Dr. Ted Flogaites enters his seventh season at the helm of the Jackson State University soccer program and his 26th season overall at the collegiate level. He journeyed to Jackson in 2019, after previously serving as the head coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 2018.
In six seasons as coach of the Tigers, Flogaites ranks No. 1 in all-time wins at Jackson State, winning a total of 40 matches. In each of his six seasons, the program has reached postseason play, with the banner season coming in 2022 when the program captured both the SWAC regular season and the SWAC tournament championships, earning an NCAA Tournament berth against the University of Alabama. In that season, the team went 9-1-1 in the conference and 11-8-1 overall and Flogaites was tabbed SWAC Coach of the Year. It was the program’s first SWAC title in soccer in a decade.
Flogaites set the tone for the Lady Tigers’ soccer program in his inaugural season in 2019, guiding the Blue and White to an 8-12 overall record and 7-3 in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play. He coached the team to a seven-game conference winning streak, a six-game, 650-minute shutout win streak, and a No. 1 ranking in all of NCAA collegiate soccer in shots on goal percentage. The Tigers secured their most conference wins in a season since 2016, it was their first time holding an above .500 winning percentage in conference play since the 2015 season, and they registered more SWAC wins in one season than the previous two seasons combined.
Flogaites-coached teams at Jackson State have never finished below .500 against SWAC opponents, going 7-3 in 2019, 4-3 in 2020, 3-3-3 in 2021, 9-1-1 in 2022, 7-3 in 2023, and 2-9-5 in 2024. He has compiled a six-year record at JSU of 40-55-10 in SWAC contests, a winning percentage of .504.
Born in New York, N.Y. and raised in Tenafly, N.J., Flogaites was introduced to soccer as a child, when he began playing the sport at an early age. He says his love for the sport came from his father.
"Soccer was a passion of my father's," says Flogaites, who admits his favorite disc jockey is the world-renowned Dutch DJ Armin Van Buuren. "I always remember being around it as a young kid and I never felt like I was missing out on anything like other sports such as football or basketball because soccer is truly
the sport."
Clearly Flogaites, who is fluent in both English and Greek, is no stranger to the game. Some of his impressive accolades are:
- Conference Coach of the Year: RRAC – 2006 and GPAC – 2010 & 2011
- NSCAA/Adidas Regional Coach of the Year: 2006 & 2010
- Brine NAIA Coach of the Year: 2010
- NSCAA/Mondo NAIA National Coach of the Year: 2010
- Overall Coaching Record: 151-127-16, 151 wins at the collegiate level
- Seven consecutive winning seasons: 105-30-12 (2006-2012)
- Coached two teams to first ever appearance in NAIA National tournament
- National Champion Runner-Up NAIA: 2010
- Ranks No. 2 in All-Time Wins at Western Illinois with 28
- Only coach at Western Illinois women's soccer program with a win over a Big 10 team
- Fifteen (15) years collegiate head coaching experience (D1, NAIA, & D3)
- Seventeen (17) years overall coaching experience
- Named to NSCAA associate coaching staff
- Clinician, Instructor of State Level USSF Courses
Flogaites’ most decorated year to date occurred in 2010 when he was named Brine National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Coach of the Year as well as NSCAA/Mondo NAIA National and NSCAA/Adidas Regional Coach of the Year while leading the women's soccer program at Hastings College, a liberal arts college in Hastings, Neb. There, he compiled an overall record of 76-21-9 with a total of 52 shutouts in five seasons. Flogaites, who holds a doctoral degree, coached Hastings to a Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular season championship and GPAC Tournament championship in two consecutive seasons – 2010 and 2011.
In 2008, Flogaites led Hastings to a trip to the NAIA National Tournament, and in 2010, his team was NAIA National Tournament runner-up, falling in the NAIA National Championship game.
Earlier in the 2010 NAIA playoff run, the team managed a 3-2 win in penalty kicks (PK's) over Olivet Nazarene University, and as a result, Flogaites led the Lady Broncos to its first win ever in the NAIA National Tournament. The NAIA tourney victory was a first for both Hastings College and the GPAC.
After his time spent at Hastings, Flogaites became head women's soccer coach at Western Illinois University, where he finished second in all-time wins in program history with 28. In 2012, his team went 13-6-0 overall and 5-3 in conference play, resulting in a Summit League Tournament semifinals appearance. Three of his players at Western Illinois were named first-team All-Summit League while three players were selected to the Summit League's All-Academic Team.
Flogaites earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of California, followed by a Master of Science degree from New Jersey City University. In 2014, he earned his Doctor of Education (Ed.D) degree in Sports Management with an emphasis in Sports Marketing from the United States Sports Academy.
