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Dwight Burgess
Alma Mater: Dayton '83 | Overall Record: 220-211-41 (17 Years) | Record at Wittenberg: 35-66-8 (7 Years)
Dwight Burgess was named the 10th head coach to lead the Tiger's Men's Soccer team in the fall of 2016.
Burgess began his collegiate career as an Assistant Coach for The Ohio State University men's program and went on to spend a decade at Capital University serving for 10 years as the head men's soccer coach and eight as the head women's soccer coach.
While in Bexley, Dwight's teams earned six conference championships and three NCAA Tournament bids, winning 186 games. Dwight has been recognized as "Coach of the Year" on numerous occasions at the Conference, State and Regional levels. He was also nominated for the NSCAA National Division III Coach of the Year Award. Off the field Dwight served a four-year term as the Great Lakes Region Chair to the NCAA Men's Division III National Championship Committee.
Dwight has coached at all levels of the youth game, including high school and club soccer, as a member of the Ohio South Olympic Development Program State Staff and as a Clinician in various capacities on behalf of the NSCAA, Columbus Crew SC and Major League Soccer.
An accomplished player, Dwight split his college career between DePauw University and the University of Dayton, was named Captain for a pair of Regional teams participating in international Friendlies and Dwight was twice selected to development camps for the United States Men's National Program.
Dwight just completed his 20th season as the TV play-by-play broadcaster for Columbus Crew SC and has called the action for a variety of national and international soccer events, including XM Satellite Radio's 2006 FIFA World Cup coverage.
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