Brock Duckworth - Soccer Coach - East Carolina University Athletics

Brock Duckworth

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
duckworthb17@ecu.edu

Brock Duckworth was named assistant soccer coach on February 17, 2017 by head coach Rob Donnenwirth.

Duckworth comes to ECU following a one-year stint at Florida International. During his time with the Panthers he was responsible for scouting, training players and goalkeepers and managing the team's analytics.

"Although Brock will primarily work with our goalkeepers in day to day training, he has a great understanding of the game and will help field players as well," Donnenwirth said. "He will also serve as our recruiting coordinator as I am impressed with his organization and evaluation of players. He has coached at a number of places and will bring a unique perspective to what we do."

Prior to FIU Duckworth spent the 2015 season as the director of scouting and technology for the Arkansas women's soccer program. While with the Razorbacks, he worked with heart monitors to focus on performance analysis and created a point system to tangibly evaluate players. He also assisted with the promotion of camps and clinics.

Before his time in Fayetteville, he coached two seasons with both the men's and women's teams at Winthrop. There, his primary focus was with the goalkeepers and recruiting. In the 2013 season, both teams had a goal per game average around one.

In the past nine years he has coached with several clubs including Sporting Arkansas, North Carolina ODP, Discoveries Soccer Club and Charlotte United. Additionally, he's spent time at the high school level with Plano East, Coastal Carolina and Ashley High School as an assistant.

A four-year standout at UNC Wilmington, Duckworth played four professional seasons in the United States Soccer League as a goalkeeper for Wilmington, then Charleston (S.C.) and Charlotte.

As the Starter for Wilmington in 2011 he appeared in 18 matches and had a 1.16 goals-against average with four shutouts and 46 saves. While with Charleston he had a 1.2 GAA in five games during the team's 2012 championship season. In his final two professional seasons, he appeared in 12 matches with Charlotte while the Eagles were a 2013 USL finalist.

At UNCW he earned NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region honors and a pair of Colonial Athletic Association honors. He finished his career with the Seahawk's as the all-time leader in GAA (1.07), second in career shutouts (24) and third in save percentage (.787). During his collegiate career he was part of the U19 Youth National Championship team out of Texas.

Duckworth earned his Bachelor's in Communications from UNC Wilmington in 2011.