Nate Houser is a retired American

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player who is currently the

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associate vice president of advancement and senior advisor for DE&I initiatives. He played professionally in the

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, National Professional Soccer League and second Major Indoor Soccer League.

Player

In 1990, Houser graduated from

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. He attended

, playing on the men's soccer team from 1990 to 1993. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and political science. In 2007, Baker University inducted Houser into its Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1993, the

Wichita Wings The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979.

drafted Houser in the territorial round of the National Professional Soccer League draft, but traded him to the

Kansas City Attack The Kansas City Attack, previously the Atlanta Attack and later known as the Kansas City Comets, were an indoor soccer team based for most of its existence in Kansas City, Missouri. In its various incarnations the franchise played in the National ...

. He went on to play eleven seasons with the Attack. In 1997, Kansas City won the NPSL championship. In addition to playing the winter indoor season with Kansas City, Houser also played outdoors with the

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during the 1996 A-League season and the

Rochester Rhinos Rochester Rhinos, formerly known as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, was an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. The club won the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, marking the only time a non-MLS team has won the U.S. Open Cup sinc ...

during the

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season. On March 7, 2000, Houser signed with the

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. On November 1, 2004, Houser joined the

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. On March 19, 2005, the Steamers traded Houser and Mike Apple to the

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for

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. In October 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the

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Coach

In 2003,

hired Houser to coach its women's soccer team. In 2008, he also became the head coach of the men's soccer team. In 2010, he led the women to their first NAIA National Tournament appearance. They made it all the way to the Fab Four. In 2011 the women returned to the national tournament making it to the quarterfinals. In 2008 the boys made their first NAIA sweet 16 appearance and in 2011 the boys made it to the Fab-Four. Houser was named Baker's

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches a ...

in 2017, a position he held until 2022. In August 2022, Houser took on a new role with Baker University as the school's associate vice president of advancement and senior advisor for DE&I initiatives.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Houser, Nate Living people 1972 births American Professional Soccer League players American soccer coaches American men's soccer players Baltimore Blast (2001–2008 MISL) players Virginia Beach Mariners players Kansas City Attack players Kansas City Comets (2001–2005) players Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) players Milwaukee Rampage players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players Rochester Rhinos players St. Louis Steamers (1998–2006) players Sportspeople from Poway, California Soccer players from California Baker Wildcats men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Baker Wildcats men's soccer coaches Baker Wildcats women's soccer coaches Soccer players from San Diego County, California Baker Wildcats athletic directors 20th-century American sportsmen