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Patrick Baker

Patrick Baker was named head coach of the Florida Atlantic University women’s soccer program in February 2013 after successful stints at NCAA Division I, II and III institutions. Baker is the fifth head coach in the program’s 22-year history.


Baker directed his Owls to 11 wins and a run to the Conference USA Championship game in the 2022 season. The Owls made their eighth straight appearance in the C-USA Tournament, and took the title game into double overtime, getting just edged out by UTSA.


The 11 wins and championship game appearance each marked the first time the program has accomplished those feats since the 2019 season. Baker coached Gi Krstec to Conference USA Midfielder of the Year honors, the first major award winner for the Owls since the '19 campaign as well. Krstec, Bri Austin and Amanda Martin were all named to the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region teams.


In the 2021 season, Baker led the Owls to their seventh consecutive appearance in the Conference USA Championship Tournament. The Owls topped Charlotte in penalty kicks to advance to the quarterfinal round.


Baker coached three of his student-athletes to United Soccer Coaches All-South Region honors. Amanda Martin and Gi Krstec tallied Second Team All-South Region recognition, and Miracle Porter earned the Third Team honors. That trio also earned All-Conference USA honors, with Porter and Krstec taking home First Team honors and Martin being named to the second team. Jodi Smith was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team.


For the sixth straight year, the Owls earned the United Soccer Coaches All-Academic award. Emma Grissom extended the Owls' streak of having at least one student-athlete earn Conference USA All-Academic honors to nine years.


The 2020-21 academic year was affected by many things, and soccer was no exception. Due to the global pandemic, the regularly-scheduled fall campaign was postponed until the spring, and practices and matches were often altered even with the season’s change.


Despite all of this, and a difficult start to the season, the Owls hit their stride in conference play, finishing just one point out of the Conference USA East Division lead with a 4-1-1 record, earning the division’s second seed. The season would finish as the program’s sixth winning campaign in a row, and include the team’s sixth consecutive appearance at the postseason C-USA Championship.


Four team members earned All-C-USA accolades, First Teamer Gi Krstec, two Second Team honorees in Amanda Martin and Miracle Porter, and Sammy Vitols voted Third Team. Those four also were tabbed All-Region by United Soccer Coaches, with Krstec and Martin chosen Second Team, and Porter and Vitols Third.


The team’s net tandem of Cassidy Wasdin and Amit Cohen each earned C-USA weekly honors as Goalkeeper of the Week. Cohen gained C-USA All-Freshman recognition as well, while Wasdin extended the program’s streak of eight straight years with a C-USA All-Academic honoree. Once more, the program as a whole made it five years in a row earning the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award.


In 2019, Baker finished his seventh season at the helm of the program by once again leading the team to the Conference USA regular season title, with an 8-1-1 league mark for the second straight year. The squad posted its third-highest total of wins in history, a 15-4-2 mark (trailing only 16 wins achieved in 2003 and 2005).


For the team’s efforts, Baker earned his second straight C-USA Coach of the Year award, and was joined superlatively by Midfielder of the Year Mary O’Hara and co-Freshman of the Year Luisa Daikeler. O’Hara, Pernille Velta and Alex Maxson were All-Conference First Team members; Cassidy Wasdin was Second Team and All-Freshman; Daikeler was Third Team and All-Freshman.


Four Owls earned All-Region notoriety by United Soccer Coaches as well, with O’Hara being voted First Team, and Velta, Maxson and Daikeler to the Second Team. Maxson was chosen United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region and First Team C-USA All-Academic.


The 2018 campaign saw Baker took the Owls to heights not seen for over a decade. After a tough non-conference schedule, the team more than righted itself in C-USA play, rolling to an 8-1-1 mark (the fourth-most conference wins in program history) and a share of the league’s regular season title. Overall on their home pitch, the team went 7-1-1 with a 4-0-1 conference record, and the squad advanced to the C-USA semis, marking the third straight season at at least that plateau.


A fourth straight winning season, at 12-8-1 overall, earned Baker his second C-USA Coach of the Year award and six of his players were voted to the All-Conference squad: Two First Teamers, defender Ebba Blomqvist and midfielder Mary O’Hara; one Second Teamer, goalkeeper Jennifer Ocampo; two on the Third Team in forward Elisha Holmes and defender Alex Maxson; and another defender, Hailey Landrus, on the All-Freshman team.


The success continued in the classroom as well, with two players honored as First Team C-USA All-Academic members, in Blomqvist and Maxson.


In 2017, an 11-8-2 record and third consecutive winning season - a plateau that hadn’t been reached since 2004-06 - led to the team’s third straight C-USA postseason appearance, hosted on campus in Boca Raton. An overtime golden goal in the tournament opener gave the Owls a berth in the championship’s semifinal round.


The team finished above .500 in league play as well, and were just one of just four league teams to have a better-than-.500 record in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Four team members earned All-C-USA honors: Blomqvist (First Team), Asta Arnadottir (Second Team), Holmes (Third Team) and Ashlyn Kitterman (All-Freshman), and Blomqvist and Arnadottir were also recognized as United Soccer Coaches All-South Region, named to the Second Team and Third Team, respectively.


Off the pitch, the Owls earned the United Soccer Coaches’ College Team Academic Award, and Maxson was voted C-USA All-Academic. Following the year, the team said goodbye to seven seniors, and four of those - Arnadottir, Madison Caldwell, Alex Mastrobuono and Maddie Pung - combined to reach 40 victories in their collegiate career.


In 2016, Baker led the team to their best finish in over 10 years, advancing all the way to the C-USA Tournament final match. The Owls ended the year 12-8-2 while going 6-3-1 in league play to earn the No. 4 seed. They upended the regular season champions, North Texas, in the semifinal round, but fell to Charlotte in the finals. The 12-8-2 record marked the first time the program posted consecutive winning seasons since 2006-07, and the first time they had 10 or more wins in back-to-back years since 2005-06.


Eight members of the team earned C-USA postseason honors, including Goalkeeper of the Year Sydney Drinkwater. After a year where she led the league in shutouts (and broke the program’s all-time record in that category) she was also chosen as a First Team member of the NSCAA All-Central Region Team, joined by fellow selections Erica Burt (Second Team) and Sammy Rowland (Third Team).


The 2015 campaign saw Baker named Co-Conference Coach of the Year following a successful season in which the Owls finished third in the C-USA standings. Five of his players earned All-C-USA honors, including First Team defender Burt, while Burt and Claire Emslie were chosen as NSCAA All-Central Region. The squad was 12-8-1 overall, 6-3-1 in the conference, and pitched shutouts each of the last six regular season matches.


The year prior, in his second season atop the program, Baker’s defense made waves around the conference as the squad allowed multiple goals in just five matches throughout the season. The Owls posted eight shutouts en route to a 7-9-4 season which featured a whopping 10 overtime games. In his first season at the helm in 2013, Baker’s team came on strong at the end, winning back-to-back games to close out a 5-10-4 mark on the year. The Owls tied an NCAA record with four 0-0 draws.


Baker brought with him a winning pedigree to FAU, being the only women’s soccer coach in NCAA history to take a team to the Division I, II and III postseason tournaments. He was named the 2003 National Coach of the Year by Soccer America, amassed an 80-46-11 record prior to FAU, and had one team advance to the NCAA Division I Final Four. His teams had 18 wins over ranked opponents, including six victories over top 10 teams.


Baker’s NCAA Division I coaching career started at Pennsylvania in the Ivy League for four years, then six years at Florida State of the Atlantic Coast Conference and five years at Georgia of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


Five of Baker’s six Florida State teams qualified for the NCAA tournament, and the Seminoles made three Sweet 16 appearances and advanced to the 2003 Final Four. He is the only coach in Georgia program history to take three straight teams to the NCAA women’s soccer tournament. His 2007 Bulldogs’ team had the best record in school history (18-4-2) and posted an 8-1-2 mark in SEC play. In 2009, Baker helped guide Georgia to a No. 20 national ranking.


Before FAU, Baker spent the previous two years at California-Berkeley, helping the Bears advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament in both seasons. He was the program’s recruiting coordinator and helped attract PAC-12 Freshman of the Year Ifeoma Onumonu. Additionally, he had previously been head coach at Rollins College (NCAA Division II) in 2010 and North Carolina Wesleyan College (Division III) from 1989-1994.

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Nikki Brown

Brown joined FAU in May of 2019 after nearly six years as part of the staff at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama.


In her first year, the Owls posted a 15-win season, the third-most ever recorded (and highest total since 2005). An 8-1-1 Conference USA mark made for the second straight regular season title for the squad, and the team would advance to the title game of the C-USA Championship as well. Owl team members earned league Midfielder and Co-Freshman of the Year, five All-C-USA honors (plus two All-Freshman nods) and four All-Region honors.


In 2021, Brown and the FAU staff led the Owls to their seventh consecutive appearance in the Conference USA Championship Tournament and a trip to the quarterfinals. Three Owls earned United Soccer Coaches All-South Region honors in Amanda Martin, Gi Krstec, and Miracle Porter. That trio, along with Jodi Smith, all earned All-Conference USA recognition.


The 2020-21 year saw the season pushed back until spring and the program dealt with multiple stops and starts and a limited schedule. Despite a sluggish beginning of the year, the Owls rebounded to go 4-1-1 in C-USA play, earn the C-USA East Division's second seed, and advance to the postseason tournament for the sixth consecutive season. Four team members were All-C-USA as well as All-Region in the difficult season.


Brown was on staff with JSU after a fantastic playing career at nearby North Alabama, beginning as a graduate assistant with the Gamecocks before eventually taking over the role as the program’s recruiting coordinator. During her time there, Brown recruited players who were recognized with multiple All-Ohio Valley Conference honors, including All-OVC Second Team and All-Newcomer.


Also during her coaching career, Brown worked with Northeast Alabama Fusion F.C. as head coach, as the striker director for No. 1 Soccer Camps, and as a head and assistant coach with the Olympic Development Program in Birmingham.


Brown was a three-time Daktronics All-American at North Alabama, twice was named NSCAA All-South Region, and three times to the Daktronics All-South Region First Team as well. All four years, she was an All-Gulf South Conference honoree. She helped lead the Lions to a 2011 GSC Conference Championship, and was as successful off the pitch as on, earning 2011 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-American honors, and three times, was a recipient of the GSC “Top Ten” Award.


A native of Bognor Regis, England, Brown earned her undergraduate degree from UNA in physical education, graduating magna cum laude. While serving as JSU’s grad assistant, she completed her master’s work with a 4.0 GPA in sport management. She also completed her United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma in January of 2019.

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Jeremy Hampton

Florida Atlantic University women’s soccer head coach Patrck Baker announced the hiring of Jeremy Hampton as assistant coach in April 2023. Hampton arrives in Paradise after spending the last four years at Tuscaloosa Academy.


Hampton served Tuscaloosa Academy as the Head Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer Coach in addition to serving as the Director of Marketing & Communications and Assistant Director of Athletics. During his tenure there, Hampton led both the boys and girls teams to multiple state championships, while also developing 15 AISA All-State soccer selections between the two programs. In 2021, Hampton was awarded the United Soccer Coaches 2021 High School Coach of Significance honor.


Hampton also worked as the Director of Goalkeeping for Birmingham United Soccer Association from 2015-2021. While there, Hampton planned, organized and executed all goalkeeper training sessions, while managing and directing recruitment efforts.


In 2002, Hampton graduated from the University of Alabama with a bachelor's of art in history. Hampton earned his masters in sports management from Alabama in 2010 and has been coaching soccer since 2004.

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Joey Worthen

Joey Worthen was named Florida Atlantic University's head men's soccer coach in February of 2017. Approaching his sixth season, Worthen assumed the helm of one of FAU's oldest programs and is just the fifth head coach in what will be the program’s 43rd season. The team will be competing in the American Athletic Conference for the first season coming in 2022.


In the spring of 2022, four-year All-Conference player Alonso Coello Camarero signed with Toronto FC, becoming the second ever FAU men’s soccer player to sign with an MLS team and first since 2006. Worthen was instrumental in the Coello Camarero’s development from freshman to senior year.


Worthen has turned around the men’s soccer program in a short amount of time. He is coming off back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2003-04 with a 9-7-3 mark. The Owls also began the 2021 season with a 3-0 record, which marked the program’s best start since 1996. The team continued to realize uncharted territory, as the sixth-seeded Owls made their way to the C-USA Championship title game. Worthen’s Owls defeated tournament-host Charlotte with a 5-3 edge in penalty kicks in the opening round. In the semifinals, the Owls made national headlines by upsetting the defending College Cup Champions in No. 4 Marshall, 3-1, to earn a spot in the title game against No. 15 Kentucky.


The Owls saw five players recognized to the All-Conference USA Team for the second straight year. The All-C-USA Team was highlighted by Second Team choices Coello Camarero and Filip Jauk, Third Team selections Tom Abrahamsson and Ivan Mykhailenko, as well as All-Freshman picks Jauk and Davide Romeo. Coello Camarero and Mykhailenko were also the Owls’ first United Soccer Coaches All-Region Team selections since 2009. Goalkeeper Neil Strauber finished the year as the conference leader in total saves (81), which was the eighth best in the country, and Mykhailenko led the way with game-winning goals (5), 10th most in the country.


Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the regularly scheduled fall campaign was pushed to the spring. In the spring 2021, Worthen led the team to a 6-4-2 record, marking the first winning season since 2007. His team finished fifth in the conference with nine points and a program’s best No. 52 finish in the RPI. The 2021 spring team held opponents to 11 goals and a 0.92 goals against average, both becoming school records. FAU did not shy away from competing against some of the best in the country, including four ranked opponents, four NCAA Tournament participants and the eventual 2020 College Cup Champions, Marshall.


At the end of the 2021 spring season, five of Worthen’s players were honored by the conference with postseason accolades. Mykhailenko earned a spot on the C-USA First Team, while Coello Camarero and Graeme Pratt became Second Team choices, Daniel Skistad earned Third Team honors and Vasilis Spinos was chosen to the All-Freshman Team. Mykhailenko won the Co-Golden Boot Award after tying for the most goals in the conference with five. Under Worthen’s leadership, Mykhailenko became the first Owl to win that award and went down in the FAU record book for having the fourth most goals (22) and game-winning goals (6), as well as eighth most points (47) in school history.


Prior to Worthen’s inception at FAU, the Owls had not been recognized with a Player of the Week award since 2013. During the 2021 season, Worthen’s program was recognized with a Player of the Week selection three times. Goalkeeper Neil Strauber won Defensive Player of the Week following a 4-0 shutout over Jacksonville (NCAA Tournament Team) and Mykhailenko received the award twice after multi-goal matches in wins over South Carolina and UAB.


The Owls also earned national recognition after Strauber received the United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week following a 1-0 shutout at Old Dominion. Strauber was the first Owl in school history to win the big award.


During the 2019 season, FAU qualified for the C-USA Tournament for the first time since joining the league in 2013. It was also the program’s first conference tournament appearance since 2008. The Owls clinched their ticket after a comeback victory over Old Dominion in overtime, 4-3, while knocking off the Monarchs for the first time in program history.


FAU finished the season with a 7-8-1 record (3-4 C-USA), marking the most overall wins since 2013 and most conference victories while belonging in C-USA. The Owls knocked off two ranked opponents, including in a 1-0 shutout victory over No. 17 James Madison in the season’s home opener and a 1-0 overtime feat vs. C-USA foe No. 15 Marshall.


Worthen saw four Owls make conference postseason teams in 2019. Midfielder Coello Camarero became the Owls’ first C-USA First Team selection after an impressive sophomore year campaign. Mykhailenko and Alex Alexis earned C-USA Second Team honors. Mykhailenko finished the season third in goals and fourth in points per game in a competitive conference, while also being named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week after a 5-point performance in the Owls’ 3-1 win over Florida Gulf Coast. Alexis’ 0.5 assists per game ranked as the second most in C-USA and ninth in the NCAA. Defender Abrahamsson also earned postseason honors after an impressive rookie campaign, making a spot on the Third Team and All-Freshman Team.


Goalkeeper Hagay Jalon was also critical to the Owls’ success in 2019. The senior earned C-USA Defensive Player of the Week honors twice during the season, becoming Worthen’s first weekly winner since taking the helm, as well as first for the Owls since 2013. Jalon also was named CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American, becoming the first Owl in program history to do so.


Worthen’s second year with the Owls in 2018 saw goalkeeper Jalon put together a strong season, leading C-USA with 76 saves and a 5.07 saves per game average. Freshman Coello Camarero also put together a strong campaign with his debut earning him C-USA All-Conference Third Team and All-Freshmen honors.


In Worthen’s first season, he coached Ferdinand Solberg to a C-USA All-Freshmen Team nod and Christian Williams was named to the C-USA All-Academic Team. The Owls ended the 2017 season in an exciting fashion with a 2-1 overtime win against Marshall.


Worthen has put a big emphasis on academics during his time at FAU. He has seen seven C-USA All-Academic recipients, six CoSIDA All-District recipients, a United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Team member and a CoSIDA Academic All-American.


Worthen came to FAU from the University of South Carolina where he was a part of the Gamecock staff since 2012. Over his five seasons on staff, the Gamecocks posted a 39-33-6 record. His tenure was highlighted by a trip to the C-USA Championship final in 2014. The team also hosted back-to-back NCAA Tournament first round games, and made an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2015 and 2016.


In his time at South Carolina, Worthen recruited and coached 22 C-USA All-Conference honorees, one Freshman All-American and nine players who went on to earn pro contracts. Classroom excellence was also a primary focus, as the squad earned a 3.0 or above GPA each of the five seasons he was at Carolina, including the nation's highest GPA in 2012-13. The work was not left to the classroom and the field. As a team, Gamecock soccer dedicated 500 hours of community service in 2016.


Prior to his fulltime position as an assistant coach at South Carolina, Worthen served one season as a student assistant for the Gamecocks (2011-12). Before his return, he was a volunteer assistant coach at Huston-Tillotson University, a NAIA institution in Austin, Texas, while playing his final professional soccer season in 2010-11. While playing professionally, Worthen used his offseason to give back to the community and begin his coaching résumé, serving as an assistant coach at Cottonwood High School in Salt Lake City, a role he undertook each year from 2002-10. Worthen has held a United States Soccer Federation National B license since 2011.


Worthen played professional soccer for nine seasons. He began his career playing two seasons for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds (2002-03), and was named the 2002 Rookie of the Year after leading the team in starts, minutes played and assists. He played two seasons as well for the Richmond Kickers (2004-05), including advancing to the 2005 USL Championship game. He moved to Real Salt Lake of the MLS for the 2006 season, and went on to play for the NASL Carolina Railhawks expansion team in the 2007 and 2008 seasons. He then returned to the Kickers, where he helped the squad capture the 2009 USL Championship title, and finished out his career with the Austin Aztex in 2010.


Prior to turning pro, Worthen was a letterwinner and starter for the Gamecocks from 1998-2001 and served as team captain during his senior season. He was named the Independent Rookie of the Year in 1998, while he helped lead the team to the NCAA Tournament in 1998, 2000 and 2001. In his career, South Carolina posted 50 victories, while individually, Worthen scored 25 goals and collected 15 assists for 65 points. He also scored 12 game-winners for Carolina. In 1999, Worthen represented the United States in international play on the U-20 team.


Originally from Salt Lake City, Worthen obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 2013 with a concentration in retail/small business management from South Carolina. He also received his Master of Science degree in sports management from South Carolina in May of 2017. He and his wife Natalie have four children: Slade, Naomi, Simonne and Mila.

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Tom Harman

Tom Harman is approaching his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Florida Atlantic University men’s soccer team. Harman was hired in July of 2019 and has served as Worthen’s righthand man on the staff.


In Harman’s third year with the Owls, the team achieved its second consecutive winning season for the first time since 2003-04. The squad achieved a 9-7-3 mark and began the year with a 3-0 record, marking the program’s best start since 1996. Harman’s leadership helped the Owls go on to have a tremendous performance in the 2021 Conference USA Tournament as the No. 6 seed. The Owls defeated tournament-host Charlotte with a 5-3 advantage in penalty kicks to move on to the semifinals where the team upset reigning College Cup Champions, Marshall, 3-1.


Harman helped produce five All-C-USA recipients for the second straight year. Alonso Coello Camarero, who became the Owls’ second ever MLS signee and first since 2006, was highlighted on the Second Team with Filip Jauk. Tom Abrahamsson and Ivan Mykhailenko were recognized to the Third Team and Jauk and Davide Romeo to the All-Freshman Team.


In the 2020 season, which was pushed back to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FAU finished the season with a 6-4-2 record, marking the first winning season since 2007. The Owls held opponents to 11 goals and a 0.92 goals against average, which both became single-season school records. With a No. 52 RPI ranking, FAU finished with its best positioning in program history. On the Owls schedule, the team played four ranked opponents, four teams who competed in the NCAA Tournament and the eventual 2020 NCAA Champion in Marshall.


Harman was instrumental in the success on and off the pitch that led to several players being awarded with postseason accolades. Five players were recognized as All-C-USA selections, which included Mykhailenko (First Team), Coello Camarero (Second Team), Graeme Pratt (Second Team), Daniel Skistad (Third Team) and Vasilis Spinos (Freshman Team). Mykhailenko tied for the most goals in the conference to earn the Co-Golden Boot Award, becoming the first Owl to win that honor.


With his first season on staff, Harman helped FAU achieve a memorable 2019 campaign, which ended in a trip to the Owls’ first C-USA Tournament and first postseason appearance since 2008. The Owls finished the year with a 7-8-1 record (3-4 C-USA) and knocked off two ranked opponents in No. 17 James Madison (1-0) and No. 15 Marshall (1-0 OT). FAU’s victory over the Thundering Herd marked the highest ranked opponent FAU has beaten since 2011.


Four Owls earned spots on the C-USA All-Conference Team. Coello Camarero became the first Owl to earn a nod on the C-USA First Team, while Mykhailenko and Alex Alexis earned spots on the C-USA Second Team. Abrahamsson was named to the All-Conference Third Team and All-Freshman Team.


Harman has helped mold student-athletes into successful performers athletically and academically. Since being in Boca Raton, the program has produced five C-USA All-Academic Team selections, four CoSIDA Academic All-District choices and a United Soccer Coaches Scholar Academic All-Region choice. In Harman’s first season at FAU, Hagay Jalon became the program’s first academic All-American as a CoSIDA Third Team choice.


Before coming to FAU, Harman was the head coach at The King’s College in New York City for four years while also serving as an assistant athletic director for three years. As head coach, Harman guided the Lions to its first winning season since the school moved to NYC and its first appearance in the HVIAC conference playoffs. Harman was named USCAA Division II National Coach of the Year in 2018.


Harman’s teams at King’s College outperformed the student body in both retention and percentage of students in good academic standing.


Under Harman’s Assistant AD title, he served sports information, facilities, operations and Student Life duties. He brought in student-athletes from all over the world, including the UK, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Pakistan and Poland.


Harman graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in public policy, government and management.


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Men’s soccer head coach Joey Worthen on Harman:

“We are happy to add Tom to our staff. He has an extensive background in the game including playing, coaching, training and statistical and video analysis. Most importantly, Tom shares our vision of developing our players and preparing them for life after college. We look forward to him being an integral part of helping move our program forward.”


Harman on joining FAU:

“I am very excited and grateful for this opportunity. I am looking forward to learning from the experienced staff already in place and working to help the excellent student-athletes here at FAU anyway I can.”

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