Art Rex
SRU Class of 1977 / SRU Soccer Ring of Honor 2013
ART REX, the top scorer in Rock men’s soccer, was a two-time All-America, three-time all-region performer and four-time All-PSAC selection as a member of Egli-coached Green and White squads.
Rex led Rock teams to the 1974 PSAC championship and conference runner-up finishes in both 1975 and 1976.
Owner of Rock career (64), single-season (25 in 1974) and single-game (6 vs. Edinboro in 1975) goals scored records, Rex served two seasons as a team captain.
Upon completion of his collegiate playing career, Rex played professionally for the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League and was head coach for the W –League Carolina Dynamo.
Rex currently serves as a state and national instructor and evaluator for the NCYSA and USSF Coaching Education Staff, as NCYSA Vice President of Player & Coaching Development that oversees the Olympic Development Program, Coaching Education and NCYSA Academy Program; and as a NCYSA ODP Staff Coach.
Prior to assuming those duties, Rex served 17 seasons as head coach and three seasons as assistant coach at Appalachian State University, an NCAA Division I program. Rex earned three Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors and led teams to eight conference championships and five runner-up finishes while coaching 20 NSCAA All-Americans, seven conference Player of the Year award winners and 81 all-conference performers.
Appalachian State’s all-time leader in career wins with a 147-159-21 record in 17 seasons (1981-97), Rex was inducted into the SRU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988 and added spots in the Fox Chapel High School and Appalachian State University Athletic halls of fame in 1999 and 2007, respectively.
Rex and his wife, Jane, a 1978 Rock graduate, are the parents of three children, Ashley, Cassie and Jennings, and have one grandson.
Rex and his family currently reside in Boone, N.C., where Rex is Director of Space Management & Planning and a professor in the Geography & Planning Department at Appalachian State University.
Rex’s son, Jennings, a senior at UNC-Charlotte, was selected in the 2013 MLS Draft by the Seattle Sounders.
