Tudor Flintham is in his first season as head coach of the Nebraska Wesleyan men's and women's soccer programs after being hired in November 2014.
Tudor Flintham comes to Nebraska Wesleyan from Minnesota where he served as the associate head soccer coach at Saint John's University and an assistant coach at the College of Saint Benedict. He served as an assistant men's coach at Saint John’s for three years before being promoted to associate head coach for the past two seasons. Flintham led the Johnnies to back-to-back MIAC runner-up finishes in each of those campaigns. The year prior to Flintham's arrival the Johnnies had won only one MIAC game and sat at the bottom of the conference. Their 2014 record was 13-7.
He was also an assistant women's soccer coach at Saint Benedict for the past two seasons. The year before Flintham's arrival the Blazers won seven games. The following year he helped the Blazers to a 16-win season, the 2013 MIAC championship and a trip to the NCAA III tournament. Since being made associate head coach Flintham's record with the two programs is 52-21-5.
During his time at CSB/SJU Flintham also coached the 2011 USA Division III All-Star teams, which included Division III National Players of the Year Erica Suter and Jake Urbaniak, on a professional tour of Rio de Janeiro and Jundiai.
Flintham was a captain of the Saint John's men's soccer team as a player where he guided the Johnnies to a MIAC Conference championship. As a player, he led the conference in both goals and assists and earned All-MIAC, Academic All-MIAC and All-Region honors in 2005. After growing up in the English academy system, Flintham came to the United States for the first time with The Saints F.C. where, as a player and coach, he won three consecutive USA Cups.
Prior to coaching at CSB/SJU, he spent the previous years working for the nationally-recognized FC Portland Academy in Portland, Ore., as a program director and head coach. He also served as head girls' soccer coach for Valley Catholic High School in Beaverton, Oregon where he became the most successful coach in school history in 2008. He was the 2008 and 2009 Oregon District One Coach of the Year, the NSCAA 2008 Oregon High School State Coach of the Year, as well as a finalist for NSCAA National Coach of the Year.
Flintham holds a USSF National C License and FA coaching qualifications. He also has a master's degree in sports management from St. Cloud state university.
