RAYMOND, Miss. - Longtime Hinds Men's Soccer Assistant Coach Chris Rash has been chosen to lead the Men's and Women's soccer programs at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba. The announcement was made Monday by EMCC Director of Athletics Sharon Thompson.
Rash, who was a two-time NJCAA All-American at Hinds Community College during the 2003 and 2004 seasons, has served as an assistant men's soccer coach at Hinds for the past five seasons. During that time, the Eagles made the postseason all five years to improve their impressive string of having advanced to the playoffs 23 times in the past 25 years, including a current streak of 10 straight playoff berths. Hinds also made the NJCAA Region 23 semifinals each of the past four seasons. Having assisted both current Hinds head coach Robert Gardner and retired head coach Doug Williams with on-field coaching, running practices, training players and recruiting student-athletes since 2018, Rash was instrumental in the recruitment and development of as many as 30 players who collected postseason individual honors for the Eagles.
As a two-time NJCAA All-America and NJCAA All-Region 23 forward at Hinds, Rash helped lead the 2004 Eagles squad to the MACJC State Championship as well as to the program's first Region 23 title in more than a decade. Having totaled 136 career points during his Hinds career with 50 goals and 36 assists, Rash ranked third among NJCAA scoring leaders as a freshman with 66 points (24/18) and sixth nationally with 70 points (26/18) as a sophomore. He then continued his collegiate soccer playing career at Mississippi College.
Rash will begin his new duties in Scooba on June 1st.