Nat Hubert will enter his second season as the Lindenwood men’s soccer assistant coach in the Fall of 2025. Hubert was hired on April 12, 2024. In his first season with the program in 2024, Lindenwood reached new levels - ranking Top 40 in regular season wins, Top 50 in goals scored in the country and helped guide the program to an 11-6-3 record, up 4 wins from the year previously and one of the best seasons for a team in transition in NCAA D1 Men's Soccer history.
Hubert came to Lindenwood after spending the previous two years at Catawba College as the top Assistant Coach where he helped guide the program to 2 of the most successful seasons in the recent decades. In his first season, Hubert helped guide Catawba to the highest National Ranking in 16 years, only to go one better in his second year and beat the record from the year before.
In 2022, Hubert recruited All-Conference, All-Region and All-Freshman Team players, starting 7 Freshman in the process to a 9-6-2 record, and helped further their development in his second year, leading to 3 All-Region Players and 4 All-Conference Players, both the highest amount of nominations and awards Catawba College have ever been given in the South Atlantic Conference. Overall, the 18-12-4 record that Hubert was a part of during his time at Catawba College was a significant step from the years prior to his arrival, with the winning percentage climbing from .529 in his 2 years compared to .379 in the 10 years prior.
On top of this, Hubert has been the Head Coach of the Raleigh Rebels in the $1,000,000 TST Tournament in Cary, NC in back-to-back summers, making the Sweet 16 in both occasions, beating numerous professional teams along the way. He will be back this Summer representing the Raleigh Rebels in 2025 as well. Furthermore, Hubert was also the Head Coach for C.D. Victoria for their $100,000 Copa Mariachi Win in 2023 on his first attempt, with the team not getting out of the group stage in any of the previous years.
Prior to his arrival at Catawba College, Hubert spent 3 years as the Director of College Recruitment / Head Coach at Tennessee United Soccer Club, where he won 2 State Championships and 1 National Championship. The National Championship was particularly impressive, as the team went 22-0 in National League in the process, winning the first Boys National Championship for the state of Tennessee in their history and beating the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the country on the way to victory in Denver in 2022.
Hubert started Coaching after a four-year career at Belmont University, where he was a starter from 2013-2017, picking up All-Freshman accolades in 2013, and joint top goal-scorer awards in 2014 despite playing as a defender and ended his career with 67 games played. After his collegiate career at Belmont University, where he graduated with his Bachelors in Social Work, Hubert also won a National Championship as a player at the University of Nottingham in 2018, where he assisted both goals in the National Championship whilst graduating with honors in his Master’s Degree in Management.
Before his move to the United States in 2013, Hubert was born in England and came through the Academy Systems of Southampton, Portsmouth, Bristol City and Birmingham. Hubert made his First Team Debut in 2012 at the age of 17 against Premier League team Brighton & Hove Albion for Worthing FC, and made 46 appearances in his first season, winning Young Player of the Year, Young Defender of the Year and become the Youngest Player ever to represent his county, Sussex whilst appearing in the FA Cup and captaining the Youth Team on a run in the FA Youth Cup.
When asked “Why Lindenwood”, Hubert had this to say –
“I think it’s the combination of everything altogether. The program itself is ready to win, and I want to be a part of that. The administration is supportive, the team is ready and the facilities are fantastic. I wouldn’t have taken this job if I didn’t believe I could win here. I’m also ready to be mentored by Coach Bertsch and be surrounded with like-minded winners. On top of this, I love the idea of being in St Charles, minutes away from a huge soccer hotbed that is Saint Louis and continue to grow my network of people in this world and meet new people and enjoy life in the Mid West. At the end of the day, transitioning to Division 1 was always the goal, and I cannot wait to get started and bring success to Lindenwood University”.
Hubert will reside in St Charles with his dog, Thierry.
