Chris Flint took over the head coaching reins of the Johnson & Wales (RI) University women’s soccer program prior to the start of the 2015 campaign. During that span, the Wildcats have posted a winning percentage of .737 (109-36-9) and won three-straight Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships (2019; 2021-22).

In 2022, the Wildcats won a program-record 19 games, their third-straight GNAC title, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third-consecutive season, where they suffered a 3-1 loss at RIT. Along the way, Flint picked up his 100th career win at JWU – a 5-0 shutout win against Norwich, the final in a stretch of nine-consecutive shutout victories.

A total of eight student-athletes were named to GNAC All-Conference teams in 2022 while two earned spots on the All-Rookie Team. Jordan Restivo, meanwhile, won her second-consecutive GNAC Offensive Player of the Year award and went on to become the first student-athlete in program history to earn All-America honors. Emily DeRoehn, meanwhile, was tabbed GNAC Defensive POY.

The 2021 campaign saw JWU capture its second-consecutive conference title behind Offensive POY Restivo, who headlined the list of seven GNAC All-Conference honorees and three All-Rookie Team selections. Flint guided the Wildcats to a then program-record 17 wins, outscoring opponents 9-0 in three GNAC tournament matches. He collected his 250th win as a head coach against St. Joseph’s (ME) on October 23.

Flint guided JWU to its first conference title since 2005 with a one-goal win over the Monks in the 2019 GNAC Championship match. The Wildcats closed that season with 16 wins and were led by GNAC Offensive POY Olivia Cairrao, who went on to graduate as the program’s all-time leading scorer before Restivo surpassed her in 2022. Four student-athletes were named to the GNAC First Team while three more earned a spot on the Third Team.

The Wildcats won 14 matches in 2018 and advanced to the GNAC Semifinals, led by GNAC First Team pick Cairrao. Restivo, meanwhile, became the fourth-straight JWU student-athlete to earn Rookie of the Year honors, joining Cairrao (2017), Colleen Lynch (2016), and Deja Hursey (2015).

In just his third season at JWU, Flint led the Wildcats to their first GNAC Championship match in more than a decade in 2017. The team won 16 of their 21 matches behind ROY Cairrao and GNAC Defensive Player of the Year Kali Trunca. One year earlier, the Wildcats posted a 15-3-3 record, highlighted by a then school-record 10 match winning streak. Lynch was tabbed GNAC Rookie of the Year and Nadine Simpson snared Defensive POY honors.

JWU was picked to finish in seventh place during Flint’s first season on the Harborside Campus in 2015. The Wildcats responded by posting a 9-1-1 GNAC record (12-8-1 overall) as seven student-athletes received All-GNAC honors. For his efforts, Flint was named GNAC Coach of the Year.

Prior to his arrival at JWU, Flint spent 15 seasons as the head coach at Bryant University, where he guided the Bulldogs to three NCAA Tournament appearances (2001, 2006, 2007). He was named Northeast-10 and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Coach of the Year awards in 2001 and 2007, a season where he guided the Bulldogs to a single-season record 17 wins.

Flint – who began his career with a four-year stint as the head coach at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (1996-99) – holds a United Soccer Coaches National, Advanced National and Premier Diploma’s coaching licenses. A 1992 graduate of Colby College, he went on the earn his Master’s Degree from Springfield College in 1995.

Flint resides in East Greenwich, Rhode Island with his wife, Karen, and sons Andrew (25) and Tucker (22).