Liam Curran is in his second season on the Akron staff after having served the previous three years as an assistant coach on the Georgia Southern men’s soccer staff.
 
Among his responsibilities at UA, Curran serves as goalkeeper coach, coordinates video analysis and assists with daily team training, equipment, compliance, alumni relations, game-day planning and camps.

As goalkeeper coach at Georgia Southern, Curran helped the Eagles record the least goals allowed (21) and ranked second in goals-against-average (1.20) in the Southern Conference in 2008. Additionally, Curran coordinated camps and assisted in recruiting, game-day preparation, team travel arrangements, and video analysis.
 
Among his stops prior to his post at Georgia Southern, Curran served as the under-11 boys coach at the Ohio Elite Soccer Academy in 2007 where he led his team to the Spring Classic Tournament Championship. Curran also coached two years at GK1 Goalkeeper Academy, one year at the Midwest Soccer Academy and two years at Waza F.C. In the summer of 2008, Curran was the assistant soccer director at Windridge Sport Camps in Vermont where he assisted with all aspects of the program.
 
The Sydney, Australia native began his collegiate soccer career as goalkeeper at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Mich. While at Schoolcraft, Curran earned All-State first team, All-Region first team, and National Junior College Athletic Association Region XII Goalkeeper of the Year in both years, while his team finished sixth at the NJCAA National Tournament in 2004.
 
In 2005, Curran moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to play at Xavier University.  In his senior year at XU, Curran served as captain, was an All-Ohio Second Team selection and two-time student-athlete of the week.  During the 2006 campaign, Curran led his team to an Atlantic 10 Championship for the first time since 1997 and he currently holds the record for lowest goals against average in a career with 1.36.
 
While in Australia, Curran was a member of the Parramatta Eagles F.C., competing in the New South Wales (NSW) Premier League. Curran was selected for trials with Manchester United F.C., Glasgow Celtic F.C., Newcastle United F.C. and St. Johnstone F.C in 2001.  That same year, his Parramatta Eagles squad made the quarter-finals of the Gothia World Youth Cup (Sweden) and were crowned champions of the Rimini Cup (Italy).
 
Curran earned his Associate of Arts degree from Schoolcraft in 2005 where he was placed on the Dean’s List.  He later received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Xavier in 2007 and was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.  In May 2009, Curran completed a M.S. Kinesiology with a Coaching Education emphasis from Georgia Southern University.