Bio

In July 2024, James Westfield will go into his third year with Northeastern, second as Head Coach and spent one season as Assistant Coach for the Plainsmen. James’ overall record in his first two years stands at 17-11-4 this including an undefeated home record of 7-0-2 in the fall of 2022. The team this past season made the post-season tournament having a Region 9 season record of 4-3-2. The team had 4 players receive All-Region Awards in First Team and Honorable Mention on top of 4 Players receive All-Region Honors the previous season.

Prior to Coach Westfield’s first season with Northeastern Junior College as the Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach in July of 2022. James was previously a Graduate Assistant Coach at Hastings College for the Women’s Soccer team in Hastings, Nebraska. Hastings College had a combined record of 25-11-1 for two seasons whilst James was coaching there.  During his time at Hastings, the Broncos made the conference tournament both seasons and reached the semi-final in 2021. As a GA Assistant Coach, there were a total of 13 players who made the All-Conference teams in two years. 

James attended and played soccer at Patrick Henry Community College for his freshmen year in 2016-17. Here, James scored a total of 18 goals and was named NJCAA All-American. After his freshmen year, James transferred to Wayland Baptist University where he won a National Championship in 2017. Coach Westfield ended his soccer career with 2 Conference titles, 1 Conference-Tournament title, 1 National Championship, was named to the All-Conference First-Team four consecutive years and ended as All-Time Top Goal Scorer for Wayland Baptist University. James also played two seasons with Duluth FC in the NPSL. In those two seasons, James was named to the North Conference XI team twice and was also nominated for the Regional XI team in both seasons.