Tudor Flintham completed his first season in charge of the Prairie Wolves soccer programs in 2015 and he quickly turned the NWU men’s and women’s teams back to their winning ways.
Despite fielding a team that lost ten players including nine starters from 2014, the NWU women’s team had a very successful season. The Prairie Wolves finished 9-9 overall, with six losses coming to teams who were nationally-ranked or receiving votes. They qualified for the GPAC Postseason Tournament for the first time since 1999 and posted eight total shutouts. He had three players earn All-Conference honors and one CoSIDA Academic All-District winner.
The NWU men’s team had a winning record of 9-8-1 overall and got off to the best start to a season since 2001. The Prairie Wolves also made their first post-season tournament appearance since 1999 by qualifying for the GPAC Postseason Tournament. He coached three players that earned All-GPAC recognition and had one player earn CoSIDA Academic All-America.
In 2016, Flintham will lead the NWU soccer programs in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) as full members of NCAA Division III and no longer be the only conference member not giving athletic scholarships. Since 2013, NWU has a 12-7-3 record against IIAC opponents.
Flintham came to NWU 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 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 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 was 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.
