Nick Holmes
Athletics, Registrar, Paul H. & Mary Ann Koehler Department of Business
Hometown: Southampton, England
Alma Mater: Concordia University, Nebraska
Nick Holmes completed his 13th season as an assistant men’s soccer coach at Concordia University in 2025. He has also served two separate stints as an assistant for the women's soccer program.
Holmes was as an assistant for the men's GPAC tournament championship teams of 2015 and 2022 and for squads that recorded conference tournament runner-up finishes in 2016, 2017 and 2024. The 2017 team shattered the program record for wins in a season while the 2023 squad went undefeated in the regular season and reached as high as No. 18 in the NAIA coaches' poll. Holmes then helped the '24 women's team to a national tournament appearance. In 2025, the men's program made history while advancing to the second round of the national tournament for the first time ever.
Holmes has also lent his expertise to several local organizations, camps and clubs. He worked as a staff coach for the Capital Soccer Association from 2010-13 as well as a staff coach for Sporting Lincoln FC in 2013 and 2014. In addition, he has served as a residential camp staff coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for three years (2012-14). Most recently, Holmes has been the head coach for Seward High School boys soccer.
Holmes holds a National Soccer Coaches’ Association of America (NSCAA) National Diploma and NSCAA Goalkeeping Level I and II diplomas.
A former Bulldog athlete, Holmes played for the Concordia Men’s Soccer program in 2005 and 2006. He graduated from Concordia with a bachelor of arts in History and M.S. Family Life.
The native of Southampton, England, resides in Seward with his wife, Jen, and their two sons, Andrew and Samuel.
Hometown: Algoma, Wis.
Alma Mater: William Penn University
Haakon Utesch joined the Concordia University soccer coaching staffs beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. As a graduate assistant, Utesch serves as the goalkeeper coach for both programs.
In his first season with the Bulldogs, goalkeepers Angela Banks and Nolan Fuelberth were both named Second Team All-GPAC honorees and both soccer programs played in GPAC tournament championship games. Then in 2025, the men's program made history by reaching the second round of the national tournament for the first time ever. Fuelberth and Inigo Chavarria were chosen as honorable mention all-conference award winners.
The Algoma, Wis., native immersed himself within the coaching profession prior to arriving at Concordia. Utesch coached within the Women’s Premier League, the Midwest Premier League (men’s semi-professional), the National Premier Soccer League and the Major Arena Soccer League 2.
As a collegiate player, Utesch helped Iowa Western Community College to a National Junior College Athletic Association national championship in 2021. He played on four separate national tournament qualifying teams as part of his career at both Iowa Western and NAIA William Penn University. Utesch aided in William Penn reaching the national round of 16 for the first time in program history.
Utesch earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from William Penn. He is pursuing his MBA from Concordia. Haakon is the son of Lynn and Nancy Utesch. He has four siblings: Russ, Joe, Addie and Sam.