| Head Coach:
Drew Hoffman Drew Hoffman was named the 10th head
coach in Washington College men's soccer history in the summer of 2006. Hoffman
came to Washington from the United States Military Academy (Army), where he had
served as the top assistant coach on the men's soccer staff since 2000. In his
first season at Washington, Hoffman guided the team to an 8-8 record, doubling
the Shoremen's win total from the previous season. At
Army, Hoffman was heavily involved with the Black Knights' nationwide recruiting
and designed and implemented team and individual technical, tactical, and fitness
training sessions. He was also responsible for scouting and game-planning and
served as the Assistant Director of the Army Soccer Camp. Hoffman
got his start in college coaching at his alma mater, West Chester University.
Hoffman served as an assistant men's soccer coach at West Chester from 1996 until
1999, when he was named the school's interim women's soccer coach. As head women's
coach, he guided the Golden Rams to their first-ever national ranking and first-ever
appearance in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship game. Hoffman
has also coached in the Eastern New York and Eastern Pennsylvania Olympic Development
Programs (ODP). While working with the Eastern Pennsylvania ODP, he was the assistant
head coach of an Under-15 boys team that qualified for the national semifinals.
As a player at West Chester, Hoffman had an outstanding
four-year career and helped lead the Golden Rams to a school-record 14 wins in
1994 and the ECAC Semifinals. Hoffman graduated
from West Chester in 1997 with a B.A. in Social Work and went on the earn an M.S.
in Educational Counseling and College Student Development from C.W. Post in 2002.
Hoffman holds a National "A" License
from the US Soccer Federation Coaches Association and a Premier Diploma from the
National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He is currently working with Maryland's
Olympic Development Program (ODP) as well as with Maryland State Youth Soccer
Association Coaching Education and the Freestate Soccer Alliance. Hoffman
works at the Elite 300 Soccer Camp and the Middle States Soccer Camp every summer
and is the owner and operator of the Shore Soccer School (S3), which will be holding
camps and clinics on Maryland's Eastern Shore. E-mail Coach
Hoffman. |