Women's Soccer
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- Chance.Chapman@sfasu.edu
- Phone:
- 936-468-4207
Chance Chapman begins his second season with the SFA soccer team in 2019 as an assistant coach after spending one season as a volunteer assistant coach in 2018. In Chapman's first season with the team, the Ladyjacks posted a 7-9-3 regular season record before making a strong run in the 2018 Southland Conference Tournament, knocking off two higher seeded teams and earning a title game berth.
Prior to joining SFA, Chapman served as the Head Coach (2018) and Associate Head Coach (2017-2015) of the boy’s soccer team at Nacogdoches ISD, where he helped guide the Dragons to a 47-29-11 record in four seasons. Additionally, Chapman helped guide his squads to a pair of District championships in 2016 and 2017, three area championships from 2015-18, and has never finished lower than second in the district with the team.
Prior to his coaching days, Chapman was a four-year player at Northwood University, where he was named Red River Conference Goalkeeper of the Year in 2002 and guided his team to a conference championship and runner-up finish in the conference tournament. During his playing career, Chapman took up coaching within the Dallas Texans club organization, serving as the goalkeepers coach there from 2002-2006.
In recent years, Chapman served as the head coach for Angelina F.C, a soccer club that helped place seven players into college soccer programs during his four-year stay there from 2009-13. Most recently, Chapman has coached the with Texas Pines Soccer Club from 2016 to the present, and is currently the coach for the ‘07 and ‘10 boy’s squads.
A native of Lufkin, Texas, Chapman earned a bachelors degree in entertainment and sports management from Northwood in 2006, and owns a USSF “D” License. He lives in Nacogdocheswith his fiance, Marissa, and a pair of twin daughters, Skylerand Violet.
