Kurt Albrecht enters his third season as assistant coach at Lamar University. Albrecht comes to Beaumont after stops at Augustana College, Elmhurst University, St. Ambrose, Illinois College and Millsaps College. 

The 2023 season saw a second straight Southland Conference championship for the Cardinals in both the regular season and the tournament, the first time any SLC team achieved this feat since the conference's inception. LU posted a 15-3-3 record overall and went undefeated in the conference at 9-0-1. Albrecht  would help the program have a best 10 all-conference winners including first teamers Arely Alaniz (Defender of the Year), Alana Clark (Midfielder of the Year), Hollie Massey (Player of the Year), Nicole Panis (Goalkeeper of the Year), Cariel Ellis, Kaisa Juvonen, and Isela Ramirez along with second teamers Caragan Childs, Trinity Clark, and Maddie Janolo. LU would also receive national awards from Top Drawer Soccer for Panis (Player and National Team of the Week) and Cariel Ellis (College Soccer News Team of the Week) following a memorable 1-0 upset win over No.17 Xavier marking the first time ever LU had defeated a nationally ranked program. The Cardinals qualified for the NCAA Tournament losing to Texas in the first round. 

In his first season at Lamar, Albrecht helped guide the Cardinals to a 15-2-2 record overall and the double by winning both the Southland Conference regular season title with a 10-1-1 record and the conference tournament. The Cardinals set a new record for the best start in program history going 9-0-1, which bested the previous mark in the spring of 2021. This team included six all-conference first teamers (Arely Alaniz, Cariel Ellis, Kaisa Juvonen, Christine Kitaru, Nicole Panis, and Isela Ramirez) and one second teamer (Trinity Clark). Alaniz would be named defensive player of the year while Panis, who broke the school record for wins and shutouts, was selected as goalkeeper of the year. LU reached the NCAA Tournament losing to LSU in the first round. 

Arriving to Beaumont from Jackson, Miss., Albrecht was the head men's soccer coach of NCAA DIII Millsaps College for three seasons. While there, he guided the Majors to the SAA Conference Tournament semifinals and coached four All-Conference team honorees including Second Team All-SAA Brett Judd and Jacks Dowdy. 

Before Millsaps, Albrecht served as head coach of the Blueboys of Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illi., from 2015-2019. He finished his tenure as the second all-time winningest coach in program history. 

Albrecht was a graduate assistant and JV head coach at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa from 2012-14 on the NAIA circuit. During his three seasons with the Fighting Bees, he helped coached the varsity team to their first winning season in five seasons as well as leading them to their first conference tournament final. 

Prior to SAU, Albrecht was an assistant coach for two NCAA DIII programs. First, he was an assistant coach to Augustana College's women's soccer team from 2008-2009 leading them to a program-tying 15 wins in the season. Then, from 2009-12, he took part as assistant coach for the men's soccer program at Elmhurst University in which he guided them to the program's first ever conference championship and appearance in the NCAA Tournament. He was also able to coach All-American goalkeeper John Reglin. 

For a few summers, Albrecht was part of summer camp on the campuses of Texas A&M, Northwestern, and Indiana University. Albrecht also spent time coaching professionally as the assistant coach of the Quad City Eagles and head coach of Palm City FC of the Women's Premier Soccer League and the Cape Coral Hurricanes of the National Premier Soccer League. In addition, Albrecht brings in club level coaching experience including stints as U17 and U18 head coach of the Mississippi Rush and the U16 Cape Coral Cyclones that were crowned Disney Champions. 

Albrecht played college soccer at Depaul University for two seasons before finishing at Augustana College. 

Albrecht has a master's degree in Organizational Leadership from St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa to go along with a BA degree in Psychology from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illi. He also has a National "C" License from the U.S Soccer Federation and the NSCAA Advanced National Diploma. 

He is married to Elaina and the two have a son named Dekker.