Kerem Daser started the soccer program at Dalton State in 2015. In addition to holding numerous camps and clinics, he has fielded a men's team that made the SSAC playoffs in 2015 after going 11-7-1 during the regular season. For his efforts he was voted conference Coach of the Year by his peers.
Daser is a 1995 graduate of Wake Forest University. He began his soccer coaching career at Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC where his team appeared in the NCAA Division III national title game in his only season.
Daser was hired as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He then coached 14 years at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He was the Panthers’ head coach for 11 of those years. He was Atlantic Sun coach of the year in 2000 and he was the winningest coach in the conference during the Panthers’ time in the Atlantic Sun. His Georgia State teams were ranked in the South regions’ top 10 for four of his first five years.
Daser moved to Dalton State from Georgia Military College in 2015. He led the men’s and women’s soccer programs and was the conference coach of the year in 2011. His 2013 men’s team had the best record in the country and he was named as South Region coach of the year.
Daser has a tremendous amount of experience working with elite players throughout the Southeast. He coached the Georgia Amateur Olympic Development team from 2002 and 2004 and has over 19 years of experience coaching Olympic Development players in North Carolina and Georgia. He has coached and mentored World Cup players including United States captain Clint Dempsey.
"I am recruiting high level athletes who possess academic and athletic credentials needed to excel in athletics and in life," Coach Daser said. "My goal is to have us at the top of the SSAC and to compete for NAIA titles."
