Brad Heethuis enters his fifth season as the head men’s soccer coach at Waynesburg University in 2018. In his first year at the helm of the Yellow Jackets (2014), he guided the program to a nine-win season (9-7-4, 5-2-1) and a third-place finish in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC). Under Heethuis’ guidance, Waynesburg qualified for the four-team PAC tournament for the first time since the conference went to the format in 2005.
The 2014 Jacket men also collected three PAC Player of the Week awards and senior goalkeeper Brandon Daughtry was praised as Corvias Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III South Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
Prior to arriving at Waynesburg, Heethuis was an assistant coach with the Calvin College (Michigan) men's soccer team. He also served as an assistant girls soccer coach at Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Michigan.
He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education/exercise science from Calvin, where he spent four years as a member of the Knights men's soccer team. While coaching, Brad earned a Master of Science degree in kinesiology with a concentration in sports administration and coaching at Michigan State University.
Heethuis was a member of four Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Association champion teams and played in the 2009 and 2011 Division III national championship games. His individual accolades include being named MIAA Conference Player of the Week and a member of the MIAA all-conference teams in 2010. The following year, he was lauded as a collegesoccer360.com Primetime Performer.
Brad is married to his wife and Waynesburg women's head soccer coach, Laura Heethuis, and the two reside in Waynesburg with their daughters Hayden and Harper. He also serves as her assistant coach with the women’s kickers.
