Ian Brophy is in his third season as the Northwestern State soccer coach.
In his second season, he guided the Demons to five more wins than he did in his first season, leading NSU to a fourth-place finish in the Southland Conference and a second consecutive berth in the conference tournament semifinals.
During the 2024 season, he coached three Demons to the SLC All-Conference team, including a pair—Taylor Spitzer and Emily Senatore—making the first team.
Spitzer scored six goals and dished out four assists for 16 points, the second-highest total in the league.
Overall, NSU scored 35 goals, the second-most in the conference and cracking the top 10 in program history for a single season.
In his first season in Natchitoches, , Brophy led the program to the SLC Tournament semifinals and nearly knocked off top-seeded Lamar. He did that despite losing 16 players from the 2022 team and inheriting no recruits committed to NSU when he took over.
NSU was playing its best down the stretch, not losing in regulation in any of its final five contests, going 2-0-3 during that span, earning a No. 4 seed in the SLC Tournament.
In his first year, he coached an all-conference selection in Spitzer, who scored four goals and recorded nine points.
Brophy came to NSU from Mount Olive (NC) where he led the Trojans to a 13-5 record and the Conference Carolinas regular season crown in his only season as the person in charge, going 11-1 during league play.
