Hood College

Hood College Athletics
401 Rosemont Avenue Frederick, MD 21701

Division 3 Maryland Northeast

Private Small National competitor

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James Dempsey

James Dempsey joined the Hood College coaching staff in the summer of 2023.

Dempsey hails originally from Galway, Ireland and comes to Hood College after a successful playing and coaching career in Mississippi and Colorado. Dempsey made the move over to the United States in 2017 to play for Pearl River Community College men’s soccer program under head coach Drew Gallant. In 2017, Dempsey and the team won the Mississippi state championship and advanced to the national tournament. The following season Dempsey made the move to Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi under the leadership of head coach James Gledhill, a previous Temple University women's soccer coach. Dempsey went on to be a pivotal part of the Blazers’ attack, starting as a center forward for the three seasons that followed, helping the Blazers qualify for the American Southwest Conference playoffs three years in a row, posting winning records each year and ranking No. 25 in the nation in 2019.

Throughout Dempsey’s collegiate playing career, he also coached multiple Mississippi Rush soccer club youth teams while pursuing his degree in Sports management.

After graduating Dempsey made the move to Colorado Springs where he coached at Colorado Pride soccer club and was the head boys coach at Vista Ridge High School. Dempsey returned to Mississippi the following year to begin a master's degree in business administration from Belhaven University, where he joined the staff as a volunteer assistant coach. That same year, Dempsey became the assistant boys' soccer coach at Hartfield Academy, helping the program win their first Division 1 Mississippi state championship.

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Xavier Djiki

Xavier Djiki joined the Hood College men's soccer staff in the summer of 2023.

Coach Xavier comes to Hood after spending a full year on the men's soccer coaching staff at Howard University.

A 2020 graduate from York (Pa.) with a Bachelor of Science in supply chain & operations management, he helped lead the Spartans that received votes in the top 25 in 2018.

Coach Xavier currently holds a USSF D & C License and has had extensive experience as the assistant at then Olympiacos DC & now Arlington SA growing them to a National Powerhouse in the UPSL (fourth tier of US Soccer) with an overall record of 39 W 13 T 13 L.

At Howard University, he focused on individual player development, helping Bryson Baker finish as the second highest goal scorer at the program in the last decade.

He is currently the head coach of Motorik FC, a semi-professional team based out of Alexandria, Virginia.