Northeastern University Athletics

Matt Soderstrom enters his third season as the Huskies’ assistant coach in 2017 and fifth season overall at Northeastern after working as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2009 and 2010 campaigns.
 
Soderstrom rejoined Ken Nichols’ coaching staff in fall 2015 after serving as the assistant director of Woodlands Wave Volleyball Club in Spring, Texas. From 2014 to 2015, he was the head coach of the organization’s Top 14’s Team Program while also working as the club’s recruiting coordinator.
 
Additionally, Soderstrom brings USA Team experience to the Huskies. Most recently, he served as the Associate Head Coach at the Future Select National Skills Program for 2018. Soderstrom served as the Assistant Coach for the same program the previous year. He also was an Associate Head Coach and Assistant Coach for the A2 Training Camp in 2014 and 2015. Finally, Soderstrom served as the Assistant Coach for the Youth Continental Team, High Performance, A2 Training Camp and National Training Camp. 

Upon graduating from Northeastern with his master’s degree in sports leadership in 2011, Soderstrom became an assistant coach at Syracuse, where he ascended into the role of interim associate head coach between October 2011 and January 2012. As the recruiting and video coordinator for the Orange, Soderstrom helped guide Syracuse in 2011 to a fourth-place finish in the BIG EAST and the program’s first victory against national power Notre Dame since 1981.
 
In 2012, Soderstrom assisted in leading the Orange to its first all-time win against a nationally ranked team in No. 18 Iowa State. During his coaching tenure at Syracuse, he mentored five All-BIG EAST selections.
 
While completing his master’s degree at Northeastern, Soderstrom spent two years as the Huskies’ volunteer assistant coach, where he helped NU make a postseason run to the CAA championship match in 2010. That season, he played an instrumental role in helping Britney Brown win CAA Player of the Year and Janelle Tucker achieve CAA Rookie of the Year honors.
 
Prior to coaching at Northeastern, Soderstrom was an assistant coach at St. John’s, where he helped the Red Storm win the 2008 BIG EAST regular-season championship. He mentored conference Player of the Year Wioleta Leszczynska and Libero of the Year Lena Yee.
 
During his coaching career, Soderstrom has instructed three AVCA All-Americans and 13 Division I All-Conference selections. He has also worked annually since 2011 with USA Volleyball as the High Performance associate head coach on top of working with several A2 and A3 youth development and national training teams.
 
Soderstrom graduated from Connecticut in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in physiology and neurobiology. He was a four-year member of the UConn men’s volleyball club program and was recognized as an All-NECVL selection in 2006.