Nicholls State Hires Dylan Harrison as Soccer Coach
THIBODAUX, La. ? Nicholls State soccer will get a fresh start with the hiring of Dylan Harrison as the new head women’s soccer coach. The announcement was made Tuesday at an afternoon press conference on the Nicholls State campus.
“I am pleased with the selection of Dylan Harrison. He is exactly what our soccer program needs. He is passionate about the sport and extremely enthusiastic. Above all he is a good teacher and a tireless recruiter,” Nicholls State athletics director Rob Bernardi said.
Pending the approval from the University of Louisiana Systems Board, Harrison becomes the fourth head coach in the program’s history.
Harrison comes to Nicholls from Sewanee: the University of the South located in Sewanee, Tenn. At Sewanee, Harrison was 25-19-2 overall as a head coach that included a 10-win season in 2008. He also assisted with the 2005 squad that garnered a NCAA tournament berth, the first in the school’s history.
The Napoleonville, La., native also was a standout college player at Trinity (Texas) University, guiding the Tigers to three NCAA Men’s Division III tournaments with two Elite 8 appearances in 1998 and 1999. In the 2000 campaign during Harrison’s junior season, the Tigers finished in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to working at Sewanne, Harrison was an assistant coach for the men’s program at the University of the Incarnate Wood from 2003-04.
The Tigers finished 16-2-2 his lone season with the club, posting a No. 4 ranking in the NSCAA National Poll and claiming the Midwest Region Conference Championship.
Also as a player, Harrison was twice named All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, nabbing first team honors in 2000 and 2001. The Tigers finished 72-10-2 during Harrison’s four-year playing career with him serving as the team’s captain and starting center his junior and senior seasons.
Harrison received a bachelor degree in business administration from Trinity University. He also dons a NSCAA Advanced National Diploma.