LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville City FC and Danny Cruz agreed to a new multi-year contract ahead of the 2025 season.

Cruz won the USL Championship Coach of the Year in 2024 as LouCity went 24-6-4 and claimed its first ever Players' Shield. Last year, LouCity tied the league's record for wins in a season, but fell short of the Eastern Conference Final in the postseason for the first time in club history. 

"I am grateful to John Neace, Chris Harding and our entire ownership group for the opportunity to continue my time here at Louisville City FC," Cruz said in a news release. "I don’t take for granted how special it is to work at a club like this with the group of people that I do on a daily basis. When I reflect on the 2024 season, staff, players and I recognize that we fell short. My hope is that everyone associated with this club feels an immense amount of pride in the consistency we showed throughout the long season while also knowing we needed to be better when it mattered most."

The 34-year-old is set to coach his fifth season managing LouCity. He is the club's winningest and longest-tenured head coach. Cruz took over on an interim basis in 2021 and LouCity won an Eastern Conference title in 2022.

"We believe that in Danny, we have the best young coach in the country," LouCity’s president James O’Connor said in a news release. "Our 2024 regular season was record-breaking and one we are all very proud of. However, we all feel we have unfinished business going into 2025 and are delighted to have Danny lead the charge toward our third star."

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