June 23, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Minnesota United FC News Release
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Minnesota United announced today the club has signed a new deal with Head Coach Adrian Heath that keeps Heath with Minnesota through the 2024 season. Additionally, the club signed new contracts with Assistant Coaches Ian Fuller and Sean McAuley, and Goalkeeper Coach Stewart Kerr.
“Adrian has been absolutely instrumental in driving the competitive success Minnesota United achieved in its first five MLS seasons, being one of only three Western Conference teams to make the MLS Cup Playoffs in each of the last three years, including reaching the Western Conference Finals in 2020,” said MNUFC Chief Executive Officer Shari Ballard. “The commitment he and his wife Jane have to this club and to our community is inarguable. As we continue to build on the momentum created during the early phase of MNUFC’s development, I look forward to working with Adrian and our entire team to achieve even greater levels of success both on and off the field.”
Heath joined MNUFC in November of 2016 as the club’s first MLS coach ahead of Minnesota’s inaugural season in 2017. After five seasons in Minnesota, the Englishman has a 73-79-39 MLS record and 47-21-19 home record. During the 2019 campaign, Heath led MNUFC to a club-record 53 points, 4th place in the Western Conference, one of the best defensive turnarounds in league history, the club’s first-ever spot in the MLS Cup Playoffs and the championship game of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. In 2020, Heath guided the Loons to the Western Conference Finals of the MLS Cup Playoffs – the furthest Minnesota United has reached in MLS postseason play in club history, followed by a third-consecutive playoffs appearance for the Loons in 2021. Heath is notably one of three coaches in the Western Conference and seven in MLS who have led their club to three-straight playoffs appearances. On August 10, Heath will act as head coach for MLS in the 2022 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target, when they take on LIGA MX’s All-Stars at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Prior to arriving in Minnesota, Heath coached Orlando City SC for two seasons in MLS and four in USL, where Orlando won two USL Pro championships and three Commissioner’s Cups. His U.S coaching career began in Austin for the Austin Aztex in 2009. The team spent two years in Austin before relocating to Orlando in 2010, becoming Orlando City SC. Heath spent 11 years coaching in…
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