Nitan Soni is in his fourth season as head coach of the Hornets.
Prior to joining the Hornets, he served as an assistant men's soccer coach at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA during the fall 2007 season.
From August 2005 to May 2007, Soni was an Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at Wesley College in Dover, DE. During the fall 2006 season, he helped lead the Wolverines to a 14-5-1 overall record. That season, Wesley earned its first ever top five regional ranking and was in the top 10 among all Division III schools in scoring defense.
Soni's coaching experience also includes a stint as an assistant with the Wesley College women's soccer team from August to December 2005. That season, the Wolverines reached the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship game.
He began his collegiate coaching career as an Assistant/Director of Men's Soccer Operations at Rutgers University from August 2004 to May 2005.
A native of Birmingham, England, Soni also served two tenures as a head coach for Delaware's Youth Olympic Development Program.
In addition, he has worked with youth as a professional coach and trainer for the Central Delaware Soccer Association. During his tenure, the association's top team earned its highest ever regional and national ranking and defeated two top 10 nationally ranked teams in 2005.
Currently, Soni is the Director of Coaching for the Smyrna Claytons Soccer Club.
As a player at Middlesex University in London, Soni helped lead the team to two league championships (1999, '00) and the South Division Cup in 2000. While at Halesowen College (England 16-18), he was a member of a league (1997) and cup championship team (1998).
Prior to his college career, Soni competed for several of England's top amateur clubs.
From 2003 to '04, he was a midfielder for Kappa USA Real Wyckoff in the semi-pro Garden State League in New Jersey.
Soni earned a joint bachelor's in Honor's Media and Cultural Studies/Information Technology from Middlesex University in 2001 and a Master of Arts in Teaching (specialty in math) from Wesley College in 2007.
He most recently finished his MBA from Delaware State University in the spring of 2011.
Soni and his wife, Amy, have two daughters, Kaitlyn (9) and Ella (2).
