Head Coach Paul Davenport

Davenport begins his 12th season as the Head Coach of the Hill College Men's and Women's Soccer programs.

Since joining the Hill College Soccer program, Davenport has established Hill Soccer as a regional and nationally respected program. Hill Soccer has achieved the following during Davenport’s time: 12 combined Region V titles, 3 District titles, and 5 trips to the NJCAA National Championship tournament.

Men’s

• First winning season (2013)
• Men’s Region V title (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
• Men’s Plains District title (2014, 2015)
• Men’s first National Championships appearance - finished 5th (2014)
• National Championship appearance - finished 5th (2015)
• National Championship appearance - finished 11th (2016)
• Men’s National ranking 10th (2015)
• National ranking 10th (2015)
• Men’s first National Player of the Week (2014)
• Men’s first All-American (2015) All-American (2019)
• Best record in school history 16-3-1 (2015)
• Most goals scored, 70 (2015)
• Longest win streak in school history, 14 (2015)
• Most consecutive winning seasons in school history 7 (2013-2019)
• Men’s Region Player of the Year (2014, 2015,2016, 2019)
• Men’s Region V Tournament MVP (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
• Hill College Men were 1 of only 3 schools in the nation to have qualified for 3 consecutive NJCAA National Championship Tournaments between (2014-2016).

Women’s

• Most goals scored in school history, 95 (2012)
• #1 GAA in the nation with fewest goals against in school history, 5 (2017)
• Most wins in a season, 15 (2019)
• Women's Region V title (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• First District Title (2019)
• Qualified for the first-ever NJCAA National Championship Tournament, finishing 5th (2019, 2021)
• Beat most nationally ranked teams (3) (2019)
• Women’s first National Player of the Week (2014)
• Girls best record in school history, 14-0-1 (2017)
• 3rd longest winning streak in the nation 14 wins (2017)
• Most consecutive winning seasons in school history, 10 (2012-21)
• Women nationally ranked in the top 20 (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021).
• Women’s Region Player of the year (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• Women’s Region Tournament MVP (2015, 2016,2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• Women’s All American (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• Undefeated record in all Region V play (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Davenport has been named the Plains District Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2015 and Region V Coach of the Year in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. He was the only coach in the nation to manage both men's and women’s soccer programs to Regional Championships in 2014. Coach Davenport has also achieved 100+ wins during his time at Hill College including wins over #2 Illinois Central (2014), #4 Pima (2015), #4 Lewis & Clark (2019) at the National Championship Tournament. Hill Soccer has scored a total of 600 goals since Davenport has taken over. Davenport has been able to successfully move on men and women to all levels in collegiate soccer including NCAA D1, D2, D3, NAIA D1 in the last 4 years to continue their college educations, with more than half receiving soccer scholarships to play.

Davenport’s collegiate coaching experience began at Texas Christian University where he served as Director of Operations for the women’s soccer team 2008-2010. In 2011, he was named assistant coach at TCU before taking the job at Hill College. He was able to learn under Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year, Dan Abdalla.

Originally from Irving, Texas, Davenport attended Texas A&M-Commerce University where he was on the football team for a year before becoming a volunteer assistant with the women’s soccer program. He received his bachelor’s degree in Sports Administration and later received his master’s degree in Education Administration from TCU. Along the way, he also coached at Nolan Catholic High School helping the boy’s team begin their run at multiple state titles under Head Coach Adam Clementson.

Assistant Coach Chris Escalera

Assistant Coach Ramiro Perez

*** PLEASE NOTE: THE NJCAA SCHEDULE IS IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME.***
NJCAA Schedule 2022 - 2023

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Record: 10-3-3 overall; 5-0-2 conference

NJCAA National Tournament Qualifier

NJCAA South District Runner-Ups

NJCAA Region V Champions

NJCAA First Team All-American: Liliana Meijia

NJCAA Second Team All-American: Fernanda Pena

NJCAA Region V Coach of the Year: Paul Davenport

NJCAA Region V Player of the Year: Fernanda Pena

NJCAA Region V First Team All-Region: Fernanda Pena, Liliana Meijia, Christina Salmon, Ella Brown, and Nathalia Herreros

NJCAA Region V Honorable Mention: Jessel Gonzalez, Alondra Rangel, Isabel Solis, and Mackenzie Miller

NJCAA Region V All-Tournament Team: Juliana Gomez (MVP), Fernanda Pena, Isabel Solis, Liliana Meijia, Ella Brown, Alondra Rangel, and Kearcie Ahovelo

NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA): Elanna Yates

NTJCAC All-Academic Team 2022 (sophomore student-athletes with above 3.25 cumulative GPA): Madelyn Byrd, Clarissa Martinez, Mackenzie Miller, Jarelly Pacheco, and Alondra Rangel

Region V Champions 2021, Nationals 5th place 2021

Region V Champions 2020

Region V Champions 2019, District Champions 2019, Nationals 5th place 2019

Region V Champions 2018

Region V Champions 2017

Region V Champions 2016

Region V Champions 2015

Region V Champions 2014