Nick Stavrou

Assistant Coach Nick Stavrou is in his fifth season on the Pioneers coaching staff. Stavrou (pronounced STAV-row) is a familiar name in the Metroplex soccer coaching circles. Since July 1993, he has served as a coach for the Dallas-based Solar Soccer Club, leading boys and girls teams between the ages of 9-19. As a bench boss for Solar, he has coached numerous Classic League and State Cup Champions. More than 60 players under his direction with Solar have gone on to play college soccer.

Stavrou was also the head varsity boys soccer coach for three seasons (2004-06) at Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas. In 2006, Stavrou led the Lions to the TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) 5A Division II District I championship and was chosen as the district’s Coach of the Year.

Before turning his attention to coaching, Stavrou enjoyed a thirteen-year (1991-2004) career as a professional soccer player for the Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). Stavrou was the Sidekicks’ team captain for three seasons, 2002-04, and helped the club to MISL championships in 1993, 1998 and 2001.

Stavrou played collegiate soccer for four seasons at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1987-91. He was an NCAA Division I All-American both athletically and academically for the Vikings. In May 1991, Stavrou received his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from CSU and won the university’s Presidential Award as its Most Outstanding Graduate. In 2002, he was inducted into the Cleveland State University Athletics Hall of Fame. Stavrou and his wife, Anne, have a son, Zachary, and a daughter, Jordan.