COACH PROFILE
Sean Esterhuizen - Head Coach

Sean Esterhuizen is in histhird season as head men's and women's soccer
coach at Clarke College.
A native of South Africa and a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin -Platteville, Esterhuizen came to Clarke from the state
of Washington, where he has compiled 19 consecutive winning soccer seasons at
the high school level. During that period, Esterhuizen's teamsclaimed a
combined 26 state, regional, district and league championships, and 18
runners-up finishes. Hecompiled a 276-81-3 overall career coaching record,
including a 170-30 mark in league play.
Esterhuizen served as the head
girls' soccer coach at Hanford High School, Richland, Wash., from 2001 to 2006,
and guided the boys' soccer program from 2003 to 2006. He led the girls' program
to three league championships and two regional titles. The boys' team won its
first league title in 18 years in 2004 and won the league, district and regional
championships in 2005.
Esterhuizen served as the head boys' soccer coach at Pasco High School from
1992 to 2002 and guided his squad to the 1999 Washington state and NHSCA
national high school championship in Georgia. His teams captured seven district
titles in nine appearances and won five league titles.
Esterhuizen was named the National High School Coaches Association Coach of
the Year in 1999, and is a nine-time recipient of the Eastern Washington Area
Coach of the Year Award.
Esterhuizen's teams were nationally ranked in the top 20 in 1996, 1999 and
2002.
Esterhuizen served as the coaching and recruiting director of Worldwide
Soccer Tours and Northwest All-Stars from 1997 to 2001. His Northwest All-Stars
U-19 men's team won the 120-team Norway Cup in 2001 and went undefeated in
Holland. Esterhuizen's Northwest All-Stars U-19 women's team took second place
in the 2001 Dana Cup, competing with 86 teams from Denmark and Sweden. In 1997,
Esterhuizen's Northwest All-Stars U16 girl's team took third in the 96-team Dana
Cup.
A 2000 inductee into the University of Wisconsin - Platteville Soccer Hall of
Fame, Esterhuizen was a four-year soccer letterwinner as a Pioneer and a
four-time first team All-Conference selection. The two-time most valuable player
tallied 53 career goals and had 35 assists. He was twice tabbed as an
All-Wisconsin selection, which included NCAA Division I, II and III players, and
was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America Northeast USA first-team
selection in 1983.
Esterhuizen played for the Rangers Professional Soccer Club in South Africa
in 1976 and 1977, and for the Highlands Power Professional Soccer Club in 1976
and 1978. He was a South African U-16 Schools Southern Transvaal provincial pick
in 1973 and 1974.