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Celebrating a Legend



Thank You, Coach

Tomorrow, Mark Berson will step on the pitch one final time as head coach of the Gamecocks when we take on Kentucky at 2 p.m.

Over his 43 seasons as head coach, he has coached the Gamecocks to 511 wins, with one match left. He's one of only four coaches in NCAA Division I men's soccer history with over 500 wins and will retire third all-time in Division I soccer wins.

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Tickets are still available for tomorrow's 2 p.m. match vs. Kentucky. Please join us to recognize our senior class and Coach Berson.

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4/17/21 - FINAL: South Carolina 1-2 Kentucky

GAMECOCK SOCCER SAYS FAREWELL TO MEN'S COACH MARK BERSON

Gamecocks finish 2020-21 Covid-19 induced campaign with a record of 8-7-1 overall and 2-4-1 in Conference USA.

The winningest active coach in the country, Mark Berson led the Gamecocks to 22 NCAA Tournaments and 35 winning seasons. A University of North Carolina alumnus, he came to Columbia to start the program in the spring of 1978 and opened the program with a 13-3-1 mark. A year later, the Gamecocks posted a 14-5-0 record on their way to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.

While in Columbia, Berson has coached 13 All-Americans and 15 Freshman All-Americans. Since 2005, Berson's student-athletes have garnered 79 All-Region honors and 59 All-Conference USA honors.

Thanks to Coach Mark Berson for a tremendous career with University of South Carolina Men's Soccer and for being such a good friend and supporter of Palmetto State youth and high school soccer through the years. I thoroughly enjoyed all my years at your soccer camp, serving as a ball boy in the 1980s, working with Gamecock ⚽️ in the Sports Information Office from 1990-94, and the advice and guidance while coaching and serving the prep/youth soccer realm in my adult days. All the the best to you and your family in the next chapter!