CHAD BODNAR

Head Coach
BA, Washington State University, 2003
6th Year

Coaching record for men: 69-19-12
NWAACC Champions: 2008

Combined (men & women) coaching record : 230-27-18

WWCC Men have won 6 of the last 8 NWAACC Eastern Region Championships.

Chad Bodnar has been at the helm of the Warrior Men's Soccer program for six seasons. The 2011 Warrior men won their 6th Eastern Region Championship in the past 8 years and finished the season with a 12-3-3 record. The 2008 Warrior Men won the East Region for the fifth time in seven years and also won the programs first NWAACC Men's Championship with a 3-2 OT victory to finish with a 18-3-2 record. The Warrior women have been in the NWAACC final each of Coach Bodnar's seven years at the helm. The 2009 Warrior Men won the East Region for the fifth time in six years and made it all the way to the NWAACC Championship game finishing with a 14-4-1 record. The 2008 men's squad finished the season as NWAACC Champions and East Region Champions with a 18-3-2 overall record. The 2007 men's team finished with a record of 16-4-3 and advanced to the NWAACC Quarterfinals.

Coach Bodnar was named the NE Region Coach of the year in 2005, 2007, 2008 and again in 2011 and was NWAACC Coach of the Year 3 times. He has placed over 25 players combined for the men and women at Division 1 schools in his first 7 years.

Bodnar worked as an assistant with the men's program during the 2003-2005 seasons in which the Warriors were NWAACC finalists in 2005. He then took some time away from the program as he joined the Boise Capitals Soccer Club in Idaho as a Youth Director before he rejoined the Warriors in 2003. Bodnar also assisted the men?s program at WWCC that went to three consecutive NWAACC Final Four Tournaments.

Prior to his appointment with Walla Walla CC, Bodnar succeeded as the Head Coach of the Pasco High School boys program in the Big Nine 4A Conference in Washington. The Bulldogs qualified for State 4A tournament play multiple times and finished the 2005 season as Washington State finalists after winning the Eastern Regional Tournament and Big Nine Championship. Bodnar was named the 2005 ?All Region Coach of the Year? by the Tri-City Herald for his performance.

A former Big Nine All Conference selection and USYSA Western Region IV team selection as a youth player, Bodnar went on to start four years for Wisconsin-Green Bay (NCAA Division I) and earn Midwest Collegiate Conference all-conference honors 2 years. He was named team captain his sophomore through senior seasons and was the team MVP in 1998. Upon completion of his eligibility, Bodnar played professionally for the Stanislaus United Cruisers in the Western Conference USSL League in California and for the Yakima Reds In the PDL League in Washington. Bodnar then came home to finish his schooling and graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Humanities.

Bodnar's previous coaching experience also includes guiding the Allouez United boys club team to an appearance in the final of the Midwest Regional Championships as well as work in the Wisconsin-Green Bay Soccer Camps and with Ziemer Brothers Soccer Camps in California. Coach Bodnar holds an NSCAA Premier Diploma and a USSF A License.

Bodnar is currently a staff coach for Idaho Olympic Development Staff and is the Three Rivers Soccer Club Coaching Director. He has transferred over 60 players to 4-year schools from WWCC.

Coach Bodnar is married to wife Lindsay. They have twin girls, Brodi and Jaxi and reside in Pasco, WA.