Georgia Southwestern State Univ

AMERICUS, GA 31709

Georgia Southeast

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Kerry Edwards

Kerry Edwards returns for her second season as head coach of the Lady Hurricanes after a groundbreaking season in 2021. It was Coach Edwards' first season as a head coach and her first season with Georgia Southwestern (7-8-1, 2-7-1). Under Edwards guidance, GSW broke the school record for most wins in season by winning three more matches than the previous high, while playing in five fewer contests. The 2021 Lady Hurricanes are the first team in school history to compete in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament. Edwards also produced the first PBC Player of the Week in program history.

Prior to GSW, Edwards enjoyed successful stops, both as a coach and a player.

She played her college soccer at Dallas Baptist University, where she led DBU to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2011. She finished her career second in the Division II record books with 48 NCAA career shutouts, and third almost 8,000 minutes in net. She was named All-Heartland Conference and All-South Central Region in each of her four seasons, and was a two-time NCCAA All-American, as well.

Edwards began her collegiate coaching career at Southwest Oklahoma State University in 2015 as a graduate assistant. The Bulldogs boasted 11 shutouts as a team and had a 1.19 GAA, while going 13-6-1 overall and 8-3-1 in the Great American Conference, which placed them third in the league standings.

Edwards spent the 2016 season at the University of North Alabama as a graduate assistant prior to taking a position as an assistant coach with the University of South Alabama in 2017 season. While at South Alabama Edwards coached the goalkeepers who led the conference in shutouts and boasted a .93 goals against average, not allowing a single goal in the conference tournament. The 2017 Jags also won their conference, and conference tournament making an NCAA tournament appearance.

She returned to North Alabama in 2018 and 2019 coaching the goalkeepers where she helped transition the team from NCAA DII to NCAA DI. In the 2018 season Edwards coached the goalkeepers to seven shutouts and a 1.15 GAA, helping the team make the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament final.

Under the restrictions of COVID-19 in 2020, Edwards worked remotely for the Northwestern State University women's soccer team. Her primary responsibilities included scouting opponents, analyzing and breaking down game film along with consulting about practice planning and tactical development.

Edwards hails from McKinney, Texas.

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Miguel Galindo

Galindo oversees the team's video analysis and scouting reports, he helps with the recruiting and scouting process of future student-athletes, he is responsible for the technical portion of the sessions, and he helps balance the periodization training schedule for the season.

Galindo has coached and been involved at various levels of the game coaching club soccer in the state of Georgia and South Carolina, the Olympic Development programs for both states, semiprofessional with SC United Bantams of the USL 2, a volunteer assistant at Columbus State University, and prior to becoming a Cane, he was the head coach of the Columbus Rapids women’s professional indoor soccer team who play in the National Indoor Soccer League (NISL). He holds a U.S. Soccer Federation A license.

Galindo played at Lander University under Van Taylor and received his Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication with a minor in Spanish. Prior to Lander, he played club at Clemson Area Soccer Club (CASC), now known as Clemson Anderson Soccer Alliance (CASA Pride) and played with the youth academy of UNAM Pumas in Mexico City, Mexico.

He was born and raised in Seneca, S.C.

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Eric Crawford

Crawford enters his fourth season as the head coach of the men's soccer team at Georgia Southwestern in 2022. Under Crawford’s leadership the Hurricanes have had four players selected to the Peach Belt Conference All-Conference Team. The Hurricanes have finished a program-best fifth place in the Peach Belt the last 2 seasons, both times eclipsing the single season win record that previously stood. The Hurricanes earned their first trip the PBC Tournament in 2021 and would have qualified in 2020 had the pandemic not impacted the season. Crawford now holds the program record for most conference and overall wins in a season.

Crawford spent three seasons as the assistant coach at Northeastern State University prior to being named the head coach at GSW. He helped lead the Riverhawks’ to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and a Central Region Championship with a loss in the Elite Eight and the Sweet 16. During the final two seasons the Riverhawks were consistently ranked in the Top 25. He helped mentor three All-Americans and four All-Region players during his time in Tahlequah.

Crawford played in 70 career matches and made 68 starts for NSU. He also captained a back line unit that recorded the three best defensive seasons in school history. He helped lead the RiverHawks to two appearances in the NCAA Championship, including one trip to the quarterfinals, and he also led the team to two MIAA Championships and three runner-up finishes during his career.

He also had a distinguished amateur career with the Toronto Lynx of the PDL and the Oakville Blue Devils of League 1 Ontario. Crawford was named an all-star in 2016, and won the league 1 championship, and the inter-provincial cup in 2015.

His career academic accomplishments included being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team in both 2013 and 2015, and he was also selected to the 2015 NSCAA Men's Division I and Division II Scholar All-America Second Team. He was a four-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and a two-time MIAA Scholar-Athlete. He was named to NSU's Dean's List 10 times and was once selected to the President's Honor Roll.

Crawford has his B.SC in Biology, an M.Sc. in Exercise Science and an MBA from Northeastern State University. Eric and his wife Danielle live in Americus with their two dogs Millie and Lincoln.

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Nate Getman

Getman is entering his third year as a collegiate coach in 2023. He spent one season at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) as the men’s goalkeeper coach and one and a half years at Oglethorpe University as an assistant coach for the men's and women's teams.

He is from a coaching family as his father and brother are both college coaches.

Getman is a decorated player at the high school and collegiate level. In 2011, he was an Alabama state high school champion. In 2017, he was named an NJCAA All-Region first team goalkeeper, and in 2019, he was named a USCAA All-American.

Getman is a veteran of the sport, and to the country. He served as an Infantry Soldier in the United States Army from 2014 to 2015, between attending Wallace State Community College and Quincy College. After his service, Getman attended Quincy College where he captained the team to their first ever playoff games and earned the aforementioned NJCAA honor.

Getman was also a team captain when he attended Bryant & Stratton College in Albany, New York. He earned an associate degree in General Business/Commerce from the school in 2020, and is expected to graduate with a bachelor's degree in fall 2022.

Even with an admirable time on the field, Getman is no stranger to coaching. From 2019 to 2020, Getman was the New York Elite FC U-16 Assistant Coach and Goalkeeper Coach, and from 2020 to 2021 was the Assistant Coach for the East Tennessee State University men's soccer team. Since 2021, he has been a Tri-Cities United U-14 Coach and Goalkeeper Coach.

During his playing career, Getman was a first team NJCAA All-Region player at Quincy College in Quincy, Mass. and a USCAA All-American and two-year captain at Bryant & Stratton College in Albany, N.Y.

He has coached three goalkeepers to all-conference honors, one at ETSU, one on the men's team at Oglethorpe and one on the women's team at Oglethorpe helping her post a program-high seven shutouts.

He is pursuing a degree in business management.

Getman and his wife Tori have three kids, Cayden (12), Max (7), and Jaxon (2).