Henry Zapata is in his second season as the associate head coach with the Texas State soccer team.

In his first year in San Marcos, he helped coach the Bobcats to a 12-win season and tie atop the Sun Belt Conference West Division standings.TXST netted 28 goals in the campaign, the most for the team since 2018.

Zapata comes to San Marcos from Iowa State where he was the Cyclones assistant coach and recruiting coordinator since January 2021. After he joined the program, ISU went undefeated in its final five games of the season for the longest streak since 2010.

Prior to working with the Cyclones, Zapata served as the associate head coach at Lamar for four years under Holeman. He helped guide the Cardinals to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and the three winningest seasons (2017, 2018, 2019) in program history, including a historic 18-win campaign in 2017.

Zapata was tasked with implementing the tactical and technical training for his defenders with the Cardinals. Under his watch, his defense had the best goals against average in program history at 0.90 during the 2017 campaign. His work with defenders Marie Lund and Amelia Fullmer, as well as goalkeeper Lauren Lovejoy, helped the trio earn All-Southland Conference honors.

Before arriving in Beaumont, Texas, Zapata worked at Elon where he served as an assistant coach in 2015. With the Phoenix, he was responsible for the training for all goalkeepers that led to 421-scorless streak and four consecutive shutouts for the first time in the program's Division I era.

Zapata spent two years as an assistant coach at Georgia, helping the Bulldogs post a 22-15-3 record in that time and advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 that saw the team ranked as high as No. 14 in the nation. With UGA, he worked with forwards and midfielders in 2014 on technical and tactical concepts that led to three attacking players receiving All-SEC accolades. The previous year saw Zapata train the goalkeepers in which the Bulldogs recorded 11 shutouts including eight straight.

Zapata has also served on the staffs at the College of Charleston and Illinois. He coached club soccer in South Carolina and Illinois as well.

Zapata earned his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism in 2008 and a master's degree in sport management in 2011, both from Illinois. He holds a USSF National "B" coaching license.