for his final two seasons (1991-92). He played two years (1995-96) with the Standard Falcons and then 1997 with the Valley Eagles in the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues (USISL). He earned his "A" coaching license from the U.S. Soccer Federation in 2002 (after getting his "C" license in 1998 and his "B" in 2001).
Born Feb. 26, 1970, Khosroshahin received his bachelor's degree in business administration (marketing management emphasis) from Cal State Los Angeles in 1994.
