Sean Nahas

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Sean Nahas
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Nahas with the North Carolina Courage in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-04-24) April 24, 1978 (age 45) [1]
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage (head coach)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Queens Royals
Managerial career
2007 Carolina RailHawks U23
2012–?? United States U-14 (assistant)
2016 United States U-20 (assistant)
2017–2021 North Carolina Courage (assistant)
2021 North Carolina Courage (interim)
2022– North Carolina Courage

Sean Nahas (born April 24, 1978) is an American soccer coach and former player who is currently the head coach of North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). [2] [3]

Contents

Early life

Nahas grew up in East Northport, New York, and played youth soccer. [4]

College career

Nahas played two years of collegiate soccer for Queens Royals. [5] He later graduated from Hofstra University. [3]

Coaching career

Nahas held youth soccer leadership roles with the Capital Area Soccer League since 2004, and also served as assistant and scout for various youth national teams. [3] [6] He joined the North Carolina Courage senior team's staff as an assistant coach upon the team's founding via relocation in 2017, working for head coach Paul Riley, [2] and also directed the Courage's U.S. Soccer Development Academy girls' team. [6]

On July 8, 2021, The Athletic reported that Nahas had interviewed for the head coaching role at NWSL expansion team Angel City FC of Los Angeles, California, and was the team's preferred candidate. [7] This report generated criticism from Angel City FC's supporters groups, who posted lists of women candidates to social media and publicly suggested that Angel City FC hire a woman. At the time, NJ/NY Gotham FC head coach Freya Coombe was the only woman working as an NWSL head coach. [8] Angel City FC reportedly eliminated Nahas from contention by July 12 [9] and announced the hiring of Coombe a month later. [10]

In October 2021, Nahas became interim head coach of the Courage following the firing of Riley as part of the NWSL's response to the 2021 NWSL abuse scandal. [11] [12] He was elevated to the role permanently in December 2021. [3]

Managerial statistics

As of October 2, 2022 [13]
Managerial record by team and tenure, all official competitions
TeamFromToRecord
PWDLGFGAGDWin %
North Carolina Courage October 6, 2021present36159126753+14041.67
Career totals36159126753+14041.67

Honors

North Carolina Courage, as head coach

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References

  1. ↑ Sean Nahas at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "North Carolina Courage hire Sean Nahas after Paul Riley scandal". ESPN. Reuters. December 1, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sean Nahas Named Head Coach of the North Carolina Courage". North Carolina Courage. December 1, 2021.
  4. ↑ Slagle, Charlie (April 7, 2011). "Charlie's CASL Blog: Who is CASL's Director of Classic-Girls' Division, Sean Nahas?".
  5. ↑ "CASL Staff Coach Bios - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net.
  6. 1 2 Rael, Chris (April 12, 2017). "NC COURAGE EXPANDS COACHING STAFF". SoccerToday. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  7. ↑ Linehan, Meg (July 8, 2021). "Angel City FC targeting Sean Nahas for first head coach: Sources". The Athletic . Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  8. ↑ Rodriguez, Alicia (July 8, 2021). "Angel City FC coaching candidate emerges, and supporters are not thrilled". Angels on Parade. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  9. ↑ Kassouf, Jeff (August 22, 2021). "Sources: Angel City FC hires Freya Coombe as first head coach". The Equalizer. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  10. ↑ McNamee, Kathleen (August 23, 2021). "Angel City name Freya Coombe as first-ever head coach, to leave NJ/NY Gotham at end of 2021 season". ESPN . Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  11. ↑ Bailey, Analis (September 30, 2021). "North Carolina Courage fires coach Paul Riley, players association demands NWSL investigation into abuse". USA Today . Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Who is Sean Nahas? Meet the North Carolina Courage's interim coach". Just Women's Sports. October 2, 2021.
  13. ↑ "North Carolina Courage Stats and History". FBRef. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  14. ↑ Goff, Steven (May 7, 2022). "In injury-marred Challenge Cup final, Spirit finally loses". Washington Post . Retrieved April 17, 2023.


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