Hideki Nakada, a goalkeeper at University of San Francisco and in Japan’s J-League, joined the Stanford women’s soccer coaching staff in April, 2014.
Nakada serves in all areas of the program: coaching, recruiting, gameplanning, scouting, and video.
He arrived from University of Oregon, where he was the program’s defensive coach and recruiting coordinator in 2013, and immediately helped Stanford reach the 2014 NCAA College Cup.
Nakada played goalkeeper at University of San Francisco in 2001-02 and graduated from the Hilltop with a degree in sociology in 2005. In between, he spent three seasons playing professionally in Japan, two with Omiya Ardija (2002-04) and one with Kyoto Purple Sanga (2004-05).
His collegiate coaching career began with three seasons at Idaho State, and continued with four at Marquette, and one at Oregon, where the Ducks conceded only 22 goals in 19 matches.
As a Marquette assistant, the Golden Eagles made four NCAA appearances and won a Big East title while earning 17 shutouts in one season, reaching the third round of the NCAA tournament. Natalie Kulla was the conference Goalkeeper of the Year and finished as the school record-holder in career shutouts (43) and goals-against average (0.74). While at Idaho State, the Bengals won Big Sky regular season and tournament honors to advance to the NCAA playoffs.