The Midway College Soccer Program, under the leadership of Coach Brad Turpin Jr., will provide student-athletes with the mental and physical discipline required to succeed at the highest level, on and off the field. Intense and motivational training will bring this success to our soccer players while still having fun and fully enjoying the game of soccer.
Coach Turpin enthusiastically comments, “Soccer truly is the world’s ‘Beautiful Game.’ I coach because I love the game, and I enjoy seeing our players succeed academically and athletically.”
Turpin spent his first year of college competing at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. Turpin, as a freshman, was chosen as a Captain, and voted “Best Mid-Fielder” for the 1988-1989 season. Turpin graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, majoring in marketing, from the University of Kentucky in 1993, finishing on the Dean’s List.
A life long resident of Woodford County, Coach Turpin has succeeded in all aspects of his coaching career: In four of the past five years, Coach Turpin lead teams from the Bluegrass Soccer Club to Final Four State Cup appearances in the Kentucky State Cup Championships. In the fall of 2006, Coach Turpin took the Sayre High School girls' soccer team to its first ever appearance in the Kentucky Sweet Sixteen, along the way garnishing District and Regional Championships. He currently coaches and trains at the club level with the Bluegrass Soccer Club in Versailles, Kentucky.
Coach Turpin holds a USSF D License as well as a NSCAA Advanced Regional Diploma and NSCAA Regional Goalkeeping Diploma. He also is an American Sport Education Program Instructor Level Coach, is on the Kentucky Olympic Development Program (ODP) Staff for 2007 and 2008 , and is a USSF and NFHS certified referee. Coach Turpin resides in Versailles with his wife and three kids.
