Jeroen Hofstede enters his seventh season as Assistant Coach for the Men's Soccer team in 2024. 

During the 2023 season, the Raptors had its best season, winning six games in a season since the 2016 season. Also, the Raptors earned their first points in the Liberty League with the tie against Vassar College. It was the first Liberty League points for the Raptors since the tie against Hobart in 2017. It also marks the first shutout in program history against Vassar after 23 matches since 1994. 

Coach Hofstede holds his EUFA C License from the KNVB Academy in the Netherlands. He served as Director for the Dutch Elite Soccer Academy, Director of Coaching for Hyde Park Soccer Club, and Head Coach at Red Hook Soccer Club. Most recently, he was a goalkeeper coach at Division I Marist College.

Hofstede is a native of the Netherlands, where he was named Top Regional Goalie as a youth player. He was invited for the National Championships for Goalies, run by Frans Hoek, former goalkeeper coach of Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, and the Dutch National team. Hofstede was named runner-up in his age group, making him the second-best goalie in the Netherlands. 

Following his youth career, Hofstede became a professional Futsal player at age 16. In the same year, Hofstede began his coaching career, taking over the U10 team of his town club. After only one season, he was named coach of the top U11 team at his club. In his last year in the Netherlands, at the age of 23, he coached the U18 team to their first 1st Division championship in club history.

Hofstede is a licensed referee and a certified elementary school teacher in the Netherlands.

Hofstede is currently married to wife, Kate and has three children, Peter, Victoria and Xavi.