| Joshua Schirmer | |
| Fullname: | Joshua David Schirmer |
| Birth Date: | 14 August 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Collegeyears1: | –2004 |
| College1: | Tennessee Wesleyan University |
| Clubs1: | Tokyo Hibernian |
| Years2: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs2: | HKFC |
| Years3: | 2009–2012 |
| Clubs3: | Urawa Red Diamonds Amateur |
| Years4: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Prague Raptors |
| Club-Update: | 13:35, 22 September 2023 (UTC) |
| Manageryears1: | 2013–2016 |
| Managerclubs1: | Eastern Florida State College (assistant) |
| Manageryears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs2: | University of North Florida (women) |
| Manageryears3: | 2018 |
| Managerclubs3: | Sparta Prague (women) |
| Manageryears4: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs4: | University of Massachusetts Lowell (women) |
| Manageryears5: | 2020–2022 |
| Managerclubs5: | Sparta Prague (match analyst) |
| Manageryears6: | 2022–2023 |
| Managerclubs6: | Orlando City (youth) |
| Manageryears7: | 2023–2024 |
| Managerclubs7: | Dynamic Herb Cebu |
Joshua David Schirmer (born August 14, 1981) is an American soccer coach and former player who last coached Dynamic Herb Cebu of the Philippines Football League. He has also played in Hong Kong and Japan, coached in the Czech Republic, as well as various college teams in his home country.
Schirmer was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.[1] [2] He played college soccer for the Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs and graduated in 2004, being a two-time NAIA Scholar All-American and a three-time member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.[3] [4]
After graduating from college, Schirmer played professional soccer for HKFC for 1 season,[5] before playing for the amateur team of J League team Urawa Reds for 5 years.[6]
After a long break involved with coaching, Schirmer moved to the Czech Republic. While working as a video analyst for Sparta Prague, he played for the Prague Raptors for three seasons before departing in early 2023.
Schirmer left Urawa Reds in 2012, and became a coach in 2013, coaching a variety of teams in the American college system. He first worked as an assistant coach at Eastern Florida State College,[7] [8] before getting his coaching job at University of North Florida. In 2018, he again became coach of another women's team, this time the college team of University of Massachusetts Lowell.
In 2018, Schirmer left the U.S. temporarily to become an interim head coach at the women's team of Sparta Prague, where he won the title with them and subsequently guided them to the group stage of the UEFA Women's Champions League the following season.[9]
He returned to the club in 2020, working for three years as a match analyst for the men's team. In 2022, he was supposed to join the technical development teams of Athletic Bilbao but could not make it as the candidate that was recommending him did not get elected as president.[10] he finally departed his job to work as a youth coach with MLS club Orlando City.[11]
Departing Orlando City, Schirmer moved to the Philippines to become head coach of PFL club Dynamic Herb Cebu along with Mustafa Al-Saffar.[12] He guided the club to its opening day win in the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara, a 2–0 win over UP,[13] [14] [15] and was in charge for the club's first-ever campaign in the AFC Cup.