Steve Hoffman VC Women's Soccer Head Coach

Steve Hoffman was born in Southport, England, where he completed his schooling and played soccer at youth, amateur and semi-professional levels. In 1983, he moved to California from Southport with his wife Kathy, and his three children, Melanie, Joey and Jaimie. Steve and his family settled in Ventura and have been here for 27 years. All of Steve’s children attended Buena High school in Ventura and they have all attended Ventura College at one time. Steve and Kathy are blessed with Four grandchildren Nicholas (16), Sarah (12), Jessica (6) and Alyssa (1) who love watching and playing soccer!

Coach Hoffman was hired in May of 1996 to start the Ventura College Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer Program. Prior to this, Steve was the Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California from 1991 to 1995. Since coming to Ventura College, Steve has been voted the Western State Conference Coach of the Year five times in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2008 by his fellow Western State Conference coaches. The California Youth Soccer Association – South also honored Steve when they named him Cal South Coach of the Year in 1999. In 2000, the honor’s kept coming when the National Soccer Coaches Association also named Steve West Region Coach of the Year and he was a finalist for the National Coach of the Year award. In 2009 the lady Pirates where ranked as high a number 3 in the NSCAA National coaches association pole breaking the top 5 for the first time ever VC finished the 2009 season by holding on to a top ten spot by being ranked number 7 in final NSCAA-Adidas National coaches association pole making this the highest the Lady Pirates have ever finished a sesaon.

As well as coaching at Ventura College, Steve is the Director of Coaching Education and Player Development for the California Youth Soccer Association-South where he runs the Cal South Olymic Development Program, Steve is a national Staff Coach and a staff coach for the United States Youth Soccer Association where he coaches at the Region IV Olympic Development program each summer (selecting the next group of players trying out for the United States National teams). Coach Hoffman is responsible for the 135,000 youth players and the 20,000 coaches that are members of Cal South. Coach Hoffman currently possesses a United States Soccer Federation ‘A’ license and a United States Soccer Federation National Youth Coaching License and is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and United States Soccer Federation Coaches Association of America.

In his fifteen year tenure at Ventura College, Steve has coached the Lady Pirates to the Western State Conference Championships every year but two the team earned ten back to back titles (with a conference record of 174 wins 10 losses and 5 Ties. Coach Hoffman's overall Coaching record is an incredible 243 wins 47 losses and 29 ties. in 2009 coach Hoffman lead the Lady Pirates to its first ever CCCAA final four apperance in school history his teams have also appeared in the CCCAA Elight Eight 4 times in 1997-1998-2000 and 2003. Under Coach Hoffman’s leadership a number of Individual players have received recognition. Eight players have received NSCAA-Adidas All-American honorees: Joy Barry 1997, Chrissie Sanford 1998, Sarah Costello 2000, Brittney Macdonald 2002, Currie Doleman-Hunt 2003, Allie Avina 2005, Sienna Kluck-Escoto 2006 and Jaz Strozier 2009. The Pirate program has been recognized by the athletic staff when the selected the following players as the Ventura College Women’s athlete of the year Joy Barry (1997), Barbara Almaraz (1998) Sarah Costello (2000) Allie Avina (2005), where honored. In 1998 Melissa Thaxton became the first women’s soccer player to be selected as the Ventura College Academic Athlete of the year. In 2000 Marisa Pittman followed in the footsteps of Melissa Thaxton. In 1997 Joy Barry was also honored as the Ventura County Female College Athlete of the year. Add to this, seven Western State Conference Most Valuable Player of the Year Awards received by Barry in (1996, 1997) Sanford (1998) Costello (1999) McDonald (2002) Doleman-Hunt (2003) Jaz Srozier (2008). Coach Hoffman has placed seventy two players on the Western State Conference first team and fifty six players on the Western State Conference second team in the last 15 years. These are some of the reason that Steve Hoffman is one of the most respected coaches not just in California but the country.

Coaching Statistics and Achievements

• Western State Conference Champions 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08
• Ventura County College Team of the Year Award (Local News Media) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001,2003,2007,2008
• California Commission on Athletics Wilson Team Scholastic Award 1997, 1999, 2001
• Cuesta Cup Champions 1997
• Cuesta Cup Finalists 1996