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Head Coach Chris Cole

Chris Cole took over the reigns of the John Brown University men's soccer team in the summer of 2020 and enters his third season at the helm.

Cole spent the last 17 years at Grace International School (Chiang Mai, Thailand) as a coach, teacher and athletics director. While serving as the boy's soccer and boy's futsal head coach, he also served as middle school and religious studies (secondary) department head. While at Grace, the boy's soccer squad captured the Chiang Mai Athletic Conference (CMAC) tournament title 12 of the 14 years Cole manned the helm of the squad. As athletics director, Cole oversaw sport offerings from third through twelfth grade, including boy's and girl's soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming, cross country and badminton.

Before a two-year stint at Galatian Academy in Ankara, Turkey, Cole spent seven seasons at NCAA II Colorado Christian from 1989-96. After a pair of seasons as assistant coach, Cole took the reigns of the program for five years in Lakewood, Colo.

The tall center back wore the Blue and Gold for four seasons from 1984-87, appearing in 61 contests and racking up three goals and one assist (nine points) from the back line. The three-time NCCAA All-District selection led John Brown to a 35-26-9 (.658) record over the four seasons and helped the Golden Eagles to an NCCAA National Championship as a freshman. While he patrolled the back line, JBU allowed an 1.49 goals-against average during his collegiate career.

The 1987 JBU graudate earned a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism, and while coaching at Colorado Christian, completed his Master of Education at Regis University in 2003.

Cole and his wife, Kellie, reside in Siloam Springs and have three adult children: Jessica, Cameron '13 and Corey '16.