Jacksonville University welcomed John Constable as its head women’s soccer coach on March 11, 2020.
Constable completed his third official season in 2022. The team qualified for the conference tournament for the first time since 2017 and had its first winning season since 2013. The team also achieved its longest unbeaten streak to start a season in program history. For the second consecutive year the program also defeated home town rival UNF. Anaya Black was named All Freshman team for the Dolphins and Murphy Sheaff finished the 2022 season with the highest save percentage in the country at NCAA Division 1 level.
Constable completed his second official season just shortly after helping the team to its first win in three years in the spring. Feeding off the small victories earned during the previous season, Constable led the team to new heights in a record-breaking fall 2021 campaign. The Dolphins began the year by achieving the programs best start since 2002 after winning it's first regular season-opener since 2015 and home-opener since 2018.
The theme demonstrated for this year was resilience. Across the season the Dolphins fought to remain unbeaten at home for four consecutive matches, defeated conference opponent FGCU for the first time during the regular season since 2008, won the River City Rumble rivalry contest against North Florida for the first time since 2016 and held two top ASUN opponents to draws. To round out all of the accomplishments, this season marks the most wins for the program since 2014.
After the season concluded, two freshman garnered ASUN honors. Selma Fohrer landed a spot on the ASUN All-Freshman team alongside Eden Skyers, who also was tabbed as one of four defenders to the ASUN All-Second team. This is the first freshman duo to make the all-freshman squad since 2018, while Skyers is the first second-team selection since 2017.
In his first year as head coach, Constable led the team to its first victory since the 2018 season. The team also managed to end two matches in a tie.
Constable joins the Dolphins after five seasons as the head coach at Nova Southeastern University. During his time with the Sharks, Constable led team to five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2015-19) and brought home the first NCAA Regional Championship title in program history during the 2019 season.
Constable assumed his position at Nova Southeastern in 2015 and inherited a team that ranked seventh in the Sunshine State Conference the previous year. Since taking over the program the Sharks have ranked consistently in the top three in the league while making five-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). In the 2019 season the Sharks posed a 17-4-2 record while going unbeaten at the NSU Soccer Complex.
The Sharks captured their first-ever SSC Regular Season Championship in 2017 under the direction of Constable, who was then named the 2017 SSC Coach of the Year. NSU also reached the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive year, and advanced to the second round for the first time in program history. Constable guided the team to its highest-ever national ranking of seventh.
Prior to his time at NSU Constable was the head coach at Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C., leading the Valkyries to their first Regular Season Conference Championship in 2014, their first regional ranking and a conference semifinal appearance in the Conference Carolinas Tournament. He was a two-time Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year (2012, 2014). He mentored an All-Region performer, seven All-Conference players and eight Academic All-Conference student-athletes.
Prior to Converse College, Constable spent four years as an assistant coach at Delta State University. During his time at DSU he helped coach both the men's and women's programs as well as the junior varsity program. In 2008, he helped guide the Lady Statesmen to a 10-7-2 overall record and appeared in the Gulf South Conference tournament for the first time in program history.
Constable spent his collegiate career playing Division II soccer at Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tenn. and Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Penn. While at Tusculum, he was a member of the No. 1 ranked team in Division II that advanced to the NCAA Division II Elite 8.
In addition to his collegiate playing experience, Constable played professionally for the Scottish Professional Premier League team, Motherwell Football Club for three years.
A 2007 graduate of Seton Hill University, Constable earned his Bachelor’s of Arts in Business Administration and went on to complete his MBA in Management from Delta State University in 2009.
