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Luke Schwarz has been named the Millsaps College head women's soccer coach, the Millsaps College Department of Athletics announced on Thursday.
Schwarz takes over the program after leading and assisting at NCAA Division II, Club, high school and middle school levels. He also was a team captain and MVP at a DIII college and played several seasons professionally.
He most recently was the assistant women's soccer coach at Spring Hill College, a DII program in Mobile, Ala., the previous three seasons.
Schwarz helped SHC earn its first-ever conference tournament appearance during the team's NCAA era. He helped greatly improve the team (0-17) prior to his arrival and saw the Badgers finish 7-8-3 last season.
He helped recruit and retain several domestic and international student-athletes – many of which earned individual awards and honors.
During this time, Schwarz also helmed the local Union 10 FC as head girl's soccer coach (2008 and 2013/2014 teams). His U-17 team were State Cup Champions in 2024, while his U-16 squad were State Cup Finalists in 2023.
Schwarz also made two stints in the prep ranks to begin his coaching rise. From 2018 through 2022, he was the assistant varsity soccer coach for both the boy's and girl's teams at the Out-of-Door Academy in Sarasota, Fla. There he helped lead the boy's team to the district finals. Before taking his first assistant coach role at Out-of-Door with the girl's program, Schwarz was also the head coach of the middle school girl's soccer team at the academy.
He also assisted the boy's varsity team at Lakewood Ranch High School from Oct. 2020 to Feb. 2021.
In addition to his coaching experience, Schwarz made several stops as a professional and collegiate soccer player. He played four seasons at the University of Dallas (2014-17) where he was team captain for three years and team MVP for two. He was also named All-SCAC three times and made the All-SCAC Tournament Team twice.
He played one season professionally for Bollstanas SK in Sweden (2016), another for FC Cleburne in Texas (USL2 – 2018) and a third for the Orlando SeaWolves indoor team (MASL – 2019). He made others stops along the way, including from Nov. 2019 through July 2021 with Sarasota Metropolis (USL2 and UPSL). He captained Metropolis to a Division Championship and the UPSL Round of 32 in 2021.
Schwarz earned his Bachelor of Arts in business administration from the University of Dallas in 2018. Additionally, he holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) D License.
LUKE SCHWARZ COACHING FILE
| School |
Seasons |
Title |
| Millsaps |
Present |
Head Women's Soccer Coach |
| Spring Hill College |
2022-25 |
Assistant Women's Soccer Coach |
| Union 10 FC |
2022-24 |
Head Girl's Soccer Coach |
| Out-of-Door Academy |
2018-22 |
Assistant Boy's and Girl's Varsity Soccer Coach |
| |
|
Head Girl's Middle School Soccer Coach |
| Lakewood Ranch HS |
2020-21 |
Assistant Boy's Varsity Soccer Coach |
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.