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Randy Ragan

Randy Ragan

 
Randy started coaching the University of Guelph Women’s Soccer Team just prior to the start of the 2008 season. Prior to joining the Women’s Soccer Team Randy, a Provincial B License coach, was an assistant coach with the University of Guelph Men’s Soccer Team. 
Randy attended Simon Fraser University where he played varsity soccer and completed a Bachelor or Arts (Psychology). While at Simon Fraser University Randy was a member of the 1976 Canadian Youth Soccer Team that played in the Youth World Cup qualifying round in Puerto Rico and the Canadian University Soccer Team that played in the 1979 World University Games in Mexico City. He was drafted out of Simon Fraser University by the Toronto Blizzard of the North America Soccer League where he went on to play 117 games from 1980 – 1984 including the North American Soccer Bowl final in 1983 and 1984. Randy has played 40 times for Canada including four games in the 1984 Summer Olympics and three games in the 1986 World Cup. Randy was inducted in the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002 and is a member of the 1986 Canadian World Cup Team inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009.
After his playing career Randy obtained a Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University.