Chris Adams
Head Coach

cadams@ngcsu.edu

706-867-2849

Chris Adams is in his seventh season at the helm of the women's soccer program at North Georgia College & State University in 2009-10. He is the third head coach in the program's nine-year history.

Last season, Adams' squad finished 8-7-2 overall and 5-3 in the Peach Belt Conference to finish fourth in the league, the programs highest finish since entering the NCAA four years ago. North Georgia also hosted their first-ever NCAA postseason game in 2008, falling 2-0 to Armstrong Atlantic in the first round of the PBC Tournament.

In 2007, Adams' team finished with a record of 7-9-1 and a birth in the Peach Belt Conference tournament.

In 2006, just their second season of competition at the NCAA Division II level last season, Adams led the Lady Saints to an 8-8-2 record and a sixth-place finish in the conference race. The Lady Saints also placed three players on the All-Conference team, the most in the program's history.

Adams led the Lady Saints to their first-ever victory as a member of the NCAA Division II, when they defeated Georgia Southwestern 7-0 on October 5, 2005. He later led the Lady Saints to the first-ever Peach Belt Conference victory, defeating the University of South Carolina-Aiken 3-1 on October 15, 2005.

Adams joined the coaching staff as head men's and women's soccer coach in 2003.  In two seasons at the helm of the men's program, Adams led North Georgia to a 19-17-2 mark and was named the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Coach of the Year in 2004. He led the Saints to a third place finish in the conference and their first NAIA Regional Tournament appearance in the program's history. As the head women's soccer coach, Adams guided the team to a 12-8-2 record in 2004 and a fourth place finish in the Southern States Athletic Conference, with a 7-4-0 record.

Adams began his coaching career in 1995 while an undergraduate at the University of Georgia (UGA), where he helped build the first women's soccer team. In the first year of competition, the Lady Bulldogs went 10-5-3 overall and posted a 3-3-2 mark in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In his three seasons with Georgia, The Lady Bulldogs compiled a 39-19-4 overall record and a 14-8-2 record in SEC play.

Following graduation Adams took a job at Jacksonville State University (AL) as the head assistant coach. He returned to his hometown of Athens in 1999 to manage the soccer program at the YWCO. After directing the program for two years, Adams began teaching at Clarke Central High School in Athens, where he coached the boy's and girl's soccer teams, and taught health and physical education.

Adams received a B.S. degree, from the University of Georgia in 1998, in Physical Education and Health with a Coaching Emphasis.  He is currently pursuing his M.Ed. in Health at the University of Alabama. 

He holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) National "A" License, a USSF National Youth License, and a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Advanced National License.

Jonathan Harvey
Assistant Coach

jeharvey@ngcsu.edu

706-867-2849

Jonathan Harvey is in his fourth year as the assistant women's soccer coach and goalkeeper coach for North Georgia College & State University in 2009-10.

In 2008, Harvey coached goalkeeper Jessica English to a record of 6-6-2 while the sophomore posted a goals against average of 1.22 and a save percentage of .761. English recorded four shutouts on the year while stopping 54 shots on goal.

Harvey is also involved in the Olympic Development Program for Georgia, including the 92 Girls Team.  Harvey has also been on staff at Clemson Soccer Camp, Georgia Soccer Camp, and Western Carolina Soccer Camps. He is currently coaching at Atlanta Soccer Academy.

Harvey played his high school soccer for current head coach Chris Adams at Clarke Central High School. He also played his collegiate soccer at Oglethorpe University. Following college Harvey joined the Navy, where he served for 5 years, including 2 combat tours in the Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Harvey holds coaching licenses from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (National Goalkeeping Diploma Level III) and the United States Soccer Federation (National"C" license).

Chaz Frisco
Assistant Coach





Chaz Frisco is in his second year as an assistant women's soccer coach for North Georgia College & State University in 2009-10.

Frisco holds a class B coaching license from the United State Soccer Federation, and a National Youth License.

Frisco received his Masters in Fine Arts, Ceramics from Wichita State State University and was an assistant coach at Friends University.

Nikki Greene
Manager