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Nick Hallam

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Nick Hallam enters his seventh season as an assistant coach at Texas Tech in 2024, after being hired before the start of the 2018 season

Hallam has been a key member of coach Stone’s staff since arriving at Tech, as the former professional player has helped coach the Red Raiders to three NCAA appearances including the 2023 Big 12 Conference regular season title and a postseason ranking over No. 9 overall, marking the first time in program history that the Red Raiders concluded the season inside the top-10 of the United Soccer Coaches Association poll (USC). Hallam and the Red Raider coaching staff were named the USCs Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year for their efforts.

In 2023, the Red Raiders hosted the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, defeating FGCU and Princeton before falling to 22-time national champion UNC in the Round of 16. In addition to hosting the program’s first ever home Round of 16 match and the first regular season Big 12 title, Hallam also helped guide the Red Raiders to the first ever perfect home regular season (10-0-0) in the history of the John Walker Soccer Complex. Including the postseason, Tech went an outstanding 11-1-1 at Walker in 2023.

With the help of Hallam and the coaching staff, the Red Raiders earned four All-America selections (most in program history) and had a pair of First Team All-Americans (Anderson and White) for the first time in Tech Soccer’s history. Anderson and White were joined on the three All-America teams by Blackburn and Courtwright who were also named Third Team All-Americans. Courtwright became the first true-freshman to earn All-America honors in Tech history and was one of just two freshmen to earn All-America honors.

In the end, a nations-leading five Red Raiders earned First Team All-Region honors by the United Soccer Coaches Association (Anderson, Blackburn, Courtwright, White and Williams).

Sporting one of the deepest and strongest rosters in the country, the successes were not just limited to award and accolades, as the Red Raiders concluded one of the most dominate regular season runs in program history. Climbing as high as No. 4 in the country, Hallam helped guide a Red Raider attack that scored 45 goals and recorded a program record 61 assists in just 23 matches.

Closing the regular season as one of four unbeatens in the country (Florida State, South Alabama, Stanford and Tech), the Red Raiders trailed just four times all season including just twice the in 18 game regular season (at No. 6 BYU and at UCF). Closing the season with a goal differential of +34, the Red Raiders also boasted one of the best defensive units in the country, as goalkeeper Madison White and the Tech backline anchored by Hannah Anderson allowed just 11 goals for the season (0.48 per game) and recorded 13 total clean sheets, the second-most in the nation.

Under his tutelage, multiple Red Raiders had career years, highlighted by Anderson, Blackburn, Vanderbilt transfer Alex Kerr, White and Williams.

One of the best center backs in the nation, Anderson set career highs in goals (5), points (12), games started (23), minutes played (2041) and game winning goals (3). The captain closed her Tech career by starting 96 consecutive games.

Another career year was had by Kerr, who came to Tech having scored just 12 career goals in over 60 career games played. Having never scored more than six goals in a season, Kerr exploded to the tune of 11 goals and five assists recording a career-best 27 points, one off her career total of 28 heading into 2022.

Kerr’s partner up top, Williams, also had the strongest year of her career, in 2023, as the Allen native led the Red Raiders in three of the five major categories: goals (14), points (34) and shots on goal (28). Williams’ 14 goals ended up being tied for 12th-most in the nation while she also nearly doubled her career goals and points marks. Entering the season with just one career assists in 39 games, Williams tallied in six in 2023.

Another program record nearly fell in 2023, as defender Macy Blackburn also tallied the best season of her young career before missing the final eight games due to a season-ending injury. Blackburn tallied 11 total assists for Tech in 2023, finishing just one assist shy of tying the program record for most assists in a single season. Despite missing the final eight games, Blackburn earned First Team All-Big 12 honors, First Team All-Region honors and was a Third Team All-America selection.

Hallam heads up the video analysis department for the program and was instrumental in upgrading the video capture capabilities at the John Walker Soccer Complex and integrating the new technology into the team and player analysis and development model.

Hallam has helped lead the Red Raiders to three top-four finishes in the league in the last five seasons.

In his first season in 2018, the Red Raiders posted the most wins (14) since 2015 and shutout 14 opponents to lead the nation in the category. The Red Raiders also finished second in the Big 12 in 2022 (9-4-6 overall, 5-1-3 league) and 2019 (15-4-3, 6-1-2). The Red Raiders have also earned three NCAA Tournament bids reaching the second round three times and the Round of 16 once.

Hallam has coached eight Red Raiders to the professional ranks during his time at Texas Tech, including current first round NWSL draft pick Kirsten Davis (Racing Louisville), Hanna Anderson (Chicago Red Stars), Alex Kerr (Orlando Pride) and Madison White (Racing Louisville). Red Raiders playing overseas include Carly Wickenheiser (Sweden), Brooke Denesik (Germany) and Demi Koulizakis (Australia).

During Hallam’s time with the Red Raider forward, Kirsten Davis became the second all-time leading scorer for the Texas Tech program with a total of 41 goals in four seasons. He now works alongside Ashleigh Williams who has netted 17 goals in the last two years.

Hallam arrived in Lubbock with 19 years of coaching experience in the state of Texas and 20 overall. Recently, he was the Director of Coaching for Lonestar SC San Antonio for seven years, while also on staff at the U.S. Soccer Training Center in South Texas since 2015.

A native of the United Kingdom, Hallam played semi-professionally for nine years before moving to Texas to become a coach. Since then, he’s instructed over 100 players who have gone on to play collegiate soccer over his time with various club teams and working with the U.S. Soccer program.

He has also been a staff member of Texas Tech’s Elite ID Soccer Camps since 2012.

As Director of Coaching with Lonestar SC San Antonio, Hallam instructed the club to a new level of recognition, qualifying his teams into the highest level of regional play and into the NPL Finals in 2016.

He introduced a club-wide coaching curriculum across the three training locations, implementing a style of play that has supported the club’s development philosophy. As a result, over 200 players from the club have been selected to ODP state pools, with more than 100 being offered spots on college soccer rosters.

Prior to his seven years in San Antonio, Hallam spent three years as the Director of Coaching for Albion Hurricanes FC in Houston from 2009-12, immediately propelling the club onto the regional and national scene. Five of the club’s teams qualified for the USYS National League. In 2012, after success at the state, regional and national levels, the team was accepted into the ECNL.

During his time in Houston, the club raised the quality of its training facilities, increased the amount of financial aid provided to low-income families with soccer-playing children and expanded its footprint to serve a larger part of the Houston area. Hallam and the club helped
maintain Albion Hurricanes FC as Houston’s leading full-service Boys and Girls Youth Soccer Club.

Hallam has been married to his wife, Laura, for more than 20 years. The couple has two daughters, Maisie, who is currently a Red Raider, and Marin, a keen golfer and horse rider in high school.