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Cole Sweetser
Cole Sweetser is entering his fifth season (2021) as head coach of the men's soccer program.
Last season (2020) Sweetser helped guide his athletes on and off the field through the COVID-19 pandemic. The team garnered 4 wins including a 3-1 win over SAC rival Southwestern Assemblies of God in the season finale. Earlier in the season the same two teams had battled into double-overtime during a non-conference tilt. Mateja Jovanovic lifted the Rams to victory in that contest when he scored with just 33 seconds remaining in the second overtime period. Jovanovic, a freshman from Belgrade, Serbia was named 2nd-team All-SAC after tallying 8 goals and 2 assists as well as 3 multi-goal games. Nine Rams were named Academic All-SAC, while Robinson Mugisha was named an SAC Scholar-Athlete. In addition, the team was named an SAC Scholar-Team with a 3.01 cumulative GPA.
As head coach, Sweetser has produced four All-Conference selections, three NAIA Scholar-Athletes, 19 Academic All-Conference selections and three SAC Scholar-Athletes.
Sweetser served as an assistant coach for two season prior to rising to the position of head coach. In his two seasons as an assistant, the Rams posted 15 wins and produced two All-SAC selections, 29 members of the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, 15 Academic All-Conference selections, and five NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
Sweetser began his coaching career in Durango, CO, where he was named Coach of the Year as a Club coach in 2012 and 2013. He was also named Colorado Developmental Coach of the Year in 2013 by Colorado Youth Soccer. In Durango, he served as Assistant Director of Coaching and was a volunteer assistant at his alma mater, Fort Lewis College. Sweetser later served as an Assistant Coach for Colorado Mesa University and Technical Director for Western Slope Premier in Grand Junction, CO. While at CMU, he helped the Mavericks to their first ever conference championship and an NCAA Division II final four appearance.
A Texas native, Sweetser had an outstanding collegiate playing career at Fort Lewis under the direction of Head Coach Jeremy Gunn, who has since led Stanford to back-to-back NCAA Division I National Championships (2015, 2016), making him one of only four coaches to win national titles at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels.
Sweetser helped lead Fort Lewis to its first ever NCAA Division II National Championship (2005) with a record of 22-0-1. He was named 1st-team All-American that season, and at the time of his graduation, he ranked second in both school and conference history in career points (136) and goals (58). Sweetser is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer All-Century Team as well as the Fort Lewis College All-Sport All-Century Team.
Sweetser is a product of Richland High School (North Richland Hills, TX), where he was named District MVP and 1st-team All-State (5A). He received his degree in marketing from Fort Lewis College and holds USSF “C” license.
Sweetser at Texas Wesleyan
2020: 3-10-2, 1-7-1 SAC
Sweetser helped guide his athletes on and off the field through the COVID-19 pandemic. The team garnered 4 wins including a 3-1 win over SAC rival Southwestern Assemblies of God in the season finale. Earlier in the season the same two teams had battled into double-overtime during a non-conference tilt. Mateja Jovanovic lifted the Rams to victory in that contest when he scored with just 33 seconds remaining in the second overtime period. Jovanovic, a freshman from Belgrade, Serbia was named 2nd-team All-SAC after tallying 8 goals and 2 assists as well as 3 multi-goal games. Nine Rams were named Academic All-SAC, while Robinson Mugisha was named an SAC Scholar-Athlete. In addition, the team was named an SAC Scholar-Team with a 3.01 cumulative GPA.
2019: 4-15, 3-6 SAC
Senior forward Claudio Barraza earned All-SAC honors for the second straight year with a 2nd-team nod. He led the team with nine goals and 20 points in 17 games and recorded the game-winning goal in two of the team's four victories. Ten Rams were named Academic All-SAC while Claudio Barraza and Dieo Casas were named SAC Scholar-Athlete.
2018: 7-9-1, 3-5-1 SAC
The Rams got off to a 2-0 start with wins over Wiley and Howard Payne. Kian Hosseinpour earned a second consecutive NAIA Scholar-Athlete honor, while Claudio Barraza and Bastian Bloomenburg were named Academic All-SAC.
2017: 4-11-1, 2-7-1 SAC
Sweetser earned his first win on Sept. 1 when the Rams whalopped Jarvis Christian 14-0. The team later earned a 2-2 tie against a nationally rated John Brown team and their first SAC win came against St. Greogry's (1-0) on an overtime goal by Anthony Atiola on Oct. 14. Kian Hosseinpour and Yohan Shirazi were both named NAIA Scholar-Athlete while seven Rams were named Academic All-Conference: Jonathan Avila, Kian Hosseinpour, Ross McArthur, Luis Pumarejo, Hans Soland, Yohan Shirazi and Aries Vazquez.
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