Jay Harris joined the women's soccer program in the spring of 2024 after spending six seasons leading the South Carolina-Beaufort Sand Sharks.

Harris led the Sand Sharks to a 62-44-6 record as they transitioned from the NAIA Sun Conference into the NCAA Division II Peachbelt Conference. The Sharks posted program-best records in three of his last four years, with four straight 10+ win seasons. In 2023, Harris led the women's soccer team to its best record in program history going 13-4-2, including a perfect 10-0 at home.

Harris is a former professional soccer player in Europe, Asia and United States. Along with his playing career, he coached semi-professional soccer in California, where he recently won the United Women's Soccer League in 2016 with the Santa Clarita Blue Heat. While coaching with the Blue Heat, he led them to back-to-back Western Conference titles and the national runner-up in 2017.

Jay Harris' Career Coaching Record

Years

School

W-L-T

Pct.

2018

USC-Beaufort

8-9-1

.463

2019

USC-Beaufort

9-8-0

.529

2020-21

USC-Beaufort

11-8-1

.567

2021

USC-Beaufort

10-8-1

.544

2022

USC-Beaufort

11-7-1

.596

2023

USC-Beaufort

13-4-2

.719

United Women’s Soccer (UWS) is a national pro-am league composed of professionally operated clubs within the United States and Canada. UWS provides high level competition for college players, aspiring and former professionals, and international stars. UWS is the second-highest league for women's soccer in the US.

Harris has made stops at several top colleges as an assistant coach, including Catawba and Webber International. He also spent several years working overseas in Thailand, Norway and Hungary.

He holds his United Soccer Coaches' Premiere diploma, United States Soccer Federation C License and is studying for his CSCS to become a certified strength and conditioning specialist.

Harris earned his bachelor's from Tusculum in business management in 2005 and his master’s in exercise science from Concordia-Irvine in 2018.