Jim DeRose (born c. 1967 in Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey[1]) is an American former soccer player and coach who spent most of this managerial career at Bradley University.
DeRose attended Johnson State College, playing on the men's soccer team from 1985 to 1988.
In 1990, DeRose spent one season with the New Mexico Chiles of the American Professional Soccer League.
In 1992, he moved to Illinois State University where he was an assistant until the school dropped the men's soccer program in 1994.
DeRose was honored as the Greater Peoria Tri-County Male Coach of the Year in 1998.