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In the spring of 2012 Coach Evan was named the coaching director of NSC and guided the U-18 boys to an undefeated season.

Jonathan Evan has been the assistant soccer coach at Jackson State since August of 2016. Evan also serves as a staff coach for MS Soccer ODP and the Education staff.

In the spring of 2016 he led his U19 boys team to the USYF National Championship.

Evan came to Jackson State following a short stint with Oakland City in the spring of 2016 after spending the 2015 season as the assistant men?s and women?s coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College. Evan also served as a staff coach for TN Soccer ODP and the KY Soccer Education staff.

Prior to KWC he was the Head Men?s Soccer Coach at Brescia University. He arrived at Brescia after spending 2013 with the TN Olympic Development program and coaching club soccer in Clarksville, TN in addition to his duties as director of coaching for National Soccer Club.

Program highlights in Evan?s season with the squad include guiding the Bearcats to their first win over an NCAA DII program, a 3-2 overtime thriller vs Oakland City. In addition Evan?s squad reached the (KIAC) conference tournament and placed 2 players on the (KIAC) all-conference team. The 2014 squad also saw a dramatic improvement in the classroom as Coach E led the team to the best GPA for a men?s athletic team in the department, achieving a team standard above a 3.0 as a program.

Prior to his experience in Tennessee Evan was the head men?s soccer coach at UMaine Farmington. In his first season in charge Evan guided UMF to their best regular season finish since becoming a D3 member of the NAC. Under Evan?s leadership in 2011 UMF achieved its highest regular season win total as a D3 program amassing 9 regular season wins and compiling a 6-3 conference record, earning the beavers a 3rd place finish also a program best since joining D3.

The 2011 campaign also saw UMF host a first round NAC tournament game, a 1-0 defeat of New England College. Other season highlights included a 3-0 defeat of conference rival, and defending NAC tournament champs, and NCAA tournament participant Thomas College, on the last day of the regular season to secure the 3rd seed in the NAC tournament. The 2011 team accomplished these feats as the least carded team in the league and earned distinction for fair play. The 2011 team also saw midfielder Luiz Riztow honored as NAC rookie of the year.

In the summer of 2011, Evan worked with MPS Portland Phoenix of the Premier Development League and trained goalkeeper Matt Williams, a Maine native and University of Cincinnati standout.

In the fall of 2010, Evan was an assistant coach with Rollins College national runner-up team. Evan also served as assistant coach and goalkeeper trainer for the Laredo Heat of the PDL, and continues to work as goalkeeper/personal trainer for Ryan ?Godda? Thompson of Jamaican national team fame. Prior to arriving in Laredo he spent two seasons at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX.

After arriving at MSU in the spring of 2008 Evan tutored two elite goalkeepers during his tenure at MSU. In his inaugural season in 2008 the Mustangs won a Lone Star Conference Championship and achieved a number 1 national ranking in the final NSCAA regular season poll, as well as an NCAA Regional Championship behind the efforts of first-team All-Lone Star Conference goalkeeper Sean Carr.

In his second season at MSU, Evan was instrumental in the recruitment of standouts Vcmor Eligwe, Paulo Texeira, and Raul Herrera. The three standouts played key roles in a run to the Final Four in 2010. Eligwe lead the team in goals and points, while Texeira led the midfield and was recognized on the NSCAA Regional Team. In 2009 Herrera garnered first-team All-American honors after leading NCAA Division II in goals against average (.304) and shutouts (11).

Prior to his stint at Midwestern State, Evan gained a wealth of experience at various stops in the soccer coaching world.

Immediately before arriving at MSU, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach and goalkeeper trainer under head coach Josh Dunn at Florida's Fernandina Beach High School. He helped lead FBHS to a state runner-up finish in 2007.

He spent the 2006 season as an assistant coach at Boston University while serving concurrently in the same capacity at Babson College. His BU goalkeepers finished with a school record 0.58 goals against average that season, leading the Terriers to a 10-4-5 record, while his Babson keepers finished with an impressive 0.64 gaa including 13 shutouts.

Evan served as an assistant coach at Jacksonville University from 2003-05. The Dolphins made a vast improvement on the playing field during Evan's tenure, improving from three wins in 2002 to earning a spot in the Atlantic Sun Tournament title match in 2005.

Evan played a key role in the recruitment of Jamaican national team member Akeem Priestley to Jacksonville. Priestly earned Atlantic Sun Offensive Player of the Year honors at JU before transferring to the University of Connecticut, where he was a two-time All-Big East selection. Priestley was a top-50 pick of the Kansas City Wizards in the 2009 MLS draft.

During his tenure at Jacksonville, Evan simultaneously served as coaching director/goalkeeping director of the North Florida United Club. Before jumping to the college level, he served as head coach at First Coast High School from 2001-03.

Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Evan played professionally in the USL for the Jacksonville Cyclones and Cocoa Expos. At the collegiate level, he was a goalkeeper on two NCAA Division II Final Four teams at Southern Connecticut State under the guidance of the venerable Ray Reid.

Coach Evan is a veteran coach of many college and club soccer camps around the country.

Evan has earned a bachelor's in exercise science from Jacksonville University and a master's in kinesiology from Midwestern State University. He is a nationally certified personal trainer/ nutrition counselor and also holds coaching licenses with both the NSCAA and USSF.

A native of New England, Evan splits his time between Jacksonville and MS with his wife and two children.