Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic University Dept of Athletics
777 Glades Rd Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991

Division 1 Florida Southeast

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Joey Worthen

Joey Worthen was named Florida Atlantic University's head men's soccer coach in February of 2017. Worthen assumed the helm of one of FAU's oldest programs and is just the third head coach in the program's 36 seasons.

The Owls continued to make strides in 2018 under Worthen. Starting goalkeeper Hagay Jalon put together a strong season, leading C-USA with 76 saves on the season and a 5.07 saves per game average. He and the FAU defense held two teams scoreless.

Freshman Alonso Coello Camarero also put together a strong season, leading the team with four assists. His impressive debut earned him C-USA All-Conference Third Team and All-Freshmen honors.

In hist first season, Worthen 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 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 USC's staff, the Gamecocks posted a 39-33-6 record. His USC tenure was highlighted by a trip to the Conference 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 both 2015 and 2016.

In his time at USC, Worthen recruited and coached 22 Conference 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 G.P.A each of the five seasons he was at USC including the nation's highest G.P.A. in 2012-13. The work was not left to the classroom and the field. As a team, USC men's 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 at USC (2011-12). Before his return to USC, 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 to begin his coaching résumé, serving as an assistant coach at Cottonwood High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, 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 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, Utah, Worthen obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 2013 with a concentration in retail/small business management from the University of South Carolina. He is on track to complete his Master of Science degree from USC in sports management (May of 2017). He and his wife Natalie have four children: Slade, Naomi, Simonne and Mila.

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Jose Robles

Jose Robles was named the assistant coach of the Florida Atlantic University men’s soccer team in March of 2017 under head coach Joey Worthen.

Since Robles joined the staff, the Owls have posted two shutouts and had two members named to Conference USA teams. In 2017, Ferdinand Solberg was named to the C-USA All-Freshmen team. The next year Alonso Coello Camarero was tabbed All-Conference Third Team and All-Freshmen.

Robles came to FAU by way of USF, where he served as the assistant coach for three years with the Bulls. In his first season in Tampa, the Bulls posted double-digit wins for the first time in three years. The Bulls made back-to-back AAC conference championship game appearances in 2015 and 2016. In both 2015 and 2016, the Bulls made runs to the NCAA Tournament. The coaching staff was named the AAC Coaching Staff of the Year for their work in 2016, after winning the regular season AAC title.

Prior to his tenure at USF, Robles held the position of assistant coach at Tyler Junior College in Texas for two seasons while also directing and coaching the Azzuri Football Club. In his time at Tyler, he helped guide the Apaches to a National Championship in 2012. Following that up as the National Championship runners up in 2013 along with winning regional and district championships in both 2012 and 2013.

Robles also spent one season in 2011 as the assistant coach at NAIA-member Bryan College in Tennessee. Robles helped guide Bryan to an appearance in the Appalachian Athletic Conference final.

Over his coaching career, Robles has molded three NSCAA All-Americans, two Conference Player of the Year honorees and a National Player of the Year. His playing career began at Tyler JC in 2006 where he earned All-Region honors in each of his first two seasons. Robles then played two seasons at Belhaven University where he was named a two-time team captain and a member of the All-Conference team, helping lead his 2010 squad to an appearance in the National Tournament and was also named to the NAIA All-Academic Team.

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Tom Harman

Tom Harman was hired as an assistant coach in July of 2019.

“We are happy to add Tom to our staff,” said Worthen. “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.”

“I am very excited and grateful for this opportunity,” said Harman. “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.”

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 Assistant Athletics Director for the last three years. As head coach, he 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 2 National Coach of the Year in 2018.

His 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.