Coaches

Nathan Gillespie

Nathan Gillespie was hired as the SLU women's soccer head coach on March 18, 2022.


Prior to SLU, The Huntingdon, England native, coached two years as a graduate assistant and goalkeeper's coach at Delta State in Cleveland, Mississippi, under head coach Luke Sheekey


Gillespie helped the Statesman to several records including Most Games Won, Most Games with four or more goals scored and Most Gulf South Conference wins ever in 2018. He also helped Delta State to two Freshman of The Week awards at goalkeeper. The Statesman also had the best save percentage and goals against average in school history under Gillespie.


Gillespie played in 60 games during a four year career at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, where he helped anchor the defense.


As a senior, Gillespie helped guide the Phoenix to a victory over No. 2 Lindsey Wilson to earn a berth in the Mid-South Conference championship game.


Recently, Gillespie has been a goalkeeper coach for the Biggleswade United senior team, as well as the Biggleswade U15 boys team.


In 2016, Gillespie also gained valuable coaching experience with Tottenham Hotspur and Cambridge United.


Following his playing career, he earned coaching experience at Sporting CT (Connecticut), where he led the U9, U10 and U14 girls programs in 2014, before leading the U10, U11 and U15 girls teams in 2015.

Jack Hartley

Jack Hartley joined the Southeastern Louisiana University women's soccer coaching staff as an assistant coach in July 2022.


A native of Northhampton, England, Hartley came to Hammond after head coaching stops at Park University Gilbert (2021) and William Penn University (2020). Hartley started his collegiate coaching career at his alma mater, Jamestown, where he spent four seasons as an assistant coach and helped the Jimmies to a 2017 NSAA Conference title.


Hartley played in 74 matches in his collegiate career, earning all-conference honors and helping Jamestown to a conference title and a No. 16 final national ranking. Hartley played at the semi-pro level for four seasons in the National Premier Soccer League and the American Premier League.


Hartley earned his bachelor's degree in physical education and coaching from Jamestown in 2015 and completed his graduate studies in clinical counseling in 2019.

Pedro Santolaya

Assistant Soccer Coach

No Men's Soccer Program