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Emory University

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 26 Eagle Row Atlanta, GA 30322
Division 3 Georgia Southeast
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Cory Greiner

Cory Greiner joined the Emory men's soccer program as an assistant coach in August of 2013. He was appointed Interim Head Coach prior to the start of the 2017 season and later was named the program's full-time head coach in December of 2017.


In his first season as interim head coach in 2017, Greiner brought the Eagles to heights the program hasnt seen in nearly 30 years, reaching the NCAA Elite Eight for the just the second time in program history and first time since 1988. The Eagles finished the season with a 15-5-2 overall record, the second highest win total in a single season.


Greiner brought the Eagles back to the national stage in 2023 when he led the program to a 12-3-4 record and his first UAA Championship as head coach. Emory hosted an NCAA Tournament Regional and advanced to the second round. Under Greiner's supervision, Colton Myers was named the UAA's Co-Offensive MVP in 2023. The Eagles also had five others named to the All-UAA rosters in the 2023 season.


Overall, Greiner has seen 18 players earn All-UAA honors and five named to the CoSIDA/CSC Academic All-District team in his head coach tenure while posting an overall record of 59-32-22.


During his four seasons with the team as an assistant, Greiner helped lead the Eagles to a 43-20-7 overall record and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2014. Under Greiner, Emory finished second in the University Athletic Association in 2013, third in 2014 and fourth in 2015 and 2016.


Greiner came to the Emory program after serving as the Technical Director of the SOCA Soccer Club in Charlottesville, Virginia, since 2009. Among his duties included the coaching of elite youth boys teams (U10-U19), the implementation of a year-round player development model, and the oversight and management of all camps and clinics. As head coach, Greiner led two teams to VYSA State Cup Championships, the U18 Boys in 2008-09 and the U16 Boys in 2011-12.


Prior to his Technical Director responsibilities, Greiner was the Coaching Director for the Challenge Program for SOCA from 2006-09. A Virginia Olympic Development Program staff coach since 2010, Greiner holds both the USSF National 'B' License and USSF National Youth License.


As a player, Greiner was a four-year starter at Virginia Commonwealth University (1999-2002) and helped the Rams to NCAA Division I Tournament berths in 1999 and 2002. He earned his bachelor's degree from VCU in sport management with a business minor in 2003.

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Clayton Schmitt

The 2023 season was Clayton’s seventh year as the Assistant Coach at Emory, and marked the 4th time that the Eagles qualified for the NCAA DIII Tournament in his career at Emory. Prior to the start of the 2022 season he was promoted to Associate Head Coach.


Clayton played a key role in the Eagles' return to the national stage in 2023, when he helped the Eagles improve from a 5-win team in 2022 to a 12-win team the year later. The Eagles reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament under Clayton's assistance. The Eagles won a UAA Championship in 2023, the second time Clayton was a part of a conference championship team at Emory, with the first coming in his initial stint with the program in 2012.


The 2021 season was another excellent campaign for the Eagles, which saw the team host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament including a dramatic PK shootout victory of Centre College in the first round of the tournament.


Clayton rejoined the Eagles' program after spending the 2014-2016 campaigns at Oglethorpe University, where he served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He helped the Stormy Petrels to an overall record of 24-20-7 during those three seasons, which included 2015 and 2016 Southern Athletic Association regular-season titles.


Schmitt's first go-around as an assistant at Emory came from June 2011 through April of 2014. During his tenure, he helped the Eagles to an overall slate of 31-20-4, which included a 2012 University Athletic Association co-championship and a second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament.


Schmitt also has been the head coach of the women's program at Holy Innocents Episcopal School in Atlanta since December of 2014, most recently leading the team to the 2021 GHSA State Championship. He was named the United Soccer Coaches High School SE Regional Coach of the Year in 2021, and was the 2023 AAAA Girls Coach of the Year. In his career as a high school coach, he has won 224 career games, including a 132-32-10 record at Holy Innocents’.


Clayton is a former goalkeeper from Mercer University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in business in 2006. He also earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Georgia State University in 2008. He holds the NSCAA Premier, Advanced National, and National Diplomas, and, as well as the National Goalkeeping Diploma, and a UEFA “C” License.

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