Stuart Horne - Assistant Coach - Women's Soccer Coaches - University of New Hampshire Athletics

Stuart Horne

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
stu.horne@unh.edu
Phone:
603-862-0744

Stuart Horne joined the UNH women's coaching staff as an assistant under head coach Steve Welham in summer 2018.

During his time in Durham, the Wildcats have one NCAA tournament appearance (2022), one America East tournament title (2022) and one runner-up (2021). UNH has qualified for the conference tourney every year. In his first season, UNH recorded the program's first victory against a power-five program by defeating Arizona State in September 2018. The 'Cats started the 2020 season (played Spring 2021) with four consecutive wins for the first time in program history and also won all five home games.

In 2021, UNH advanced via shootout in both the quarterfinals and semifinals to advance to the title game. The 2022 Wildcats went 5-1-2 in America East, defeated Maine in the semifinals and won the tournament title by outscoring Binghamton 3-2 in the shootout to advance to the NCAA tournament.

In a quest to defend the America East title, the 2023 Wildcats tied the single-season shutout record (nine) and broke the benchmark for fewest goals conceded in a season (13). The 'Cats had a seven-match unbeaten streak (3-0-4) that tied the second-longest unbeaten streak in program history. UNH boasted both the Defender of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year in 2023.

As the head coach at Campbell University (2014-2016), Horne owns the highest winning percentage (.594) in program history. He led the Camels to a 34-23-3 overall record in three seasons along with the team receiving the NSCAA Team Academic Award all three years. Horne was the first head coach in school history to lead the program to three straight Big South semifinal appearances, while the Camels earned a program all-time best final regular season RPI of 88 in 2015 and made the Big South title game. He coached a NSCAA All-Southwest Region Team member, the Big South Attacking Player of the Year and six first team All-Conference honorees:

Big South Attacking Player of the Year in 2015 (Ashley Clark)

11- All Big South Team Selections

5- Big South All-Freshman Team Selections

7- Big South All-Tournament Team Selections

7- Big South Attacking Player of the Week selections

2- Big South Defensive Player of the Week selections

2- Big South Freshman of the Week selections

3- Big South All-Academic Team selections

2014 NSCAA Third Team All-Region (Ashley Clark)

2015 NSCAA Second Team All-Region (Ashley Clark)

2015 Academic All-American (Ashley Clark)

Big South Tournament Semi Finalist 2014, 2016

Big South Tournament Finalist 2015

9- NCCSIA All-State Team Selections

Prior to Campbell, Horne spent nine years (2005-13) as an associate head coach at Elon University. Elon went 13-3-6 in 2013 for its best year in the Division I history of the program. The team qualified for the Southern Conference tournament in eight of the nine years he was with the program.

Before Elon, Horne served as the first assistant with the Hampton Roads Piranhas, a member of the USL W-League, from 2002-2005. The Piranhas won the W-League National Championship in 2003 with a 14-0 final record.

Horne also served as head coach at Chowan College from 2000-2005. At Chowan, Horne led a team that finished with a No. 3 NCCAA national ranking and advanced to the final four. His 2003 team advanced to the first postseason play in program history, qualifying for the USA South Conference Tournament. He left Chowan with a program-best 44 wins.

Horne graduated from UMass with a degree in Political Science in 1997.