Hofstra University Athletics

Graham Radcliffe joined the Hofstra University Department of Athletics as the assistant director of athletics for student-athlete success in June 2023.
 
Radcliffe joined the Pride full-time following a 14-year stint in the Island Trees school district as a high school counselor for college readiness. In that role, he was responsible for counseling and advocating for a caseload of 250 students in grades 9-12, providing them academic planning, goal setting, and emotional support to promote student success. Radcliffe was also responsible for coordinating post-secondary plans for students, administering IEP-mandated counseling, and providing training on counseling techniques, case management, and communication.
 
Radcliffe was also a middle school counselor, as well as a middle school guidance chairperson for grades K-8, in the Island Trees school district from 1991-2009.
 
Radcliffe, a 1989 graduate of Hofstra, returned to his alma mater as an assistant men’s soccer coach in 2012 after spending the previous 20 years as the head boys’ varsity soccer coach in the Island Trees school district.

Radcliffe earned numerous awards in a high school coaching career that spanned three decades. A five-time league Coach of the Year, Radcliffe led Island Trees to league championships in 1995, 1997, 2004, 2010 and 2011. He also guided the team to a Nassau County League championship in 1997 and five Nassau County Finalist finishes from 1996-97, 2004, 2010 and 2011. For his efforts, he was named the 2011 Nassau County "Paul LeSeur" Coach of the Year and was inducted into the Island Trees Athletics Hall of Fame in the spring of 2018.

Radcliffe played for Hofstra from 1985 to 1989, serving as a forward in his first two seasons. As a freshman, he played under head coach Tom Lang, scoring three goals to help Hofstra capture the ECC championship. As a sophomore, Radcliffe scored three goals for head coach Ian Collins. Radcliffe was moved to the back line in his junior season, playing in 15 of Hofstra's 16 games in 1987, registering two assists and two shots as a defender.