Head Men's Soccer Coach
Andy Hoggarth

Andy Hoggarth is beginning his first season as the head coach of the men's soccer program at Thiel.

Hoggarth, a native of Stockton on Tees, England, comes to Thiel from Shenandoah University, where he spent the past two seasons as an assistant with the men's program. He was named the associate head coach prior to the 2006 season.

Hoggarth, a 2003 graduate of Northumbria University in New Castle, England, earned a bachelors of arts degree in sports science and recently completed his masters degree in health and physical education at Shenandoah.

In England Hoggarth spent time in the youth development program as a goalkeeper with professional clubs Middlesbrough FC and Preston North End FC before playing semi-professionally for a number of years. In 2001 he was a member of the Whitley Bay FC that won the FA Vase. He currently holds an English FA coaching certificate.