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Gerald “Jerry” Hare: Founder & Director of Hare Goalkeeper Academy and Volunteer Assistant Soccer Coach for DIII Westminster College (PA) Men’s & Women’s Soccer teams, Middle School Head Soccer Coach and Varsity Assistant Soccer Coach for Shady Side Academy. Coach Hare has been coaching for thirty-three years with specialty in goalkeeping. His coaching stops have included Hampton High School Boys’ Varsity Soccer (Goalkeeper Coach), Hampton Soccer Club (Head Coach for U-14 Girls), North Catholic High School Girls’ Varsity Soccer (Head Coach) and Woodland Hills High School Boys’ Soccer (Assistant Varsity Soccer and Head JV Coach). For the past twenty-six years, he has been a Varsity Assistant Soccer Coach and Goalkeeper Coach at Shady Side Academy for the boys’ & girls’ varsity soccer teams, as well as Head Soccer Coach for 7th & 8th Grade Coed Soccer team. Currently, he continues to work in the same positions for the Varsity Boys’ & Girls’ Soccer teams as well as for 7th & 8th Grade Coed Soccer team. Since 1999 at Shady Side Academy, his boys’ goalkeepers have a combined GAA (goal away average) of 0.94 and a combined GAA of 1.02 for the girls’ goalkeepers.

In 2018, Coach Hare was part the men’s soccer coaching staff that helped direct the team to win President Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship match 1-0 against Grove City and first round appearance to the NCAA DIII Soccer Tournament in which I helped senior AJ Bove ranked third in PAC in goals against average (0.68) and broke the program record for career shutouts with 25. The Titans only conceded 7 goals against conference foes in the regular season.

In 2022, he helped freshman Morgan Murphy to a successful season, which she started all 20 matches for Westminster, going 14-4-2 while posting a league-low .697 goals-against average. Murphy totaled 90 saves and owned a .874 save percentage, which ranked 24th in Division III. In 10 regular season conference starts she went 9-1 with a 0.44 goals-against average. She led the conference with seven shutouts last fall, including four in league play. She was named as the PAC Newcomer of the Year award and the championship tournament's Most Outstanding Player following Westminster's 2-0 shutout of Franciscan in the title match, in which, she made 12 saves against Franciscan after recording seven saves and stopping three shootout attempts during the 1-1 semifinal draw with Chatham.

In 2023, Coach Hare helped sophomore Murphy to another successful season, which she started all 18 matches for the Titans last season, going 13-4. Her .707 goals-against average (GAA) and .876 save percentage rank second in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) while her 78 saves were fourth in the league. Murphy had three shutouts (4 combined shutouts) last fall. She was named the PAC Defensive Player of the Week twice (Sept. 18, 25) last season, Murphy was named a United Soccer Coaches Division III All-Region VII First Team pick on Nov. 28. She has started 38-straight matches and has 10 career shutouts. Her 0.70 career GAA currently ranks 23rd among active Division III leaders. Just recently, Murphy secured Third Team All-America honors.

This past season (Fall 2024), Westminster Women’s Soccer has completed another winning season, finished the regular season in first place with 9-0-1 record in the President Athletic Conference but lost in a tough championship game against Grove City in PAC Tournament with score of 4-3. Westminster Women’s Soccer ended with an overall record of 11-6-1. For the third year in a row, Coach Hare helped Junior Morgan Murphy to another outstanding season, who spearheaded Westminster's defensive effort that finished with five shutouts and limited its opponents to a 1.88 goals per game average in 2024.

In nine PAC regular season appearances (8 starts), Murphy went 8-0-1 with a 0.77 goals-against average (GAA). She claimed United Soccer Coaches All-America honors last December, securing a spot on the Third Team. In 51 career starts, Murphy owns a 36-13-2 record while sporting a 1.00 GAA, a .841 save percentage and 13 shutouts. She is Westminster's second-straight PAC Defensive Player of the Year selection.

Since 2017 at Westminster, his men’s goalkeepers have a combined GAA (goal away average) of 1.08 and a combined GAA of 0.83 for the women’s goalkeepers.

Post-season experience has included:

Westminster College (2017-present)

Men - President’s Athletic Conference Champion (2018)

President’s Athletic Conference Runner-up (2020-2021)

NCAA DIII National Tournament Appearance

Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament

Appearance (2019, 2021)

Women - President’s Athletic Conference Champion (2022)

President’s Athletic Conference Runner-up (2018, 2021, 2023,

2024)

Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament

Appearance (2017, 2018, 2021)

Shady Side Academy (1998-present)

Boys - Section Champions (1999-2002, 2004-2008, 2013, 2020-2022)

WPIAL Class AA Champions (1990, 2017)

WPIAL Class AA Runner-up (2002, 2016, 2020, 2023)

WPIAL Class A Runner-up (2006, 2008)

WPIAL Class AA Third Place (2019)

WPIAL Class A Third Place (2007)

WPIAL Class AA Semifinalists (2001, 2013)

PIAA Class AA Semifinalist (2001, 2016, 2023)

PIAA Class A Semifinalist (2008)

PIAA Class AA Quarterfinalist (2002, 2017)

PIAA Class A Quarterfinalist (2006-2007)

Girls - Section Champions (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)

WPIAL Class A Champions (2010, 2013, 2016, 2019)

WPIAL Class AA Runner-up (2004-2005, 2023)

WPIAL Class AA Semifinalist (2020)

WPIAL Class A Runner-up (2017)

WPIAL Class A Third Place (2012, 2014, 2015)

PIAA Class A State Champions (2017)

PIAA Class A Runner-Up (2016, 2019)

PIAA Class A Semifinalist (2012-2013)

PIAA Class AA Semifinalist (2018, 2023)

PIAA Class A Quarterfinalist (2010-2011)

PIAA Class AA Quarterfinalist (2004)

Hampton High School (1990)

Boys - Section Champions

WPIAL Class AA Champions

PIAA Class AA State Champions

His playing experience has included Hampton High School (1982-1983), Community College of Allegheny County Center North Indoor Soccer Club (1983-1984), Southern Illinois University Soccer Club (1984-1987) and adult soccer leagues for eight years. Hare holds national and regional diplomas from National Soccer Coaches Association (NSCAA). Coach Hare is a certified CPR Trainer and Sport Safety Trainer (American Red Cross). Westminster College Bio Link.

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CAMP DIRECTOR - WESTMINSTER COLLEGE TITAN SOCCER CAMPS (IN CONJUNCTION WITH HGA CAMPS)

Girish Thakar: Men’s & Women’s Head Soccer Coach at DIII Westminster College (PA) concurrently since 2002 and the men’s team since 1998, Winner of ten-time Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Soccer Champions, five with the men’s and five with the women’s. He led his teams to NCAA Tournament nine times. Thakar was named PAC Coach of the Year six times. Prior to coaching at Westminster, he was the head men’s coach at his alma mater, Slippery Rock University, from 1993-96, after graduating from SRU in 1991 and later earning a master’s degree from the school. As a player at Slippery Rock, he was a four-year starter who earned All-PSAC honors. Thakar holds NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and FA Coaching Badge. BIO

VIDEO on Coach Thakar and the Westminster College Soccer Program.

The members of Westminster College Men’s & Women’s Soccer will serve as camp assistants.