Louisiana Tech University Women's Soccer

Chris Harwick enters his third season as an assistant coach on the Bulldog soccer staff. Harwick was instrumental in guiding the Techsters to their first Conference USA tournament bid since 2019, their highest conference standing since 2017, the most All-Conference Selections and honors in program history.  Harwick helped develop Flavie Dube into the program's first conference Freshman of the Year. Dube also picked up All-Freshman and Second-Team honors as a forward. Captains Josie Studer and Emma Jones were also named Second-Team and Third-Team respectively.  LA Tech finished 7-8-3 overall with a 5-3-2 mark in C-USA which also matched the most conference wins since 2017.  In his first season with LA Tech, he helped guide a squad with 18 newcomers, including 15 freshmen, to a 6-8-3 overall record and a 2-4-2 league mark. The team had a strong finish to the slate, going unbeaten in four of their last five matches in Conference USA including a draw with West Division champion Southern Miss and a 4-0 road victory at FIU in the season finale. Harwick is also in charge of the program's soccer technology, which includes their Spiideo camera system that aids in analyzing matches and training sessions. He also oversees the SPT GPS units that track physical outputs/performances of the players.   Prior to coming to Ruston, Harwick spent two seasons as the top assistant for the Clarkson University mens soccer program in Potsdam, New York.   Prior to his time with the Golden Knights, Harwick was an assistant coach at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi under Steve Voltz for three seasons.  While with the Majors, he helped the team to 23 victories, including wins in the postseason three consecutive years.  He also spent two months serving as the programs interim head coach. A graduate of St. Marys College of Maryland in 2016 with a degree in Public Policy, Harwick spent four seasons with the Seahawks, serving as team captain in his senior year.  Over the course of four years, Harwick played in 52 games which included 32 starting nods for the Seahawks. Originally from Hanover, New Hampshire, Harwick is currently working towards completing an Environmental Policy masters from Clarkson University.      He holds a United States Soccer Federation D coaching license. In addition to working for several camps and club teams, he also spent the summer of 2017 as a Youth Development Intern with D.C. United soccer club.