Temple University Athletics
Women's Soccer
David Hodgson
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
David Hodgson, who has over 15 years of coaching experience, joined the Owls in July 2018 as an assistant women's soccer coach at Temple University.
Hodgson most recently served in the roles of head sports scientist, assistant coach, and interim head coach of Sky Blue FC in the National Women’s Soccer League over the past two seasons.
Hodgson began his coaching career as an assistant coach for the women’s soccer team at St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, N.J in 2003.   He then moved to Drew University for the first of two stints (2004-08) with a stint as the head women’s coach at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pa. sandwiched in between.
In 2008-09 Hodgson joined the Sky Blue FC staff as an assistant coach in the W-League. He was named the head coach at Rutgers University in Camden, N.J. in 2015 where guided the Raptors for two seasons.
A member of the Girls Region 1 ODP staff, Hodgson also is the head club soccer coach with the Players Development Academy out of Westampton, N.J., including the 18 PDA Force, a team which was the U-17 NPL National Champion.
Hodgson graduated from the University of Worcester in the United Kingdom in 2000 with a B.S. in Sports & Exercise Studies. He received his ESL/TEFL Diploma through Cambridge University in 2000, allowing him to teach English as a second and foreign language, and obtained a M.S. in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from California University of Pa. in 2013.
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Hodgson most recently served in the roles of head sports scientist, assistant coach, and interim head coach of Sky Blue FC in the National Women’s Soccer League over the past two seasons.
Hodgson began his coaching career as an assistant coach for the women’s soccer team at St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, N.J in 2003.   He then moved to Drew University for the first of two stints (2004-08) with a stint as the head women’s coach at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pa. sandwiched in between.
In 2008-09 Hodgson joined the Sky Blue FC staff as an assistant coach in the W-League. He was named the head coach at Rutgers University in Camden, N.J. in 2015 where guided the Raptors for two seasons.
A member of the Girls Region 1 ODP staff, Hodgson also is the head club soccer coach with the Players Development Academy out of Westampton, N.J., including the 18 PDA Force, a team which was the U-17 NPL National Champion.
Hodgson graduated from the University of Worcester in the United Kingdom in 2000 with a B.S. in Sports & Exercise Studies. He received his ESL/TEFL Diploma through Cambridge University in 2000, allowing him to teach English as a second and foreign language, and obtained a M.S. in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from California University of Pa. in 2013.
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This is not the first time that Hodgson and O’Connor have been together on the pitch as O’Connor coached Hodgson in 2003 with the Reading Rage of the United Soccer League.
A native of Liverpool, England, he resides with his wife, Melissa, and son Jude in Hamilton, N.J.
A native of Liverpool, England, he resides with his wife, Melissa, and son Jude in Hamilton, N.J.
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