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Marshall hires University of Charleston’s Chris Grassie as new men’s soccer coach

University of Charleston men’s soccer coach Chris Grassie, right, has been named the new head men’s soccer coach at Marshall.

After leading the University of Charleston men’s soccer team to the NCAA Division II national championship game in two of the last three seasons, Chris Grassie has been named the next coach of the Marshall men’s soccer team.

The native of Newcastle upon Tyne in England got his coaching start at the Division I level with the Thundering Herd, serving as a graduate assistant for former coach Bobby Gray from 2004-06 before taking an assistant coaching job at the University of Michigan and eventually becoming the head coach at UC in 2010.