A native of Northampton, England, Neill Caine returns to Boston University for a second stint after previously working with the Terriers in 2013 and serving as a volunteer assistant at Northeastern in 2014. In order to pursue a coaching career in soccer, Neill relocated to Massachusetts from England in 2006.
Before Neill moved to America, he played and coached for a number of top clubs in England. Neill's playing career included Northampton Town Football Club as a goalkeeper. Neill began coaching at the age of 16. During his coaching years in England, Neill coached for Northampton Town FC, Rushden & Diamonds FC &LeicesterCity FC.
Since moving to America in 2006, Neill has gained a wide range of coaching experience. During his career in Massachusetts, Neill has coached for a number of leading club teams, USL PDL teams and schools including Roxbury Latin H.S., Stoughton H.S., Duxbury H.S., Wellesley H.S. and Brandeis University.
In his first season at Brandeis University, the team set a new shutout record, recording 14 blank sheets in 23 games, beating the previous record by three. Neill helped the team reach the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time in the school's history.
During his time at club level, Neill was the goalkeeping director, overseeing the development of 50+ goalkeepers every year. As a result of Neill's coaching, a large number of youth goalkeepers have gone onto successful collegiate and professional careers including the New England Revolution.
Other past coaching positions have included New England Revolution, where he worked with the U14, U16 & U18 Academy goalkeepers, as well as being involved with the RDS program (Regional Development Schools).
Neill runs his own goalkeeping business full time - www.number1goalkeeping.com.
Neill currently holds a number of coaching qualifications, including his FA badge, NSCAA Goalkeeping, Advanced regional and National diploma.
