VCU Assistant Coach  Rob Elliott (Cornell ’97)

Second Season at VCU

A native of Middletown, N.J., Elliott enters his second season with the Rams, looking to build on last year’s quarterfinal appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

Elliott was an assistant for six seasons at his alma mater, Cornell. He also was a member of the U-14 Region I Olympic Development Program coaching staff and head coach of the TC United Premier Soccer Club in Ithaca, N.Y.

A 1997 graduate of Cornell with a Bachelor of Science degree in natural resources, Elliott was named to the 1996 National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Umbro Division I Men’s All-America second team. He was first-team All-New York State as a junior and as a senior and set a school record with 18 career assists. The Big Red was 27-6-3 during his final two seasons, the best two-year span in school history. Cornell appeared in the NCAA Tournament in each of those two seasons, going 15-2-1 in 1995 with an Ivy League championship and 12-4-2 in 1996.

Elliott was with the North Jersey Imperials of the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues from 1997-98. He trained with the New York/New Jersey Metrostars of the MLS in 1998.