Damon Nahas
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File:UNC vs Davidson (Aug 2024) 36 (cropped).jpg Nahas with the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2024 | |||
| Team information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Current team | North Carolina Tar Heels (interim head coach) | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | NC State Wolfpack | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wilmington Hammerheads | |||
| Raleigh Capital Express | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Cardinal Gibbons | ||
| Cary Clarets | |||
| 2007–2009 | Carolina Railhawks (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2014 | USYNT U-15 | ||
| 2014 | USYNT U-17 (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2021 | North Carolina Tar Heels (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2024 | North Carolina Tar Heels (associate) | ||
| 2024– | North Carolina Tar Heels (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Damon Nahas is an American college soccer coach who is the interim head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team. He is the brother of North Carolina Courage head coach Sean Nahas.[1]
Career
Nahas was raised in East Northport, New York, and played college soccer for the NC State Wolfpack from 1992 to 1996. He played professionally for the Wilmington Hammerheads and Raleigh Capital Express.[2] Nahas founded the youth development program Next Level Academy in Cary, North Carolina, in 2000. He also became technical director for the Capital Area Soccer League in Raleigh that year. He was the coach of teams including the boys' team at Cardinal Gibbons High School, USL-1 club Carolina RailHawks (assistant), and USL PDL club Cary Clarets. He worked for the United States Soccer Federation as the head coach of the girls' national under-15 team from 2011 to 2014; he was also an assistant for the under-17 team and select senior national team camps in 2014.[2] Nahas was hired as an assistant coach to Anson Dorrance with the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer on November 9, 2015.[2] He became the associate head coach for the Tar Heels ahead of the 2021 season.[3] He was promoted to interim head coach for the 2024 season following the resignation of longtime head coach Anson Dorrance.[4]
References
- ↑ "Sean Nahas promoted to North Carolina Courage head coach". SoccerAmerica. December 2, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Damon Nahas". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ↑ Trendel, Avery (March 20, 2021). "Damon Nahas Promoted to UNC Women's Soccer Associate Head Coach". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ↑ "Anson Dorrance retires as North Carolina women's soccer coach after NCAA-record 21 national titles". Associated Press. August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.