EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State women’s soccer head coach Jeff Hosler announced the hiring of Tim Verschuren as an assistant coach.
Verschuren arrives in East Lansing after spending the last four seasons at Indiana, including the 2024 season as the Hoosiers’ associate head coach.
“Tim brings incredible experience to our coaching staff and program,” said Hosler. “As a current associate head coach in the Big Ten, he is already familiar with the players, teams and the elite level of our conference. He has strong relationships in recruiting and has served in so many key roles throughout his time at Indiana. I have always admired the work he puts in and the creative ways that he views our game both on and off the field. I couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Tim to the Spartan family!”
In four seasons at Indiana, six players were named All-Big Ten under Verschuren’s guidance, including the 2023 Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, Jamie Gerstenberg. The Hoosiers had their best season since 2013 in 2023, earning a fifth-place finish in the conference regular-season standings and a berth in the Big Ten tournament after going 6-2-2 for the program’s best-ever conference finish (20 points). Indiana also secured a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013 and appeared in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 five times during the 2023 season.
During his first season in Bloomington in 2021, Verschuren helped lead the Hoosiers to a 9-5-4 record, which was the best overall record and most wins at the time since 2013.
Prior to Indiana, Verschuren was an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University from 2019-20. The Knights went 14-9-6 and 12-2-3 during Verschuren’s two seasons and advanced to the Northeast Conference championship game for the third time in program history in 2019. At FDU, he mentored a pair of All-NEC First Team honorees and one All-NEC Freshman Team recipient.
A native of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Verschuren got his start in collegiate coaching at NJIT, serving as an assistant coach from 2013-15. During his three seasons, he helped guide one Division I Independent Player of the Year and one Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team honoree, while the Highlanders posted their best Division I record at the time in 2013.
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