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Pearl River Community College

Pearl River CC Athletics
 101 Highway 11 North Poplarville, MS 39470
NJCAA Mississippi Southeast
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Henrik Madsen

Henrik Madsen enters his fifth season at the helm of the Pearl River women's soccer program in 2023.


In 2022, Madsen's Wildcats proved to be one of the top programs in the country, finishing 14-2-2 with a ranking as high as ninth nationally. Pearl River was ranked in all 10 editions of the NJCAA rankings. The Wildcats featured a stifling that allowed just 11 goals all season. PRCC made it into the Region 23 semifinals.


The 2021 campaign saw Madsen and his Wildcats break into the NJCAA rankings at No. 17 and eventually finish with an 8-6-2 record. The Wildcats were just one win shy of making their way into the Region 23 Tournament final.


In a truncated 2020 season, Madsen led the Wildcats to a 6-4-4 record.


Madsen had a fantastic debut at Pearl River in 2019, leading the Wildcats to a MACJC South Division title.


Madsen came to Pearl River fresh off of leading Gulfport to back-to-back MHSAA Class 6A State Championships. The Denmark native has three MHSAA state championships to his resume, plus another title from his time at Dominican High in New Orleans.


A native of Denmark, Madsen brings a diverse soccer background to Poplarville.


Madsen got his coaching start at Dominican High in New Orleans, where he won a championship in 2007 and was named the Louisiana High School Coach of the Year the same season. Following the 2008 season Madsen joined the staff at William Carey University. The Crusaders made their first Elite 8 appearance with Madsen serving as Danny Owens’ assistant, mostly working with strikers.


In 2009, Madsen joined the Gulfport School District as a teacher and a year later took over as head coach of the Admirals’ boys soccer program. During the next nine seasons, Madsen built a 136-51-15 overall record with state championships in 2010, ’18 and ’19. Following the Admirals’ most recent state title, which saw GHS climb to No. 5 in MaxPreps.com’s national rankings, Madsen was named the Mississippi Association of Coaches Coach of the Year.


Overlapping with his time at William Carey and GHS, Madsen, who has a United States Soccer Federation B License, has also been the Assistant Director of Coaching at Gulf Coast United FC since 2008. Part of his responsibilities with GCU included partnering with other organizations to challenge his players by sending local athletes to train with international professional clubs. He also ran summer and specialty camps and developed training programs, while leading his teams to two National Tournament berths.


Last January, Madsen was named the head coach of Port City FC, a men’s club in the Gulf Coast Premier League, and promptly led the Sounders to the franchise’s first GCPL title.


Madsen and his wife, Jennifer, have three children: Teddy, Iben and Bailey.

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Carl Blundell

Pearl River’s women’s soccer program bolstered its staff prior to the 2020-21 school year with the addition of Carl Blundell as its newest volunteer assistant.


Blundell joins PRCC’s staff after previously coaching at his alma mater, Belhaven.


“We are very excited about having Carl join our staff. Carl’s knowledge of the game and his ability to coach goalkeepers is a big plus for us,” PRCC head coach Henrik Madsen said. “He also brings national championship experience from his time at Tyler CC and Belhaven University to our group.”


The York, England, native certainly has a championship pedigree after winning back-to-back national championships at Tyler Junior College in 2010 and ’11. Blundell wasn’t done winning after moving on to the four-year level. A standout goalkeeper for Belhaven, Blundell was instrumental in the Blazers’ 2012 National Championship. During the season, Blundell logged 1,922 minutes in goal, allowing just 20 goals for a 0.94 goals against average. He turned away 75 shots and posted a 17-4-1 record with eight clean sheets. He punctuated his junior season by making four saves in a 2-0 win over Mobile for the championship, earning a spot on the National Championship All-Tournament Team.


The following season, Blundell earned 15 wins with eight shutouts, posting a .97 GAA in 2,132 minutes. He made 72 saves during his senior season.


Following his playing career, Blundell stepped into the coaching ranks at Belhaven.


Now Blundell will join the Wildcats as they look to make another run in the MACJC.


“It’s going to be brilliant,” he said. “Obviously, playing in Mississippi at Belhaven I’ve known about the junior colleges in the area and Pearl River being one of the better ones so I was excited to get the opportunity to come here.”


Blundell said the transition was an easy one after initially meeting Madsen while playing for the second-year Wildcat coach at Port City F.C. Blundell had previously played for the Panama City Pirates before joining PCFC.


“During the summer I worked with Henrik a little bit at Port City and so when he gave me the chance to work with him again it was a no brainer, really,” Blundell said. “I’m looking forward to working with him and bringing some continued success to the team.”


Blundell will focus on goaltenders but will also assist in other tactical and day-to-day operations.

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