Sam Maira

Biography

the sport and developing exceptional young men into quality soccer players. As a coach, educator and counselor, he has everything we look for from a coach at Princeton, and he is a tremendous presence for not only our goalkeepers but everyone involved with Princeton Men's Soccer." Prior to Princeton, Maira spent the last 19 seasons as head coach at Seneca High School in New Jersey. Since taking over at Seneca in 2002, Maira guided the Golden Eagles to four Olympic Conference championships and the 2018 South Jersey title. Maira was head girls soccer coach at Shawnee High School, where he won a South Jersey Soccer Coaches Tournament. He was also the head boys soccer coach at Riverside High School where he won four league titles to go with two South Jersey championships, and a South-Central New Jersey title. A member of the South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Mercer County Soccer Hall of Fame, Maira has been named Coach of The Year previously by the Burlington County Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier Post and NJ.com. Maira has previous collegiate coaching experiences with stints as goalkeepers coach at Rider and William & Mary. He was also the goalkeeper coach for the South Jersey Barons in the USL Pro League. A 1980 graduate of Rutgers, Maira was a four-year letterwinner as a goalkeeper for the Scarlet Knights and captained the 1978 team. He was named to Rutgers' All-Time All-Star team which honored the top players from the 20th century in team hist