Assistant Coach Nick Noble

NICK NOBLE

PERSONAL

BORN: HOMETOWN ALMA MATER:

September 1, 1984 Damascus, Maryland West Virginia, 2018

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

2003-06 2007-09 2009 2010-11 2012-17

West Virginia (NCAA) Chicago Fire (MLS) Austin Aztex (USL) Ljungskile SK (Superettan) Harrisburg City Islanders (USL) COACHING EXPERIENCE

2018-PRESENT

West Virginia Assistant Coach

PLAYING HONORS

2005

All-Big East Second Team 2006 First Team All-America, NSCAA 2006 Second Team All-America, College Soccer News 2006 All-Northeast Region First Team, NSCAA 2006 Big East Goalkeeper of the Year 2006 All-Big East First Team 2012 USL Goalkeeper of the Year award nominee 2013 USL All-League Second Team POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE

WEST VIRGINIA – PLAYER 2005 NCAA Tournament Second Round 2006 NCAA Tournament Second Round 2006 Big East Regular Season Champions

CHICAGO FIRE 2007 2008 2009 Conference Finals Conference Finals Conference Finals

HARRISBURG CITY ISLANDERS 2012 2013 2014 Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Finals

WEST VIRGINIA – COACH 2018 2018 NCAA Tournament Second Round MAC Regular Season Champions

NICK NOBLE

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Former West Virginia University men’s soccer All-America goalkeeper Nick Noble returned to WVU as an assistant coach in 2018 and is entering his third season at his alma mater.

Noble, a First Team All-American in 2006, set numerous school records as a Mountaineer. He joined the WVU staff following an 11-year professional career. As a four-year starter in goal at WVU from 2003-06, Noble set 17 career or single-season program records.

In 2019, West Virginia finished with a 10-9-2 mark, which included the program’s first MAC Tournament title and second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Mountaineers reached the NCAA Second Round for the second year in a row and eighth time in program history.

Ranked as high as No. 19 nationally at one point in the season, WVU was represented on the All-MAC Team by senior defender Sebastian Garcia-Herreros. Junior goalkeeper Steven Tekesky was named the MVP Tournament MVP, the first Mountaineer to ever garner the award. He was joined by three others – Josh DiMatteo, Ryan Kellogg and Luke McCormick – on the All-Tournament Team. Tekesky finished with 1,936 minutes played, good for No. 14 in the country, and had six shutouts.

Additionally, nine Mountaineers made the Academic All-MAC Team, as the squad earned the Team Academic Award for the 12th straight season.

Noble helped guide the Mountaineers to a MAC regular-season title and NCAA Tournament appearance in

2018, his first season back in Morgantown. With a 14-7-0 record and a 5-0-0 mark in conference play, West Virginia was one win shy of the tying the program record and one of just two teams in the country to record a 1.000 winning percentage in conference play.

WVU finished the season in the top 25 in each of the major poll’s final rankings, coming in as high as No. 17. The record-setting 2018 campaign for West Virginia included 51 assists and 129 shots on goal, both program bests. WVU’s 21 matches played and 135 total points were tied for thirdmost in school history.

Under Noble’s guidance, Tekesky was named to the All-MAC First Team. He finished No. 11 in the country in total saves (86) and No. 16 in minutes played (1,891:37), while he led the conference in save percentage (.761) and saves per game (4.10). Tekesky’s 14 wins were tied for No. 2 in a single season in program

history, his 21 starts and matches played were both tied for No. 3 and his 1,891:37 minutes ranked No. 5 all-time.

A Damascus, Maryland, native, Noble’s professional career began in Major League Soccer as a first-round pick in the supplemental draft by the Chicago Fire in 2007. He spent the 2009 season with the Austin Aztex of the United Soccer League before playing in 59 matches from 2010-11 for Swedish Superettan team Ljungskile SK.

In 2012, Noble signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS before joining the Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL. He played in 122 career matches with the Islanders from 2012-17, and was a 2012 USL Goalkeeper of the Year award nominee and 2013 All-League Second Team.

In an illustrious Mountaineer career, Noble was named a First Team National Soccer Coaches Association All-American and a Second Team All-American by College Soccer News as a senior in 2006, and added Big East Goalkeeper of the Year accolades. In his career, he also was a two-time All-Big East honoree and earned six weekly Big East accolades.

Noble easily holds the Mountaineer record for career wins, with 45, while his 15 victories in 2006 also is No. 1. Noble’s 12 wins in 2004 tied a program record at the time, while his 13 victories in 2005 gave him sole possession of the record before he broke it again the following season. Noble set a then-WVU record with a 0.79 goals-against average as a sophomore in 2004, a mark he eclipsed as a senior with a 0.63 in 2006. His 1.02 goals-against average in 2005 was fourth-best at the time and still ranks in the top 10 in the WVU record books. Noble’s career goals-against average of 0.88 set a program record.

His 302 career saves rank No. 3 alltime. The total was highlighted by 91 saves in 2005, which ranks No. 10 in a single season in team history. Noble’s save percentage of .864 in 2006 ranked No. 4 all-time, while his .812 career save percentage also was fourth-best in WVU history.

Noble concluded his career ranked No. 1 all-time with 34 shutouts, highlighted by a then-school-record 12 in 2005 and another 11 in 2006.

Noble still ranks No. 1 in team history in matches played, starts and minutes played in 2005, with 23 starts and 2,120 minutes, while he concluded his career ranked No. 1 with 79 matches played, 77 starts and 7,135 minutes in his career.