SUNY Cortland Athletics

As assistant coach for three seasons to legendary T. Fred "Prof" Holloway, Frederick W. Taube took over in 1973 as only the second head soccer coach in Cortland's history. He ably and proudly kept the Red Dragon program at the nation's forefront over the next 22 years until his retirement in 1995. Taube is the most victorious soccer coach in Cortland history with a 247-88-36 record. He led Cortland to 11 NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. His 1977 squad finished second in the nation, while his 1978 and 1982 teams both took third.

He was voted State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Coach of the Year an unprecedented eight times. He was named coach of the year four times by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). He served as the NSCAA president in 1976 and was a past national chairman of the National Team Ratings Board for the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America. Taube also served as an assistant track and field coach and a men's soccer assistant coach at Cortland prior to becoming the men's soccer head coach.

A Brockport, N.Y., native, Taube earned a bachelor's degree from SUNY Brockport, where he was an all-state soccer midfielder in 1958. He received a master's degree from the University of North Carolina and a Ph.D from the University of Utah.

From 1960-63, he taught and coached soccer at Auburn University in Alabama. He then taught and coached soccer and track for seven years at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., before coming to Cortland. For years, Taube coordinated the Physical Education Department's summer courses at the College's Outdoor Education Center at Raquette Lake, N.Y. He is a professor emeritus of physical education.

Taube and his wife, Joan, have four children: Kimberly, Kathryn, Heather and Heidi and four grandchildren.

UPDATE: Taube passed away on Oct. 4, 2019, at age 84.