Ian Sawyers was born on 2 May 1962 and is an English football manager.
11 Facts About Ian Sawyers
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Ian Sawyers played professional soccer for the Rotherham United club.
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Ian Sawyers became Director of Soccer for the Mission Viejo Soccer Club, a youth soccer program based in Laguna Hills, California, in the late 1980s.
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Ian Sawyers then joined the staff of the Stanford University women's soccer program.
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Ian Sawyers was promoted to acting head coach at Stanford in 1993 when former head coach Berhane Andeberhan stepped down.
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Ian Sawyers served as head coach of the Sacramento Storm, a W-League team, from 1993 to 1998.
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Ian Sawyers was named head coach of the Bay Area CyberRays, later known as the San Jose CyberRays, one of the eight founding member teams in the Women's United Soccer Association.
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The CyberRays won the inaugural WUSA championship, and Ian Sawyers was named WUSA Coach of the Year for 2001.
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Ian Sawyers coached the CyberRays for two more seasons, until the WUSA suspended its operations in 2003.
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In 2008, Ian Sawyers was named head coach of Sky Blue FC, a Women's Professional Soccer team based in Somerset County in New Jersey and scheduled to play its first match in April 2009.
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On 23 May 2009, Sky Blue FC announced that Ian Sawyers had been suspended indefinitely due to differences with the organization's ownership.