Coaches

Dr Ted Flogaites

Dr. Ted Flogaites enters his fifth season at the helm of the Jackson State soccer program, his 23rd season overall, after joining the Tigers in January 2019 after previously serving as the head coach of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2018.


In year one with the Lady Tigers he guided the Blue and White to an 8-12 overall record and 7-3 in SWAC play. He guided the Lady Tigers to a a seven game conference winning streak, a six game 650 minute shutout win streak, No. 1 ranking in all of NCAA collegiate soccer in shot on goal percentage, most conference wins in a season since 2016, above .500 winning percentage in conference play since 2015, and more SWAC wins in one season than the last two seasons combined.


Dr. Flogaites was born in New York, New York, and raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, began playing soccer as a child.


"Soccer was a passion of my father's," said Flogaites, who admits his favorite disc jockey is the world renowned Dutch DJ Armin Van Buuren. "As a young kid I always remember being around it and I never felt like I was missing out on anything like other sports such as football or basketball because soccer is truly the sport."


Clearly Flogaites, who is fluent in both English and Greek, is no stranger to the beautiful game. Some of his impressive accolades are listed below:


Professional Highlights

• Conference Coach of the Year: RRAC – 2006 and GPAC – 2010 & 2011

• NSCAA/Adidas Regional Coach of the Year: 2006 & 2010

• Brine NAIA Coach of the Year: 2010

• NSCAA/Mondo NAIA National Coach of the Year: 2010

• Overall Coaching Record: 151-127-16, 151 wins at the collegiate level

• Seven consecutive winning seasons: 105-30-12 (2006-2012)

• Coached two teams to first ever appearance in NAIA National tournament

• National Champion Runner-Up NAIA: 2010

• #2 in All Time Wins at Western Illinois University with 28

• Only coach at Western Illinois University women's soccer program with a win over a Big 10 team

• 15 years collegiate head coaching experience (D1, NAIA, & D3)

• 17 years overall coaching experience

• Named to NSCAA Associate Staff

•Clinician, Instructor of State Level USSF Courses

His most decorated year to date is in 2010 when he was named Brine National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Coach of the Year as well as NSCAA/Mondo NAIA National and NSCAA/Adidas Regional Coach of the Year while leading the women's soccer program at Hastings College, a liberal arts college in Hastings, Nebraska. Here he compiled an overall record of 76-21-9 with a total of 52 shutouts in five seasons. Dr. Flogaites coached Hastings to a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Regular Season Championship and GPAC Tournament Championship in two consecutive seasons: 2010 and 2011.


In 2008 he led Hastings to a trip to the NAIA National Tournament, and in 2010 his team was NAIA National Tournament Runner-Up, falling in the NAIA National Championship Game.


Earlier in the playoff run, the team managed a 3-2 win in penalty kicks (PK's) over Olivet Nazarene University, and as a result, Coach Flogaites led the Lady Broncos to its first win ever in the NAIA National Tournament. The NAIA tourney victory was a first for both Hastings College and the GPAC as a whole.


After his time spent at Hastings, Flogaites became head women's soccer coach at Western Illinois University, where he finished second in all-time wins in program history with 28. In 2012 his team went 13-6-0 overall and 5-3 in conference play which resulted in a Summit League Tournament Semi-Finals appearance. Three of his players at Western Illinois were named first-team All-Summit League while three more players were selected to the Summit League's All-Academic All-League team.


Flogaites received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of California followed by a Master of Science degree from New Jersey City University.


In 2014 he earned his Doctor of Education (EhD) in Sports Management with an emphasis in Sports Marketing from the United States Sports Academy.


In 2022, Flogaites led the Jackson State soccer team to its first SWAC Title in nearly a decade and an NCAA Tournament berth. He was also tabbed SWAC Coach of the Year as the Tigers went 11-8-1 overall and 7-1-1 in conference.