Minnesota Thunder, 1994-present

The Minnesota Thunder were co-founded in 1990 by Buzz Lagos, who has been the team’s only head coach. Lagos helped bring the Thunder into USL in 1994. He is and will likely be the only person to ever be inducted into the USL Hall of Fame as a Builder and a Coach. Lagos has been one of the most successful coaches in USL history with a regular season record of 161-76-13 and a postseason mark of 35-13-2 with six league championship game appearances and the 1999 A-League Championship. He and inaugural 2002 inductee Pat Ercoli are the only coaches to be inducted as active coaches in USL.