Veteran Springfield area soccer coach and official Bob McGuire is the head coach for the Illinois College women’s soccer team.
McGuire has been closely connected with youth soccer in central Illinois for many years and served as head coach of the girls’ indoor varsity and junior varsity teams at Litchfield High School. He also coached the Ball-Chatham Stars in the Central Illinois Youth Soccer League (CIYSL) from 1993-2002, and has been coaching and playing experience with a YMCA team in the Central Illinois Men’s Soccer League.
McGuire founded the Ball-Chatham Recreational Soccer Club in 1993 and serves as the organization’s president. He is also the founder and president of Illinois Central School Soccer Club League. In addition to serving as a licensed NCAA referee, McGuire is a U.S. Soccer Federation referee and a USSF referee assignor.