Andrew Livingston joins the Otter raft as Head Coach Graeme Jaap’s top lieutenant for the 2020 campaign. He spent the 2019 season as the lead assistant at NCAA Division II rival Eastern New Mexico, where he helped lead Head Coach Jon Fridal’s troops to three wins over Top 25 programs and the best record (12–5–1) in school history.
Livingston’s coaching resume includes a pair of stops at the NCAA Division I level. He was a men’s assistant coach at the University of Evansville and, before that, a women’s assistant at Northwestern. He began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant Saint Thomas University in Florida.
Other coaching stints for Livingston include director of coaching for the Bloomingdale Lightning Travel Soccer Club, assistant regional director for UK Soccer International and coach for Nordjyllands Idraetshojskole in Denmark (2014).
A Hamilton, Scotland native, Livingston began his collegiate playing career at Brescia University where he was named team captain and helped his team to a Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship in 2010. As a freshman, Livingston led the conference with nine assists and earned All–KIAC honors.
Livingston transferred to St. Thomas University in 2011. During his time at STU he led his squad to back–to–back Sun Conference regular season championships in 2011 and 2012.He was a two-time all–conference selection in athletics and a two–time academic all–conference selection. He was also awarded the Saint Thomas University Silver Bobcat Award which is given to the student–athlete who best embodies the NAIA five core values of integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership.
Livingston graduated from St. Thomas with honors in 2013 with a bachelor’s in criminal justice. Upon graduation, Livingston went on to play for Miami United (2013) in the National Premier Soccer League, where he was named team captain before moving on to play for Jammerbugt FC (2014), a professional club in the Danish Second Division.
