James Wagenschutz enters his fourth season on the Regis University men’s soccer coaching staff in the fall of 2016 after having served as the head assistant men’s coach at Colorado College for six years. In 2013, he helped the Rangers to the NCAA Elite 8. He currently serves as the Director of Athletic Performance and College Advisory Programs for FC Boulder soccer club, as well as the Fitness Coach for the U.S. Soccer Training Centers held in Colorado.
While at Colorado College, Wagenschutz coached two-time All-American (Matt Fechter in 2011 and 2012), 25 all-conference players, 12 all-region selections, and five Academic All-Americans. All-American Matt Fechter was back-to-back SCAC Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012 (16 goals, 15 assists) while senior defender, Nick Lammers, was tabbed SCAC Defender of the Year and Man of the Year in 2012. In 2012, three Tiger players were named Academic All-marking the first time in school history three players from the same team earned the distinction during the same academic year. That same team compiled a 14-5-3 record, posted 12 shutouts and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Tigers earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award each of Wagenschutz’ six years and posted the fifth highest grade-point average in the country (3.54) in 2008.
A native of Detroit, Mich., Wagenschutz spent four years working with Outward Bound Wilderness before becoming involved with the U.S. Soccer Federation where he managed the equipment operations for all U.S. National Teams at the National Training Center in Carson, Calif.
Wagenschutz is on the Region IV ODP regional staff, is a state instructor for U.S. Soccer Federation courses and holds his United States Soccer Federation “A” License, an Advanced National Diploma, a Director of Coaching and a National Youth Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He is also a Certified Applied Functional Scientist (CAFS) and Functional Sports Performance Coach. He has extensive international travel for soccer to Brazil, Germany, Ukraine, Austria, Slovakia and Poland and has served as a volunteer with Soccer without Borders a non-profit organization promoting change via soccer, in Guatemala.
Wagenschutz earned his master’s degree in sports medicine, (strength and conditioning concentration) at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, as well as a bachelor’s in exercise and sport science from Colorado State University.
Wagenschutz and his wife, Katherine, are the parents of one son, Chase.
