Steve Totten Named Assistant Men's Soccer Coach At Princeton
June 25, 2008 | Men's Soccer
Steve Totten, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at American University, has been named an assistant men's soccer coach at Princeton. Totten replaces Arron Lujan, who became the head coach at Carnegie Mellon University in April.
Totten, an Allentown, N.J., native, was a star player at The Peddie School in Hightstown before a standout career as a midfielder at the University of Virginia, where he was a three-time captain for teams that were ranked in the top 10 nationally in each of his four seasons.
"We think Steve will be a great addition to our program," says Princeton head coach Jim Barlow. "He was a tremendous youth and collegiate player and has become a successful coach. We are excited to have him on the staff and we know he will play a big part in every aspect of the program."
Totten spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons at AU, assisting head coach Todd West with an American program consistently ranked among the top teams in both the Patriot League and the region.
Before coming to American, Totten was the head boy's soccer coach at Yorktown High School in Arlington, Va., for three seasons. Totten led the Patriots to a pair of National District championships and, in 2005, the team's best-ever finish and an appearance in the Northern Region semifinals.
Totten also has coaching experience with the Reston Football Club in Virginia, the National Cathedral School and D.C. United youth programs in Washington, D.C. and the Bethesda Phoenix club program in Maryland.
At Virginia, Totten was voted the Cavaliers' Most Valuable Player in both his sophomore (1999) and junior (2000) seasons, earning second-team all-conference honors each season. He helped the Cavaliers reach the NCAA quarterfinals three times and win Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championships in both 2000 and 2001. As a sophomore, he had the assist on the game-winning goal in the third overtime in Virginia's 2-1 victory over Princeton in the 1999 NCAA tournament first round.
He graduated from UVa with a degree in economics and was drafted by the Chicago Fire with the first pick of the third round (26th overall) in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft.
Totten will begin his duties at Princeton in July. The Tigers open their first season at the brand-new Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium Sept. 5 when they host Lehigh at 7:30 p.m.