You will love this week’s soccer episode with Coach Matt Mott and senior forward Hadley Murrell!

Coach Mott is entering his third season as the head soccer coach at the University of Oklahoma in 2025! He came to OU in April 2023 after 13 season at Ole Miss.

Mott has recruited and coached six All-Americans, 20 all-region selections, 25 all-conference recipients, one SEC Freshman of the Year, six all-freshman team members and 26 conference players-of-the-week throughout his 14-year head coaching career. Six of Mott’s athletes have gone on to be selected in the National Women’s Soccer League amateur draft.

His clubs have made one NCAA Sweet Sixteen, six NCAA Tournament appearances and 10 conference tournament appearances.

The 2023 Sooners advanced past the Big 12 tournament’s opening round for just the sixth time in program history, defeating Oklahoma State in the first round.

A Norwood, N.Y., native, Mott obtained a bachelor’s degree in general studies (minored in criminal justice) from UCF in 2000 and also earned an Associate of Science degree in 1994 from Erie Community College in Buffalo, N.Y. Before college, Mott spent four years in the U.S. Coast Guard where he played and coached with the Coast Guard’s select team in Portsmouth, Va.

Mott holds a National “B” Coaching License from the United States Soccer Federation. In addition to his college coaching positions, he has served as the goalkeepers coach for the USYSA Region III Olympic Development Program team since 2003.

Mott is married to the former Jennifer Swartz. They have two sons, Dean and Will, and a daughter, Tacie.

You can find him on IG and Twitter/X @coachmattmott

Forward Hadley Murrell is Going into senior year at OU, where she has Played all 4 years. She is Majoring in marketing.

Hadley Always loved OU her whole life, and it Was her dream school -it really felt like home when she visited for the first time. Her favorite memory is beating Texas at home.

You can find Hadley on Twitter/X and Instagram @Hadleyymurrell

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