University of Denver Athletics

Clayton Zelin comes to DU with over 10 years of experience, serving as director and coach. During his time at Real Colorado, Real Salt Lake (AZ) and with 2017 National Champion Phoenix Rising FC, he won league, state, regional and national championships. 

Zelin has a proven record of development, including players that have gone on to US national training centers, regional teams, collegiate programs and professional organizations. He currently holds his NSCAA Premier and UEFA B coaching license. 

During his playing days, he played NCAA Division I soccer at Georgia Southern University, where he was captain and an All-Tournament team selection. Following his college career, Zelin played in the MLS Reserves (Colorado Rapids), PDL (New Orleans, Salt Lake & Colorado Foxes) and MASL (Colorado Lightning and Denver Dynamite) before ending his career in USL (Phoenix).