Missouri State has hired Michael Seabolt as its new assistant men’s soccer coach. Seabolt will replace Eric Sorlie, who left earlier this year to take a position with the Springfield Soccer Club. Seabolt will be involved in all facets of the program on and off the field, and will oversee recruiting for head coach Jon Leamy.
Seabolt comes to Missouri State after a three-year stint as the head men’s soccer coach at West Virginia University. Seabolt led the Mountaineers to 13 wins in 2005 to tie a school record, as the team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1992 and won a tournament game for the first time since 1981. Seabolt guided the Mountaineers from five wins in 2003 to 12 the following season and the school’s first-ever Big East Conference postseason victory. During his time as head coach from 2003 to 2006, Seabolt recruited and developed the school’s first four players to be drafted by Major League Soccer. He also developed and ran soccer camps for boys.
Prior to becoming head coach, Seabolt was the top assistant coach at West Virginia for a season. He arrived at WVU from Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids, where he was an assistant coach from 2000 to 2002. During this time, Seabolt was also the head coach of the Boulder Rapids Reserve, a team in the Premier Development League. He took the team to the 2002 national championship game, in a 12-4-4 season.
Seabolt was the top assistant for the University of Tampa during the 2000 and 2001 seasons helping lead the team to an undefeated season and the NCAA Division II National Title in 2001. He also served as an assistant coach for the United States Amateur Soccer Association National Team from 2000 to 2003. His first collegiate job was with Elon University from 1999 to 2000 as an assistant men’s soccer coach. He also served as the men’s soccer club head coach at Duke University during his time in law school.
Seabolt graduated cum laude with a degree in political science from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, in 1996. He graduated from the Duke University School of Law in 2000 and was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Seabolt is an avid skier.
