Steve Baumann

Steve Baumann (born August 16, 1952) is an American former soccer player and coach who played as a forward and the former Chief Executive of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He was a first team All American at the University of Pennsylvania before playing three seasons in the North American Soccer League. He later coached the Penn soccer team for six seasons.

Player Baumann attended Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut where he was a two time All Conference high school soccer player. In 1967, Baumann's sophomore season, Staples won the state championship. In 1969 Staples again took the title, this time on a game winning header by Baumann. He graduated in 1970. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania, playing on the men's soccer team from 1971 to 1973. He holds the school's record for career points with 99 and career assists with 39. He was a 1973 first team All American. In 2005, he was named to the Penn All Century Team. In 1971, Baumann played one season with the Penn football team as a placekicker. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and later earned a master's degree in science education at the University of Virginia. In 1973, the Miami Toros of the North American Soccer League selected Baumann in the first round of the NASL College Draft. He spent three seasons in Miami.

Coach After retiring from playing professionally, Baumann became an elementary school teacher in the Fairfax County Public School system where he taught from 1977 to 1987. During this time, he began coaching at the high school level first at Madison High School and then Robinson Secondary School where his team were state runners up in 1987. Baumann was also an instructor in science education and educational technology at George Mason University and Rosemont College. He then coached at the University of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1993. He finished his six seasons with a 29–51–10 record.