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Daniel Mohsen
Associate Head Coach
dmohsen@gsu.edu
(404) 413-4002
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Daniel Mohsen was elevated to Associate Head Coach of the men's soccer program in 2023 after six years as the assistant coach.
He will enter his seventh season with the Panthers this fall for year two in the new look Sun Belt Conference. In 2022 the Panthers entered back into the Sun Belt Conference with elite soccer programs such as, Kentucky, Marshall, Coastal Carolina, West Virginia, and South Carolina. He helped lead the Panthers to a 6-0-1 start to the season and 4-2-2 in conference. The Panthers ended the season third behind Kentucky and just one point behind Marshall, in the conference.
Mohsen was the assistant coach at Georgia State since the 2017 season helping build a program that has reached the Sun Belt Conference Championship Game every year during his tenure. Mohsen came to Georgia State following a one-year stint at Piedmont College.
In a crazy off season which included a conference change to the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Mohsen helped lead the Panthers to their seventh consecutive trip to a Conference Tournament Championship Game in 2021. This would be Georgia State's first ever MAC Championship game, and despite falling to Northern Illinois in double overtime in the tournament final, the team received an at -large berth to the NCAA Tournament and traveled to take on Charlotte in Charlotte, NC. History was made in the Queen City when they secured their first ever NCAA postseason tournament win in thrilling fashion 1-0.
The history making season came to an end at Georgetown in the second round of the NCAA tournament, but not before receiving many individual accolades. George Proctor and Gunther Rankenburg earned All-MAC First Team honors, while Ross Finnie and Ethan Sassine garnered All-MAC Second Team recognition. Proctor, Rankenburg, and Finnie also were named to the 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Team.
Despite a once in 100-year pandemic, Mohsen helped lead the 2020 squad to a 9-2-2 record, including a 5-0 start which was the best in school history. The Panthers earned a sixth-consecutive trip to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship – the first team in league history to accomplish the feat – before falling in penalty kicks to Coastal Carolina.
In 2019, Mohsen helped lead the Panthers to their fifth consecutive trip to the Sun Belt Tournament Championship before falling just shy of earning a second straight Sun Belt title and trip to the NCAA Tournament after a loss in PKs to Coastal Carolina. During the regular season, he helped coach Georgia State to a 6-0-3 start to the year, setting a program record for most matches to start a season without a loss.
In his second year as an assistant at Georgia State, Mohsen was a part of a coaching staff that guided GSU to the 2018 NCAA Tournament after claiming its first Sun Belt regular season and conference tournament championship in program history. During the regular season, the team put together a six-game winning streak -- a feat that had not been accomplished by the program in over 30 years – and finished undefeated in conference play for the first time since 1989. Under the direction of Mohsen and the rest of the coaching staff, seven student-athletes earned All-Conference honors, the most among all teams in the Sun Belt.
In his first season with GSU, Mohsen helped coach a Panthers team that outscored its opponents 36-21 and reached the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship before falling to Coastal Carolina. Mohsen and the rest of the coaching staff had seven players earn All-Conference honors, the most among all teams in the league. He also helped coach the team to a 2-1 road overtime victory over No. 2 Wake Forest, the highest-ranked win in program history.
Prior to his year at Piedmont College, Mohsen served as a graduate assistant coach at NAIA member school William Penn. While with William Penn, Mohsen served as the program's interim head coach during the spring of 2015 and oversaw all aspects of the program. Beginning with the Statesmen in 2014, he spent two seasons with the team where he helped them to a combined 15-17-5 overall record and a 3rd place conference finish in 2014.
The Statesmen saw six All-Conference selections during Mohsen's time with the program and also had one player named to the NSCAA Scholar All-North/Central Region Team in the College Division. Assisting with the recruitment for the program, Mohsen headed up the reserves at William Penn as well helped to build a roster of nearly 60 players.
Prior to beginning his collegiate coaching career, Mohsen played for Limestone College, a NCAA Division II member institution located in Gaffney, South Carolina. He helped the Saints to a Conference Carolinas Tournament championship in his senior year, as well as helping the team to a regular season co-championship.
The Saints defeated top-seeded Erskine to win the 2013 conference tournament and move to No. 13 in the nation. The team finished the season with a 15-4 record and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 Seed in the Southeast Regional bracket.
The Conference Carolinas titles were the second straight for Limestone, as the Saints also took home 2012 tournament title and regular season co-champion title. Mohsen appeared in 37 games for the Saints and tallied a pair of assists and four goals during his sophomore year.
At the beginning of his collegiate playing career, Mohsen spent the summers of 2011 and 2012 polishing his playing skills by competing in the PDL with the Springfield Demize the summer after playing for the Georgia Revolution of the NPSL. Additionally, he served on the Soccer Experience Camp Staff with Nuno Piteira held at Reinhardt University in the summers from 2012 to 2014.
Spending time on the summer camp circuit as a coach, Mohsen worked camps at Division I institutions Creighton University (Nebraska) and Clemson. Creighton has appeared in 22 of the last 23 NCAA Tournaments, making appearances in the College Cup (Final Four) on five different occasions while Clemson has advanced to the NCAA Tournament four out of the past five seasons.
Mohsen is familiar with the Georgia soccer scene, playing at Brookwood High School as a four-year starter and an All-State selection with the Broncos. He played club soccer for GSA and helped the 92 R3PL team to three-consecutive state championships.
Mohsen earned an NSCAA National Diploma and an NSCAA Advanced Diploma, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Limestone College in May of 2014. He completed his Masters in Business Leadership in May of 2016.
In the spring of 2019, Mohsen received his Premier Diploma from United Soccer Coaches, the organization's highest technical award. Since that time, Daniel has also completed the following:
USSF D License in August 2021
Scottish FA Level 1 in Talent Identification in August 2021
FAW C Certificate (FA of Wales) in February 2022
United Soccer Coaches Performance Analysis – Level 1 in April 2022
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