Yale

Bob Dikranian, who coached Rudy Meredith at SouthernConnecticut, is in his eighth season with the Yale women'ssoccer program. He served as an assistant coach for six yearsbefore beginning his role as Director of Soccer Operations in2012.

Dikranian served as Southern's head coach for 21 seasons beforestepping down in 1989, and his teams had a superb 227-94-31won-lost-tied record. Dikranian has been a consultant to theSouthern men's and women's programs and was an assistant coach forformer Southern player and coach George Kiefer at the University ofSouth Florida. Dikranian's teams appeared in 14 NCAA Division IItournaments, including six straight trips to the semi-finals from1978-83. But it was the seventh trip to the semifinals, in 1987,that will be remembered as Southern won its first NCAA title,tipping Cal State Northridge at Tampa, Fla.

Dikranian has been a regional coach with the U.S. SoccerFederation; trained the Connecticut Senior all-star team; was headcoach in the Senior Bowl Classic; and is a former member of theNCAA Soccer Committee.

An All-America soccer player at the University of Bridgeport,Dikranian was Southern's director of intramurals and club sportsbefore retiring. He was inducted into Southern's Alumni Sports Hallof Fame in 1993, and was among the inaugural class of inductees tothe Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame in January of 1999.