Campbell University

One of the greatest soccer players in Campbell history, Dave Amsler continued to share his love of the game as one of the country's top youth soccer coaches. He was inducted into the Campbell Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.
 
Selected Team Most Valuable Player in each of his four years at Campbell, Amsler was a three-time All-South Region choice while playing for Coach Jim "Catfish" Cole.
 
During his junior year in 1968, Amsler set a school record that still stands with four assists in one game. In his senior campaign, he served as a captain and led the Fighting Camels to a school record 16 victories, the program's first NAIA District and Area championships, and a fifth-place finish in the NAIA National Tournament. During his career, the Fighting Camels posted 40 wins and four ties, while losing only 13 times.
 
Involved as a youth soccer coach for 50 years, the West Chester, Pa., native was one of the first 50 coaches in the country to receive a United States Soccer Federation "A" license, when he completed the requirements in 1975.
 
In 1976, Amsler founded the Richmond Strikers soccer club and served as its director through 1985.
 
He served as President of Total Soccer, Ltd., and as Director of Coaching for FC Richmond, a 1,500-member youth soccer club in Richmond, Va. For two decades, Amsler also served as an Olympic Development Region I staff boys coach and an ODP Virginia boys and girls staff coach.
 
In addition, eight of his former players earned national team roster spots, 16 went on to play professionally and 250 went on to play on the collegiate level at 85 different colleges and universities. Three professional coaches also passed through Amsler's programs.
 
He was inducted into the Virginia-DC Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005.
 
Amsler earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1970 in health and physical education. Father of seven children with his wife Joan, Amsler passed away June 4, 2021.