"Jeff deserves the 2017 year to continue our club's competitive growth," said Hansen in a club statement. "His body of work this year — despite the team's late-season slide — and the overwhelming endorsement of him by numerous voices in our locker room confirm my belief that his continuity and our foundation set up Claret-and-Cobalt success in an extremely competitive Western Conference next season."
Ownership and the front office spent the last week analyzing the coaching staff's performance from 2016 as well as the previous two seasons. RSL (12-12-10, 46 points) qualified sixth in the Western Conference this season, despite its late-season struggles, when it went 0-5-3 in its last eight matches.