Nate Kopunek begins his first season as an assistant coach for Georgia Southern men's soccer in 2018.
Kopunek joins the Eagles from Yale University, where he helped the Bulldogs to a third-place finish in the Ivy League in 2017, its best finish since the 2005 season, as the team's Director of Operations and Player Personnel. The Bulldogs featured four All-Ivy League selections and also earned an NCAA APR Public Recognition award.
Prior to Yale, Kopunek spent four seasons at George Mason University, helping the Patriots to a No. 12 national ranking and a final RPI of 33 in 2014. George Mason featured one All-American and three All-Region performers in his time there, and the Patriots also had players signed by both the New England Revolution and the Philadelphia Union of MLS.
Kopunek also has extensive club experience, coaching on the AC Connecticut Jrs staff as well as Maryland United FC, the Baltimore Bays Chelsea USSF Development Academy and the Fewster FC club. He has also assisted with DC United game day operations since 2007.
A native of Annapolis, Md., Kopunek is a 2014 graduate of Towson, earning his bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in legal studies. He also holds a USSF National D License, a United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeping Level 1 Diploma and a United Soccer Coaches Special Topics Diploma: The Art of the Assistant.
