Season 3: Episode 14: Chris Haught - Thompson, @CoachCHTVMI




"On the Touchline" - Football/Soccer Podcast show

Summary: <p><a href="https://twitter.com/CoachCHTVMI">Chris Haught-Thompson</a> will be entering his second season as head coach of the VMI women’s soccer program after being named to the position on February 1, 2019.</p> <p>The name is familiar to program supporters as Haught-Thompson served as an assistant to recently departed VMI head coach Chris Bergmann for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. He returns to VMI after serving for two seasons as the head coach of the women’s soccer program at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.</p> <p>At Knox College, Haught-Thompson led the Prairie Fire to a 27-11-5 record over two seasons, winning two MWC regular season and two tournament championships to earn berths to the 2017 and 2018 NCAA D-III Tournaments. Named the 2018 MWC Coach of the Year, he led two All-Region and seven All-Conference players including a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and 2018 Newcomer of the Year.</p> <p>He was in charge of running all areas of the program including budget management, recruiting, scouting and training. Haught-Thompson also developed the camp system at Knox including a high school prospect camp and a youth summer camp.</p> <p>As an assistant at VMI from January 2015 to February 2017, he helped the Keydets to a 14-25-2 record over the two seasons as he assisted Bergmann in all facets of practice, game and travel preparation. Haught-Thompson gained valuable experience with scholarship management and other administrative duties as well as recruiting, in-game evaluation, scouting opponents and designing off-season fitness regiments.</p> <p>Prior to coaching his first stint at VMI he served as the assistant men’s soccer coach at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, for three seasons (2012-2014). He also served as an assistant on the women’s soccer team at Lake Forest during his third year at the school. On top of coaching at Lake Forest he served as a head coach for the Lincolnshire Lightning Soccer Club in nearby Lincolnshire.</p> <p>He is USSF licensed.</p> <p>Haught-Thompson earned a Master of Science in Sports Management from California University of Pennsylvania in 2015 and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Lake Forest College in 2012.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC660y4KAUVqmMmOT8YBdLjA/featured?view_as=subscriber" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WE HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL!!!!!</a></p> <p>We have a new partner for 2020 -<a href="https://www.manscaped.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Manscaped.</a> Use the PROMO CODE: OTTL at checkout and save 20% on your order plus receive free shipping.</p> <p>Listen to the show on these platforms:</p> <p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-touchline-soccer-podcast/id1445550864?mt=2" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-24/on-the-touchline" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher </a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6quOJUdMiRaH2Zpqu4mcBR" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83YzYxZTUwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a> <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/On-the-Touchline---Soccer-Podcast-p1185713/?topicId=129243440" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TuneIn Radio</a></p> <p>Please be sure to share the podcast with those in the soccer community by tagging me or Aaron Rodgers on Instagram and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SoccerCoachJB" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SoccerCoachJB</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/OHIOSoccerCoach" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@OhioSoccerCoach</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthetouchline/message