Jaxsen Wirth joined the SIUE men's soccer staff as an assistant coach and goalkeeper coach in August 2023. A native of Houston, Texas, Wirth spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach for Mars Hill. He previously had been promoted at Mars Hill from graduate assistant coach to assistant coach.

During his tenure at Mars Hill, the program held a 19-13-5 record that included back-to-back winning seasons as well as consecutive appearances in the conference tournament, a feat that hadn’t been accomplished in nearly a decade for the Mountain Lions. In 2021, the Lion’s reached the South Atlantic Conference tournament final narrowly losing in conference championship game in overtime. 

Wirth helped guide multiple student-athletes to various individual accolades, including goalkeeper Brennan Whalen to win multiple South Atlantic Conference defensive players of the week as well as preseason all-conference. Additionally, Peter Plougmand took his successful freshman campaign and jumped another level with Wirth’s guidance as he added 12 goals to his record and received numerous postseason awards, including first team All-Southeast Region.  

As a player, Wirth played for some of the top clubs in the country before beginning his college career at Charleston (West Virginia) in the fall of 2018. During his three years for the Golden Eagles, the program finished in the top five each season nationally for goals against average. His team won the NCAA Division II national championship in 2019. 

He graduated from Charleston (2021) with summa cum laude honors in only three years. He completed the Mars Hill master’s in Management Cohort (2022), graduating with distinguished honors. 

Wirth went on to play semi-professionally in 2019, helping lead the High Plain Drifters to a UPSL National Quarterfinal. 

He holds a US Soccer C License and is working the US Soccer License ladder.