The Owls' Rob King is heading into his eighth season as head coach and his list of accomplishments never cease to impress the soccer community.

After putting together an undefeated season, winning a national championship, four regular season conference titles and a slew of personal accolades, King once again delivered a first to the KSU community as he led the Owls to the Universities first-ever NCAA Division I tournament in 2007.

In 2007, King and his Owls played Florida State in the NCAA Tournament after successfully defending the A-Sun regular season title and winning the Owls first A-Sun tournament.

For the second straight season King had nine players earn All-Conference awards and he also coached the A-Sun Player-of-the-Year for the second straight season. Annie Phillips won the Player-of-the-Year honor, following Laura Tucker's 2006 performance.

King led the Owls to 17 wins in 2007, the most since becoming a Division I member in 2004. He currently has 109 wins with the Owls in just 138 matches.

Last season, the Owls finished the year with an 11-4-5 overall record and advanced to the A-Sun Tournament where they dropped a heartbreaker in over-time to the eventual A-Sun Champs, Belmont. Six of King's players received All-Conference recognition, including senior, Rachel Baer, who also tabbed All-Region accolades.

In 2006, King once again piloted his squad to a spectacular season, with nine players earning conference honors including Laura Tucker being named the A-Sun Player-of-the-Year. The move to Division I hasn't slowed down King's winning ways as his squad led the A-Sun in nearly every statistical category in 2006 en route to 12 shutouts and a 13-2-2 overall record.

Since arriving at Kennesaw State in 2001, King has built the program from literally the ground up. Today, the Kennesaw State soccer program has become one of the most successful, respected and imitated programs in the country.

King hit the ground running in his first season, finishing with a mark of 18-0-1. Then, in just his second season, he led the Owls to what most teams dream of: the NCAA Division II National Championship, where the Owls defeated Franklin Pierce, 2-0, in the Championship match.

With all of his success, King readily greeted the Owls move to Division I by volunteering his program's move to the highest level of collegiate competition. In just their third season of existence, King brought the Owls to Division I and in keeping with his personal creed of never shying away from a challenge, he quickly tested himself against top-notch Division I opponents including meetings with Atlantic Coast Conference power Duke and NCAA perennial powerhouse, North Carolina. A pair of near-upsets ensued and what followed was the further respect and admiration of King within the soccer community.

As his team became the first to compete at the D-I level in Kennesaw State history, the Owls promptly responded with a solid 12-4-1 record while playing as an Independent.

In 2005, King took his Owls into a conference for the first time since leaving Division II and the Peach Belt Conference as Kennesaw State made its debut in the Atlantic Sun. A 13-4-1 record followed as well as a second place finish in the league.

King's accomplishments and numbers since beginning the program at KSU are simply staggering. Team success and player development, as well as individual accolades have come to Kennesaw State because of King's work ethic, demeanor and intelligence.

His teams have won a National Championship, have had an undefeated season, won a regional title, three conference championships, two tournament championships, as well as setting the NCAA record with five consecutive shutouts in the national championship tournament and establishing the then record for goals in a match.

Overall, King has recorded a 109-19-10 record with the Owls, good for a winning percentage of .826.

As successful as he is a coach, King's honesty and genuine personality makes him one of the best recruiters in the country. With an eye for talent and the ability to enhance potential, King has produced over 50 award winners including All-American Jessie Fream in 2003 and three All-Region selections with Baer's selection last season.

In 2006, King's talented players once again were honored as Tucker was named Atlantic Sun Conference Player-of-the-Year while also earning All-Region honors.

In the Owls three seasons in the A-Sun, King has seen 22 players receive conference honors, including a pair of Defensive Players-of-the-Year and two Offensive Players-of-the-Year, as well as five All-Freshman Team selections.

In 2005, King's squad had seven players selected to the A-Sun All-Conference Teams as well as two All-Freshman selections.

As a coach, King has won every honor there is to win. He was named both NCAA Division II National Coach-of-the-Year and Regional Coach-of-the-Year in 2003. In 2002, he was honored as the Peach Belt and Regional Coach-of-the-Year.

King began his American soccer career at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, where he was a three-year letterman for the Chargers. After receiving a bachelor's degree in psychology, King accepted an assistant coaching position at UAH from 1990-92.

In May of 1992, Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee offered King his first head-coaching job. His inaugural team went 14-2-1 and won the National Junior College Athletic Association Region VII championship. The following year, King's team went 17-1-0 and won the National Small College Athletic Association crown.

In 1995, he was asked to take over the struggling men's soccer program at the University of Montevallo. In the five seasons at the helm of the men's team, King led the Falcons to post season play in four of those years and guided Montevallo to their first-ever Gulf-South Conference Championship. In 1997, he was named the GSC Coach-of-the-Year.

The women's program at Montevallo also created problems for opponents in the GSC under King. After beginning the program in 1995, King's squad won five and seven games in his first two seasons.

The next year, King led his team to a 10-5-1 record and made it to the championship game of the GSC Tournament. These accomplishments earned him the GSC Coach-of-the-Year award. His team won seven games in 1999 and made the conference tournament for the second straight year.

Finally, in 2000, King led his Lady Falcons to the best season in school history. He set the record for wins in a season with 12, and made the GSC Tournament for the third straight year, a school first. King had a 44-52-4 record at Montevallo, going 29-17-3 in his last three years.

In 11 seasons of coaching women's soccer at the collegiate level, King has compiled a 154-68-15 record for a .681 winning percentage.

In addition to his work at the college level, King has established himself as a fixture in the Cobb County soccer scene.

Coach King and his wife, Valerie, have two children, Chloe and Rory. The King's currently reside in Dallas, Ga.