Coach Bryan Chud took the helm of the women’s soccer program in 2016 and Northwest University and became the program's all-time leader in coaching wins in 2019. He has taken the Eagles to the postseason every season and to the national postseason three times.
His first team in 2016 reached the NAIA National Semifinals. He followed that up with an Opening Round appearance and in 2018 guided the Eagles back to the final site and a successful season that culminated in the NAIA National Quarterfinals.
On the conference level, Chud’s teams have peaked at the right time. His 2018 squad won the Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament, 1-0, over Eastern Oregon, after reaching the finals in 2016 and 2017.
Chud, who also is the assistant athletics director at NU, returned to his alma mater as assistant men’s soccer coach in 2015 and stayed at that position until 2017.
Northwest finished fifth in the NAIA final poll in 2016, received votes in the last poll in 2017 and ranked 15
th in the 2018 postseason poll.
Coach Chud is a 2002 graduate of Northwest University earning a degree in history and was a three-time team captain of the Eagle men's soccer team from 1999 to 2002, earning both regional and national recognition. He owns the school record in career goals scored and was inducted into the NU Eagle Hall of Fame in March, 2015. He earned NAIA All-America honorable mention and was his team’s 2002 Champions of Character Award winner.
Chud was born and raised in Alaska, but his career in soccer has taken him all over the world. After graduating from high school, he moved to Europe playing at a high level in Germany and England for three years. He then returned to the U.S. and enrolled at Northwest U.
Following his graduation from Northwest U, Bryan and his wife Breanna moved to Dungannon, North Ireland, where he played for the Irish Premier League for 10 years with Ambassadors FC. While with AFC, he was the all-time leading goal-scorer while garnering four Promotions, three Player’ Player of the Year awards and helping the squad to the Mid-Ulster Cup Championship in 2012.
While in Northern Ireland, he served six years as a youth pastor and was also instrumental in establishing the charity, Ambassadors in Sport and his involvement with the Ambassadors allowed him to travel to Africa—Sudan, Senegal, Mozambique and South Africa as a player and coach.
Coach Chud has earned his Level 1 and Level 2 coaching licenses from the Irish Football Association and recently received his UEFA B Part 1 license.
After 12 years in Northern Ireland, Bryan and his wife Breanna, along with their twin sons, Kidran and Cohen, moved back to the Pacific Northwest. The family attends Bellevue Presbyterian Church.
Chud enjoys skiing, music (guitar/drums), family time, hiking, cliff diving, adrenaline adventure and traveling.
Bryan Chud at Northwest
| Year |
Overall W-L |
Conference W-L |
Comment |
| 2021 |
10-7-3 |
8-2-2 |
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| 2020(21) |
5-6-1 |
5-4-1 |
Covid-19 delayed season |
| 2019 |
13-6 |
9-3 |
Chud becomes all-time leader in NU Women's Soccer coaching wins |
| 2018 |
13-9-2 |
7-3-2 (5th) |
NAIA Quarterfinals, CCC Tournament Champions |
| 2017 |
11-10 |
6-5 (6th) |
NAIA Opening Round, CCC Tournament Finalist |
| 2016 |
15-6-2 |
6-3-2 (t-4th) |
NAIA Semifinals, CCC Tournament Finalist |
| Career |
67-44-8 |
41-20-7 |
Three NAIA Tournament Appearances, Three Appearances in CCC Finals |
