Before coming to UConn, he was the head coach at Southern Connecticut State University, leading the team to three NCAA Division II national championships in eight seasons.
[2] Reid was a soccer standout at Brentwood High School, where he received academic honors in addition to those on the field.
He was a captain on the team for his junior and senior years and played in three NCAA Division II national championship semifinals while with the Owls.
[1] During Reid's eight-year tenure at Southern Connecticut, the Owls only missed the NCAA tournament once (1991) and advanced to the Division II College Cup six times (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996), winning national championships in three of those years (1990, 1993, 1995).
In just his third season, Reid took the Huskies to the College Cup semifinals, falling just short of the national championship game.
Upon Reid's promotion to head coach at Southern Connecticut in 1989, he hired Deeley as an assistant, where they worked together for eight years.