FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 5, 2014
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. - Stephen Hogan has been named the head men’s soccer coach at The College of Saint Rose. The 10th mentor in program annals, Hogan will immediately take charge of a program that is coming off its’ first-ever Northeast-10 Conference Championship appearance.
“We are excited to have Stephen Hogan move into the head coach position for our men’s soccer program. He has been a successful recruiter while serving as a first assistant for three years. His contributions to the program played an integral part in the 2013 team’s success,” saidCathy Haker, Director of Athletics and Recreation.
Hogan worked for former head coach Matt Jones. He helped develop the Golden Knights training program, assisted with all aspects of recruiting, and helped monitor the student-athletes academic progress.
A native of Dublin, Ireland where he started playing soccer at three-years-old, Hogan came to the United States after receiving a full scholarship to Martin Methodist College in Tennessee. An All-Conference and All-Region midfielder, he helped lead the RedHawks to the 2004 and 2005 TransSouth Conference regular-season championships.
Hogan has previously had multiple professional tryouts and has played with six English professional clubs; including Newcastle United, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End, and Oldham Athletic. He also played with Reading United out of Pennsylvania from 2007 through 2010 and was a member of Ireland’s Junior International Squad in 2000.
Hogan is a Co-Founder and the Technical Director for First Touch Soccer USA, which develops training programs for soccer clubs in the Capital Region. He also served as the Technical Director for the Berks Soccer Academy (BSA Rage) in Reading from 2008 to 2010.
Hogan earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Martin Methodist in 2008. He also holds a certificate in sports and business administration from Dublin’s Colaiste Ide College of Further Education.
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA
Division II colleges and universities located in New England and
New York that is committed to supporting balanced academic and
athletic opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes.
Each year, 4,000 of those student-athletes compete in
Conference championships in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest
DII conference in the country in terms of sports sponsorship.
Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the
community, the Northeast-10 is proud of its comprehensive program
and the experience it provides student-athletes.
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