Stephenson Selected for Lock Haven University Athletics Hall of Fame

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M soccer Associate Head Coach Phil Stephenson was selected for induction into the Lock Haven University Athletics Hall of Fame, the department recently announced.
 
Stephenson is one of 11 named to the 2017 induction class, the third in program history. The 2017 LHU Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, June 3.
 
A four-year letter-winner at Lock Haven, Stephenson led the Bald Eagles as far as the NCAA Division II Quarterfinals in 1986.  Stephenson was a four-time All-Region selection and a four-time All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) pick. The three-time team captain had his best season in 1986 when he was tabbed All-America First Team as well as the PSAC West Player of the Year.
 
Stephenson was the assistant men's soccer coach at Lock Haven from 1990-1994. During that time, the team claimed two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crowns and reached the NCAA Division II quarterfinals in 1994 while being lauded as the highest scoring Division II team in the country. 
 
Entering his 19th season at Texas A&M in the Fall, the Aggies have advanced to the NCAA Championship in each of his seasons on the staff, including 13 trips to the Sweet 16 and six appearances in the NCAA Quarterfinals. During the 18 seasons, the Aggies have claimed eight conference regular-season crowns and six league tournament titles.
 
A native of Hornsea, England, Stephenson received his B.S. in 1987 from Lock Haven.
 
Stephenson joined the Aggie program after four years as head coach at Methodist College in Fayetteville, N.C., where he led the Lady Monarchs to the 1995 NCAA Division III National Championship Final. In the same year, Stephenson was named Conference and South Region Coach of the Year. 

During his tenure, Methodist posted a 42-28-3 (.596) record and placed among the top three in the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference each season, including winning the conference crown in 1995. His teams hold conference and school records for most wins in a season (18) and longest winning streak (13). Stephenson chaired the NCAA South Regional Committee and sat on the Division III Women's Soccer Championships Committee while at Methodist. 

Prior to Methodist College, he was the Director of Coaching for Buffalo and western New York for the ODP. He was also the coach of the Germania Harriers boys U-19 squad, taking the team to the Snickers Eastern Regional Youth Championships. Stephenson also worked with the Buffalo Blizzard in the National Professional Soccer League. 
 
Other credentials to Stephenson's credit include an A-license from the United States Soccer Federation and the Advanced National Diploma awarded by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Additionally, he served as the Director of Coaching for the High Point Soccer Association in High Point, North Carolina. 

Stephenson is the former head coach of the Region III Olympic Development Program (ODP). With a wealth of international experience, Stephenson led teams that have played all over Europe as well as Mexico and Costa Rica. In 2005, he was named the assistant coach for the ODP Adidas All-Star team that competed in Scotland, Germany and Holland. As an age group coach for Region III ODP, Stephenson's teams have won six inter-regional championships. 

Never too far away from youth soccer, Stephenson has also coached ODP teams in Pennsylvania, New York and North Carolina. In 2004, his Aggieland Soccer Club Boys '90 team won the South Texas Super Two Championship.  

In 2003, he earned National Assistant Coach of the Year honors by AFLAC and Scholastic Coach & Athletic Director magazine. 
 
Stephenson and his wife, the former Lori Silvasy, herself an All-American soccer player and assistant coach on the A&M soccer team, reside in College Station with their two children, Brittany and Christopher. Lori Stephenson was inducted into the Methodist University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 21-22, 2016.