Sean McBride earned his 300th victory as a head soccer coach at Homewood when the Patriots’ girls varsity team shut out Briarwood 5-0 on Feb. 26.
McBride has been a soccer coach at Homewood High School since 2001, when he took over the boys varsity program. He won five state championships with the boys’ team (2003, 2005, 2006, 2014 and 2018) and in 2020 took over as head coach of the girls program.
Homewood’s boys varsity coach Julian Kersh played on one of McBride’s state championship teams.
McBride was named the 2018 Spring South Region High School Coach of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches after guiding the Patriots’ boys team to a 24-0-2 record, the Class 6A state championship and a No. 5 national ranking.
The Patriots’ girls team entered this week with 7-1 record after shutting out Oak Mountain 1-0 and Chelsea 2-0 last week. Maddie Massie and Rika Kellen each scored a goal in the win over Chelsea and goalkeeper Katie Crim earned the shutout.
Homewood was scheduled to play Mountain Brook Tuesday and will play in the Cullman Tournament Friday.
—Rubin E. Grant
