SANDY, Utah (November 20, 2017) – The United Soccer League today announced that Real Monarchs Head Coach Mark Briggs was voted the 2017 USL Coach of the Year after leading the Monarchs to a Regular Season Championship Shield and the best season in the club’s three-year history. The award comes in the first round of 2017 USL Awards to kick off USL Awards Week stretching from Nov. 20 to Nov. 22.
The 2017 USL Awards were voted on by team and management and a league-wide media panel that included representation from every USL market. Briggs beat out Coach of the Year finalists James O’Connor of Louisville City FC and Reno 1868 FC’s Ian Russell to claim the honor.