Doug Socha
Doug Socha (born c. 1975) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Keiser University in West Palm Beach, Florida, a position he has held since the program's inception in 2018. Socha led the Keiser Seahawks to the NAIA Football National Championship title game in 2022.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Keiser |
| Conference | TSC |
| Record | 42–13 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1975 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2005 | Buffalo (assistant) |
| 2006–2009 | American Heritage (FL) (assistant) |
| 2010–2011 | American Heritage (FL) |
| 2012–2015 | Oxbridge Academy (FL) |
| 2018–present | Keiser |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 42–13 (college) |
| Tournaments | 6–4 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Sun Conference|TSC (2022) 3 MSC Sun Division (2019–2021) 1 Florida Class 3A (2011) | |
Socha graduated from California State University, Northridge in 1999. From 2000 to 2005, he was an assistant football coach at the University at Buffalo. Socha spent four years, 2006 to 2009, as an assistant coach at the American Heritage School in Florida, before he was promoted to head coach in 2010. He led American Heritage to the class 3A state championship in 2011, but resigned from his post the following June.[1] In August 2012, Socha was hired as the first head coach of the new football program at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach.[2]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keiser Seahawks (Mid-South Conference) (2018–2021) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Keiser | 6–4 | 4–2 | 3rd (Sun) | |||||
| 2019 | Keiser | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st (Sun) | L NAIA First Round | 9 | |||
| 2020 | Keiser | 9–1 | 5–0 | 1st (Sun) | L NAIA Semifinal | 4 | |||
| 2021 | Keiser | 9–3 | 5–1 | 1st (Sun) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 11 | |||
| Keiser Seahawks (Sun Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Keiser | 9–4 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA Championship | ||||
| Keiser: | 42–13 | 9–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 42–13 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- Porter, Matt; Greer, Jeff (June 26, 2012). "Heritage football coach resigns". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. p. 2C. Retrieved December 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
. - Greer, Jeff (August 23, 2012). "Socha chosen as first football coach". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. p. 3C. Retrieved December 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .