Point Loma Nazarene University Men's Soccer

Wolf as the leader of the Point Loma men's soccer program. He took over the program in January of 2012 as the eighth coach in the programs' 39-year history.   Throughout his seasons as the leader of the Sea Lions, Coach Wolf has also made the effort to define the PLNU men's soccer program by these words/traditions: Respect, Honor, Family and Excellence.   These lessons are being seen on the field as the Sea Lions have seen continual improvement each season of his tenure. After going just 2-16 in 2012, coach Wolf brought in a class of 14 newcomers for the 2013 season and the Sea Lions responded by going 7-8-3 and placing seventh in the Pacific West Conference standings at 5-4-3. In 2014, the Sea Lions climbed to sixth in the PacWest standings with a 6-5-1 record, their first-ever winning record in PacWest play. The Sea Lions put together a seven-match undefeated streak, which included five straight victories, to match the second-longest winning streak in school history. The team also matched the school record with three straight shutouts. Four Sea Lions earned All-PacWest honors and Matt Steinhaus was voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team.   This past year, PLNU experienced its first winning season since 2007 by going 9-5-3. PLNU climbed to fourth in the PacWest standings with an 8-3-2 record. It won five straight PacWest contests including defeating Azusa Pacific for the first time since 2004. He coached Daniel ten Bosch and Tyler Allen to both All-PacWest and NSCAA All-West Region honors. Wolf also guided Point Loma to a 3-0 victory over two-time national champions, Cal State Dominguez Hills, in the season opener for the biggest win under his leadership. Wolf is now 24-39-8 in his four seasons with the Sea Lions and has a career record of 144-68-26.   Prior to being named the head coach at PLNU coach Wolf had most recently been the lead assistant at Southern Methodist University (2009-11). Wolf helped SMU go 35-17-5 overall mark with one regular season Conference USA championship and two conference tournament titles during his tenure.   During the 2010 season, SMU had one of its most successful years in program history. The team posted a 16-2-2 record, won both the regular season and conference postseason crowns and made an NCAA Elite Eight appearance. The Mustangs enjoyed another terrific season in 2011, notching a 13-7-1 overall record and rolling to a 3-0 mark in the Conference USA Tournament for their second-consecutive championship. SMU qualified for the NCAA Tournament, losing a second-round match to tenth-ranked Akron, 3-2.   Before his stint at SMU, Wolf was the head coach for eight stellar seasons at Azusa Pacific University, where he led the Cougars to the NAIA National Championship in 2007. APU went 120-29-18 under Wolf's guidance, winning four Golden State Athletic Conference titles and appearing in three-straight NAIA national title matches (2006-08). Wolf was named as the GSAC Coach of the Year three times (2001, 2007, 2008) and was selected as the NSCAA NAIA National Coach of the Year in both 2005 and 2007 and the Brine-NAIA Coach of the Year in 2007.   Before his run at Azusa Pacific, Wolf was an assistant at Wheaton College (IL), where he was part of the coaching staff that won the 1997 NCAA Division III Championship and set an NCAA record for all divisions with a 66-match unbeaten streak.   As a player, Wolf was a three-time All-American at Wheaton and was a member of the team's 1990 Division III Final Four team. Wolf graduated with the third-most points in school history (135), and his teams posted a record of 77-10-6 during his time at Wheaton. He then played five years of professional soccer, splitting time between the NPSL and the USL.   Wolf graduated from Wheaton in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in communications. In 2001, he earned a Masters of Arts in Spiritual Formation. Wolf holds a USSFA coaching license.   Phil and his wife, Melanie, have four children: Barrett, Maggie, Maryn and Ivan. Phil's brother, Dave, has been the head men's soccer coach at Westmont College for 24 years.