Gene Klein (soccer)
Gene Klein (1952–2023) was an American soccer coach. He served as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds from 2005 to 2010 and as head coach at Quaker Valley High School from 1981 to 2005 and 2010 to 2015. Early life Gene Klein, a native of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, was born on July 8, 1952. In 1970, he graduated from Chartiers Valley High School in Bridgeville. At age 16, his friends convinced him to try out goalkeeping, and he began playing for Pittsburgh Beadling circa 1971. He was with the club for at least six years. Klein attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he played for the Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team. He graduated in 1974 with a degree in history. Coaching career Klein was an assistant soccer coach at Bethel Park High School in 1976. Klein was named head coach of the Carnegie Mellon Tartans men's soccer team in September 1977. He remained at Carnegie Mellon for four seasons. He was also named coach of the Carnegie Mellon women's basketball team for the 1980–81 season. In 1981, he became the head coach of Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, in the second year of existence for Quaker Valley's soccer