Jeremy Bishop was introduced as Harding University's new men's soccer coach for the 2011 season.
Bishop, a native of Little Rock, Ark., and a 1997 Harding graduate, comes back to Harding after serving his second stint at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, where he has been the assistant women's soccer coach since 2009.
From 2002-08, Bishop was the head men's coach and the assistant women's coach at Lyon College in Batesville. He started the men's program at Lyon and assisted with the start up of the women's program. In his time at Lyon, he coached 25 TranSouth Conference Scholar Athletes, 14 All-TranSouth Conference selections and six NAIA Academic All-Americans.
Bishop began his coaching career in 1999 as the volunteer boys' and girls' soccer coach at his alma mater Central Arkansas Christian in Little Rock. While working with Central Arkansas Christian, Bishop also worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Central Arkansas, where he became an assistant coach in 2000.
In 2001, Bishop took his first collegiate head coaching job at Barton County Community College in Kansas. He was the head women's coach and assistant men's coach for one season.
Bishop earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology at Harding and his master's degree in kinesiology at Central Arkansas in 2000.
Bishop is married to the former Beth Roberts, a 1998 Harding graduate. The couple has two children—Isabella and Connor.
