Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Avery (soccer)

Mike Avery (soccer)

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A minor soccer coach with no evidence of notability per WP:BIO (substantial in-depth coverage or multiple independent sources) or WP:ATHLETE (involvement at professional or international amateur level). See also the discussion here andy (talk) 13:58, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:BIO states the following: People who have competed at the fully professional level of a sport, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, golf or tennis, except for those that participated only in competitions that are themselves non-notable. Mike Avery does not appear to be a professional. Btilm 15:16, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:35, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:36, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per NOM. Too low a level. College football participation as either player or coach does not meet notability criteria on its own, and nothing out there to show Avery has done anything else of note.--ClubOranje^T 09:48, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I think that NCAA coaches meet the notable criteria. Mike Avery has over 2,000 hits on a google search TheBigJagielka (talk) 00:42, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

* Neutral. Gridiron aside, college football is a lot closer to the major US sports than MLS is. Also, I'm in absolutely no doubt that Avery himself is a professional (albeit his players are not). WFCforLife (talk) 00:53, 29 June 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Keep The edits made since my last post (1400 GMT on 29 June 2010) establish that he played in the American Professional Soccer League, then the highest level of football in America and Canada, meaning that he clearly passes WP:ATHLETE. The subsequent assertions of notability in his coaching career take his notability beyond any doubt for those (including myself) who don't see ATHLETE as the be-all-and-end-all. WFCforLife (talk) 14:47, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Well spotted. Eliteimp (talk) 16:05, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]