Coaches

Jordan Vejar

Jordan Vejar is heading into his first season at the helm of the Spalding women's soccer program.


Prior to taking the helm of the Spaldign program, Vejar was the head coach at Floyd Central High School for the women’s soccer team. He took over the program after a fifth-place conference finish the year prior. This past season, the team finished second in conference and only allowed four goals in league play. The program also won its sixth consecutive IHSAA Sectional Championship. The team was awarded four First Team All-Conference selections and four Honorable Mention All-Conference selections, as well as 10 ISCA Academic All-State awards.


In addition to coaching Floyd Central, Vejar operates his own soccer skills development/camp business called “Go5400”. Coach Vejar was a member of the 2019-20 United Soccer Coaches 30 Under 30 program, a coaching designation given to 15 male and 15 female coaches across the United States who have shown a true passion for coaching and impacting their community through soccer. He currently holds his USSF “C” coaching license, pursuing his Advanced National Diploma now, and will be pursuing more coaching education as his career continues.


Vejar has coached club soccer for six years and is now at Mockingbird Valley Premier where he coaches the 2007 and 2005 Boys Gold along with being the club’s Director of Communications. He has also spent time coaching with Indiana and Kentucky Olympic Development Programs.


Jordan is very familiar with soccer in the Louisville-Metro area as he was a player product from southern Indiana and then moved to Javanon FC for his final five seasons where he won three state cup titles, three MRL Premier Championships, and two second place finishes in US Youth Soccer National League (as part of the first team from Kentucky to be selected for National League). He was a 2013 graduate of Jeffersonville High School and left the soccer program there as the career leader in goals and assists. Jordan was also a four-time member of the Indiana Olympic Development Program where he led the team in scoring each year and also was invited to be part of the Region II Pool Team.


Coach Vejar began his college playing career at Bellarmine University before transferring to Marian University (IN) where he was a starting center midfielder. Following his college career, Vejar worked at ESPN Louisville as an Account Executive and was a volunteer assistant coach for the men’s team at Spalding. In the fall of 2018, he began his graduate assistantship with the Golden Eagles men’s soccer program. Coach Vejar completed his master’s degree in Business Communications with a concentration in Organizational Leadership. During his time as the GA, the Golden Eagles recorded a 27-9-4 (the program’s two winningest seasons) and made back-to-back post season appearances for the first time in program history.


Coach Vejar and his wife Janel, who is a first grade teacher, reside in Souther Indiana.

Natali Francis

Natali Francis was named the women's soccer assistant coach in August 2023.


Francis served as the SU women's soccer graduate assistant in 2022. That Golden Eagle squad advanced to the 2022 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Tournament. Spalding also had two All-SLIAC honorees and eight Academic All-District team members.


Prior to coming to SU, Francis worked as a coach for club soccer organization Lexington Football Club (LFC). She assisted U12, U15, and the LFC academy for four years and then moved into a head coaching role for a U15 team. In her time with LFC, the team won a president's cup.


As a college athlete, Francis started 22 games and appeared in 50 for Transylvania University. She played outside back for the Pioneers. Her best season came her senior year when she tallied one assist and took six shots.


A Louisville native, Francis holds a bachelor's degree in health and exercise management from Transylvania. She is pursuing a master's degree in business communication at Spalding.

Adam Boyer

Head Coach Adam Boyer enters his 12th season at the helm of the Spalding men’s soccer program. In his first eleven seasons, Boyer has taken the program to new heights winning a pair of SLIAC regular season championships while compiling a 105-80-17 overall record.


TEAM/STUDENT-ATHLETE HONORS AND ACCOLADES

2-time SLIAC Regular Season Champions (2016, 2018)

Academic All-American: Joey Lesher (2016)

SLIAC Offensive Player of the Year: Osman Hussein (2016), Kornell Hilliard (2019)

SLIAC Defensive Player of the Year: Joey Lesher (2016), Trevor Massa (2019)

SLIAC Newcomer of the Year: Osman Hussein (2016), Julio DeLeon (2012)

56 SLIAC All-Conference selections

64 SLIAC Academic All-Conference selections

6 United Soccer Coaches All-Region selections

3 NSCAA Scholar All-Region selections

2 CoSIDA Academic All-District selections

SPALDING HIGHLIGHTS

2016 SLIAC Coach of the Year

First SLIAC regular-season men’s soccer championship in school history (2016)

2018 SLIAC regular-season championship

3 SLIAC tournament championship game appearances

Guided program to first postseason appearance in 2014

Finished 2nd in the nation in scoring offense in 2014 averaging 3.42 goals per game

In 2012, led Spalding to first winning season in five years

In 2018, recipient of Louisville Business First’s Young Leaders Award

NOTABLE DATES

August 31, 2012: First career win as a head coach, 2-1, in overtime over Knox College

September 12, 2015: First win over a ranked team, 3-1, over #23 Emory University

October 25, 2016: Topped Webster, 1-0, in overtime to clinch first SLIAC regular season crown

September 13, 2017: Earned 50th career win, 5-0, over Berea College

October 23, 2018: Golden Eagles top Greenville, 2-1, to clinch second SLIAC regular season championship in three years

October 23, 2021: Coach Boyer earns 100th career win, 3-2, over Westminster in overtime

PRIOR TO SPALDING

A Louisville native, Coach Boyer came to Spalding after spending three years as the Assistant Coach at his alma mater, Centre College.


Boyer spent three seasons at Centre as the full-time Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach, helping guide the Colonels to two 2nd place finishes in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), a berth in the inaugural SCAC Tournament Championship game, and a combined record of 38-16-6. During that time, he coached one D3soccer.com All-American and one NSCAA Academic All-American.


In addition to coaching at Spalding, Boyer serves as a coaching director at Louisville Soccer Alliance. Prior to that, he worked as the Technical Director for the Boy’s teams at Bluegrass Soccer Club, while also coaching the U23 Men’s team at Louisville Soccer Alliance and directing the U9/10 Academy at Central Kentucky Soccer Club. He currently holds his USSF “C” License, NSCAA National Diploma and NSCAA Director of Coaching diploma. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and History from Centre College and his Master of Science in Business Communication from Spalding.


As a player at Centre, Boyer was an NSCAA 2nd Team All-American and NSCAA 1st Team Academic All-American in 2008, the only player in program history to win both All-American and Academic All-American honors in the same year. A three-time captain, Boyer was also a two-time 1st Team All-SCAC performer and three-time NSCAA All-Region selection. He is set to be a 2023 inductee into the Centre Athletics Hall of Fame.


Boyer went on to play three seasons of professional indoor soccer with the Louisville Lightning of the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL), where he finished as the organization’s all-time leading goal-scorer. Prior to his collegiate career, Boyer won the 2006 USYSA National Championship with his youth club team, Javanon ’87, in addition to winning USYSA Region II Championships in both 2003 and 2006.


PERSONAL

Boyer resides in Louisville with his wife, Marina Hoe Boyer, and their son Ray. He enjoys the outdoors, reading and writing, and avidly supporting Arsenal FC.

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