Bio

Kevin Nolan comes to Columbus with a wealth of experience at the Division I level both as a player and as a coach. Nolan takes over the program after two years at NCAA Division I Radford University as its Assistant Coach and Director of Recruiting. Before Radford Coach Nolan was the Assistant at Iowa Lakes Community College where he helped build them into a national powerhouse.

January 2024, Nolan was named Director of Soccer over seeing both the Men's & Women's Program.

On July 10, 2023 Nolan was announced as the Head Coach of the Indiana University Columbus Men's Soccer Program for its Inaugural season.  Coach Nolan would go on to lead The Crimson Pride to a (8-8-1) regular season record which clinched the Crimson Pride's first ever post season berth for any sports program in the schools history.  The Crimson Pride where picked to finish second to last in the River States Conference Preseason Poll. Nolan had three players named to the River States All Conference Team- Jon Michael Bright 2nd Team and Jacob Kasarda & Angel Roque 3rd Team All Conference. 

2022 Nolan's second year at Radford was again able to assemble a strong recruiting class for the Highlanders by adding 16 new players to the roster.  Eight of Nolan's new additions would be immediate impacts to the Highlanders starting lineup by starting on average 12-14 games out of the 15 played. A few notable honors from Nolan's 2022 class where; Sophomore transfer Jared Dubose- Leading Goalscorer (5) & Points Leader (10), Junior transfer Samuel Schwarz Assist Leader (3), Freshmen James Barrett second most minutes played (1254).

2021-2022 Nolan was named the Assistant Coach & Director of Recruiting for NCAA Division I program Radford University. During his time with the Highlanders Nolan was able to show off his recruiting talents in his first season by adding seven new faces to the Radford roster. One of Nolan's key additions was a standout Freshmen from Japan Yoshiya Okawa. Okawa lead the Highlanders in goals (6) and total points (13). Yoshiya would be named to the Big South All-Freshman Team and was awarded Virginia Rookie of The Year.

During the 2020-21 modified season, Nolan helped lead Iowa Lakes to at 12-5-1 record. For the first time in program history the Lakers qualified for the NJCAA National Tournament as the #10 seed. During the national tournament, Nolan would help lead the Lakers to go on and upset the #3 seed Daytona State and the #6 seed Tyler Community College. The Lakers would make it all the way to the national semifinal and finished inside the top 4 nationally.

In 2019, his second season at Iowa Lakes, Nolan helped the team to a 14-4-1 record and finished third place in the ICCAC. The Lakers finished with a #12 national ranking and another ICCAC Regional Championship Game. The Lakers had one NJCAA All-American and two NSCAA All-Americans as well as six ICCAC All-region team members and an ICCAC Player of the Year.

After the 2019 season, Nolan helped place 12 sophomores at NCAA D1, D2, D3, and NAIA schools such as Utah Valley University, Oral Roberts University, University of North Florida, Missouri State University, Eastern Tennessee State University, Wingate University, Northwood University, Mid-American Christian University, Luther College, Montreat College, Bellevue University, Columbia International University, and the University of Rio Grande.

During his first season with the Lakers in 2018, he helped the team to a Regular Season Co-Championship and a 15-3-1 record which was the most wins in program history and a 10-spot in the national rankings. Nolan also helped lead the Lakers to the ICCAC Region Championship Game and was a part of the ICCAC Coaching Staff of the Year. The Lakers also had their first NSCAA All-American in the program's history as well as eight ICCAC All-Region team players.

Prior to Iowa Lakes, Nolan was named the head coach of Spartanburg Methodist College at 24 years old, becoming one of the youngest head coaches in the country. During his first two seasons as the head coach at Spartanburg Methodist College, he had a record of (28-9-2).

Nolan moved 50 plus players on to four-year program during his career and has coached one NCAA Division II All-American, one NJCAA All-American, and 11 All-Conference first team players. Some of the four-year schools he has sent players to are Furman University, Virginia Commonwealth, UNC Charlotte, Wingate University, University of South Carolina, The College of Charleston, and Gardner-Webb University. Nolan also helped two former Spartanburg Methodist players enter the professional ranks.

Nolan also played four years at Gardner-Webb University and graduated in 2013 with a Communications and Public Relations degree. During his time as a player, he played internationally in places such as Brazil and England.

Collegiate Coaching Career

Spartanburg Methodist College (NJCAA): Assistant Coach (2013-2015)

Spartanburg Methodist College (NJCAA): Head Coach (2015-2017)

Iowa Lakes Community College (NJCAA): Assistant Coach (2018-2021)

Radford University (NCAA DI): Assistant Coach (2021-2023)

Indiana University Columbus (NAIA): Head Coach (2023-present)