Sean Bushey enters his 14th season as head coach of the Pirates in 2009. Over the course of his tenure at Whitworth, Bushey has established himself as one of the top small-college coaches in the northwest, if not the country.

Bushey, who has his USSF "A" license, has a 166-77-28 record after 14 seasons as a head men's soccer coach (156-71-26 in 13 years at Whitworth). He has led the Pirates to four Northwest Conference titles in the last five years, and five NWC titles overall.

The 2008 team won a second straight NWC title despite the graduation of seven starters off of the previous season's championship. In 2007 Whitworth won the conference and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament.

In 2005 he led Whitworth to the NCAA Division III Final Four after the Pirates won their second straight NWC championship. It was the first time a men's soccer team had repeated as Northwest Conference champions in more than ten years.

In 2004 he led Whitworth to its second NWC title in his tenure and to the second round of the NCAA tournament, while in 2001 he led the Pirates to a conference championship and the NCAA Regional Finals.

He has been named Northwest Conference Men's Coach of the Year four times (2001, 2004, 2007, 2008). Over the last ten years, the Whitworth men are 134-43-20 (.731).

Bushey coached a one-year stint at The Evergreen State College, finishing 10-6-2, where he earned a conference Coach of the Year award in 1995. Prior to that he led Tacoma Community College to a 22-6-5 record over two seasons and a NWAACC divisional championship.

Bushey also currently serves on the boy's Region IV Olympic Development Program staff as an age group head coach.

Bushey began his coaching career as an assistant for former Pirate head coach Einar Thorarinson.

Bushey was head coach of the USL Premier League Spokane Shadow for three seasons (1997-99). The Shadow won the Northwest Division regular season championship in 1997 and 1998 and played in the USL Premier League title match in 1999.

As a player, Bushey starred at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi. He was an all-district selection, an Academic All-American and team captain for the traditional NAIA power.

Matt Stueckle, Assistant Coach
E-mail Coach Stueckle at mstueckle@whitworth.edu

Matt Stueckle enters his eighth season as an assistant coach for the Pirate men's and women's soccer programs in 2009. He has helped coach the Whitworth men to four NWC titles in the last five years and the women to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2007.

Stueckle was a four-year standout on the Whitworth football team from 1996-99, earning First Team All-NWC honors three times. When he graduated he held the school record for career points scored (262). He then turned his attention to soccer, playing two seasons as a Pirate defender in 2000 and 2001. The 2001 team went 14-5-2 overall, earning Whitworth’s first league title since 1993. Stueckle was a First team All-NWC selection and a Second team NSCAA All-American. That 2001 team still holds the school record for most shutouts in a season with (13). In the summer of 2001 Stueckle started a semi-pro playing career with the Spokane Shadow, a PDL (Premier Development League) team that played in the Northwest Division of the USL (United Soccer League). Stueckle lead the league in scoring in 2002 along with being the team captain for two seasons (2002-03).

Along with coaching at Whitworth, Stueckle is in his 5th year as the head boys soccer coach at Mead High School in Spokane, earning a Greater Spokane League title in 2008 and state tournament appearances in 2006 (3rd place finish) and 2008 (top 8). Stueckle also coaches for the Spokane Shadow Youth Club where he’s coached U12 and U13 boys (2002-05), trained the club's goal keepers (2004-05) and now has coached the U16 age group for the past two years. For the past 5 years he has also assisted with the Spokane Soccer Academy. Stueckle has his USSF “B” License.

Stueckle earned a Master's of Arts degree in Special Education in 2004.