Saif Alsafeer

Position

Director of Soccer
Alma Mater

Florida College
Phone

706-712-8257
Graduation Year

2013
Email

salsafeer@daltonstate.edu

Saif Alsafeer was hired as the Director of Soccer on January 23, 2019. He came to Dalton State from his alma mater, Florida College, where he spent the previous five years leading the Falcons men's team.

PATH TO DALTON STATE
Before becoming a coach, Alsafeer was a four-year starter and captain for Florida College ('09-'12) and played semi-professionally for the Tampa Bay Marauders Football Club. He led Florida College to a USCAA Final Four appearance in 2011. With Tampa Bay FC, he helped the Marauders to two Gulf Coast Cup Championships. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Florida College in 2013.

He spent one season as an assistant coach for Florida College before taking over as head coach in 2014. In his five seasons guiding the Falcons, Alsafeer accumulated a 63-16-5 record including two undefeated regular seasons (12-0 in 2017 and 14-0 in 2016). His 2017 squad scored a program best 72 goals, while allowing only three. He earned 2017 USCAA Coach of the Year as a result. Alsafeer produced 12 Academic All-Americans, 10 All-Americans, and four USCAA All-Tournament team players.

A new member of the Southern States Athletic Conference in 2018, the Falcons finished (11-2-4, 5-2-1 SSAC) and placed third in the regular season standings. The stellar season landed him the 2018 SSAC Coach of the Year award.

In addition to coaching Florida College, he was the head coach and general manager of the Tampa Bay Marauders Football Club of the CSL-USA from ('16-'18).

TIME WITH THE ROADRUNNERS
Going into his sixth season leading the Roadrunners and Lady Roadrunners, Alsafeer has led Dalton State to its first ever NAIA National Tournament qualification (2019) and first SSAC Championship title (20-21) in program history. This was followed by four consecutive national tournament appearances, another SSAC Championship (2022) and three Coach of the Year awards in his five years at the helm.

In these five seasons, Alsafeer has fostered a culture of high achievement personified by the 94 SSAC All-Academic award winners, 41 SSAC All-Conference performers, 49 Daktronics Scholar-Athletes in the classroom, and 30 All-Americans on the pitch, t SSAC Players of the Year, two CoSIDA/CSC Academic All-Americans as well as proudly helping send seven players to the professional level. In addition, Alsafeer has coached two SSAC Golden Boot Award winners, and an SSAC Golden Gloves goalkeeper.

In December of 2018, he completed his Master of Science degree in Soccer Coaching Education from Ohio University. The degree is the only one of its kind in the United States. He and his wife Sarah have two daughters, Leila (7), and Jordan (5), and one son, Aden (5 months).

Achievements

2x SSAC Coach of the Year (2022, 2018)
14 NAIA All-Americans
16 USCAA All-Americans
4 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans
6 SSAC Players of the Year
3 SSAC Golden Boot award winners
2 SSAC Golden Glove award winners
48 All-Conference selections (38 Men, 10 Women)
49 Daktronics Scholar-Athletes (18 Men, 31 Women)
94 SSAC All-Academic team selections (49 Men, 45 Women)
2 College Sports Communicators Academic All-Americans
2022 United Soccer Coaches National Scholar Player of the Year (Guilherme Franca)

Coaching Experience

Years	School	Position	Record
2019-Present	Dalton State	Head Coach	68-17-10
2014-2018	Florida College	Head Coach	63-16-5
2013-2014	Florida College	Assistant Coach

Year-by-Year At Dalton State

Year	Record	Pct.	Conference	Record	Pct.	Finish
2023	14-4-2	.800	Southern States	8-1-1	.850	2nd
2022	16-2-3	.833	Southern States	7-0-1	.938	1st
2021	13-6-1	.675	Southern States	5-2	.714	3rd
2020-2021	12-1-1	.893	Southern States	6-0	1.000	1st
2019	13-6-1	.675	Southern States	5-3	.625	4th