Jeremy Evans hired as new LTCC women’s head soccer coach

After taking the South Tahoe High Varsity Girls Soccer team to back-to-back NIAA state championships, coach Jeremy Evans has left the program to become the new Lake Tahoe Community College women's head soccer coach.

LTCC found themselves without a women's coach after first year Coyote coach Christian DeLeon recently left the program to become the new women's head coach at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village.

Evans, a local writer, teacher as well as soccer coach, was the Nevada Coach of the Year twice. He compiled a 38-5-4 overall record (.810) and a 28-1-3 league record (.880) in his two years at South Tahoe High.

As an athlete, Evans played soccer at NCAA Division I Marquette University after transferring from Phoenix College, a nationally-ranked junior college program where he earned all-league honors as a sophomore. A former member of Arizona-based Cisco and Tucson United club programs, Evans helped his teams to multiple Arizona State Cup titles, a Nomads College Showcase title, and the Region IV semifinals. A two-year member of the Arizona ODP team, he also played semi-professionally in the Premier Development League.

Evans has a BA in Journalism from Marquette and an MA in Teaching from Sierra Nevada College. He's written two books: his first, In Search of Powder: A Story of America’s Disappearing Ski Bum, was released in 2010. A second book about surfing and environmentalism is due out later in 2015. Evans has also been an adjunct instructor in LTCC’s English Department for several years, primarily teaching Critical Reasoning: Writing the Research Paper.

In their inaugural 2014 season, the Coyote women’s team finished in second place in the Golden Valley conference, compiling an overall record of 10-6-5. After a tough first-round state playoff loss, they ended their season ranked #27 in the state out of 86 schools. That’s a solid foundation of success that Evans plans to build on. “My goals are to make the playoffs and continue to send players to the next level if that is their desire,” Evans said. “Recruiting to a community college in the mountains requires more creative thinking, but the reality is Lake Tahoe is one of the most beautiful places in the world, so there are players out there who would love to play college soccer here. Fortunately I have already begun to find them and will continue to find them to ensure we build off the success of last year’s team.”