Eric Delabar

Eric Delabar
Personal information
Date of birth	November 28, 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1976–1979	Quincy University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1984	St. Louis Steamers (indoor)
Managerial career
1999–2017	Maryville University (women)
2002–2007	Maryville University (men)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Delabar is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He is the head coach of the Maryville University women's soccer team.

Player[edit]

Delabar grew up playing for St. Louis Kutis and graduated from De Smet Jesuit High School.^{[citation needed]} He attended Quincy University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1976 to 1979.^{[citation needed]} In 1977, 1977 and 1979, Quincy won the NAIA national men's soccer championship.^{[citation needed]} Delabar was a 1978 NAIA First Team All American.^[1] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in history.^{[citation needed]} In 1989, Quincy inducted Delabar into the school's Hall of Fame.^[2] In 2008, he was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame.^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, Delabar became the head coach of the Fort Zumwalt North High School boys' soccer team, a position he held until 1998.^{[citation needed]} He also served as an assistant coach at Washington University in St. Louis and Saint Louis University.^{[citation needed]} In 1999, Maryville University hired Delabar as the women's soccer coach.^{[citation needed]} In 2002, he also took on the role of men's team head coach.^{[citation needed]} He compiled a 33-73-6 record with the men's team over six seasons.^{[citation needed]}

He currently works at Fort Zumwalt School District's South Middle School as a Physical Education teacher.^[3]

In 2011, the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame inducted Delabar.^[4]