University of North Dakota Women's Soccer

North Dakota Athletics announced on January 3, 2025 that Henrik Sohn has been named the ninth head coach of the North Dakota soccer program.   "UND is excited to welcome Henrik Sohn as the next head coach of our soccer program," said Senior Associate AD, Internal Operations/SWA Liz Jarnigan at the time of his hiring. "His clearly articulated vision for the success of UND soccer was inspiring to the search committee. Additionally, his passion for the student-athletes, the University of North Dakota and the Grand Forks community makes him uniquely qualified for this important leadership role."   Sohn steps into the position after spending last season as the associate head coach at North Dakota, where he guided freshman goalkeeper Grace Miller to All-Summit League Honorable Mention and Summit League All-Newcomer Team honors as well as a spot on the Top-Drawer Soccer Top-100 Freshman ranking at the end of the season as the goalkeepers and backline coach.   Sohn came to North Dakota as an assistant coach in 2023 following a stint at James Madison, serving as the director of operations and assistant coach for one season with the men's program. While there, Sohn provided film analysis and breakdown, assisted in daily training, worked with goalkeepers and helped with recruiting efforts.   Prior to JMU, Sohn had a dominant head coaching career on the women's side at Kansas Wesleyan for four seasons, guiding the Coyotes to a 36-22-2 overall record, including an impressive 29-5-1 mark in league play. His teams finished among the top-2 in the conference standings in all four campaigns while also reaching a pair of NAIA National Tournaments, coaching two players to All-America honors and 30 all-conference selections.   Before taking over the head coaching job at KWU, Sohn served as an assistant for the Coyotes for two seasons and worked primarily with the goalkeepers. His squad once again had success, culminating with a 17-3-2 record and an appearance in the national tournament.    He spent his playing career at the University of Providence, where he was a two-time NAIA Academic All-American selection and helped his team captured a pair of Frontier Conference titles.    Sohn earned his Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Performance in 2016 from the University of Providence before earning his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 2019 from Kansas Wesleyan.     THE HENRIK SOHN FILE Position: Head Coach Hometown: Homberg, Germany Education: University of Providence (2016), Kansas Wesleyan (2019) CAREER IN SOCCER AS A COACH 2024: North Dakota (associate head coach) 2023: North Dakota (assistant coach) 2023: James Madison (director of operations, assistant coach) 2019-22: Kansas Wesleyan (head coach) 2017-18: Kansas Wesleyan (assistant coach) AS A PLAYER 2013-16: University of Providence

North Dakota head soccer coach Chris Logan announced the hiring of Nicole Randall as an assistant coach on June 18, 2024. Randall most recently served as an assistant women’s soccer coach at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi for two seasons. She aided in the recruitment process with the Islanders, including evaluating recruits and scheduling campus visits. Randall coached full team practices and took the lead on small group technical, possession, finishing and position specific training. In Randall’s first season at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, the Islanders got off to their best start in program history with a 6-3 record through the first nine games. The Islanders set program records for goals in a season with 37 and goals in a game with 8 during the 2022 campaign. Randall oversaw the midfield which saw a steady increase in production under her guidance, after tallying one goal and five assists in 2021, the Islanders’ midfield put away 22 goals and notched 20 assists over the past two seasons. A&M – Corpus Christi placed four student-athletes on Southland All-Conference teams over the past two seasons, including midfielder Rachel Loetzer who earned two straight all-conference second team honors under Randall’s guidance. Prior to her stint with A&M – Corpus Christi, Randall spent three seasons on the University of Idaho’s sidelines as an assistant coach. In her time with the Vandals, they had 15 athletes honored on the Big Sky All-Conference teams, the 2018 Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year, co-goalkeeper of the year and the 2021 spring co-offensive player of the year. The Vandals also placed two athletes on the All-West Region team and had one first team Academic All-American. Randall began her coaching career at her alma mater, Fort Hays State, where she spent three seasons as an assistant coach. As a student-athlete, she appeared in 40 games with 17 starts in the Tigers’ midfield and scored one goal to go with three assists. She was a key part of Fort Hays State's MIAA Tournament Championship run in 2012 as the team knocked off the No. 3, No. 2, and No. 1 seeds to earn the conference's automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Tournament Randall also spent two years as an assistant with Allen Community College before joining the staff at Idaho. Randall earned her bachelor’s degree in health and human performance and her master’s of science in health and human performance for Fort Hays State.