Eight days after parting ways with Stefanie Golan, Mizzou soccer hired Paul Hart on Tuesday to be its third head coach in program history.
Hart, currently the associate coach at Stanford, singed a five-year deal with the Tigers. He will remain with the Cardinal until the end of their 2026 postseason run.
He spent six years with Stanford and helped lead the team to two national title game appearances. As the recruiting coordinator, Hart signed five consecutive top-five classes.
"Paul has the experience, vision and championship pedigree we were looking for to lead Mizzou soccer into its next era," Mizzou athletic director Laird Veatch said in a press release. "He has played an integral role in building an elite, nationally recognized program at Stanford, recruiting and developing some of the best players in the country and competing for national championships."
Since 2020, Hart has coached 23 players that made National Women's Soccer League appearances, as well as 10 who played in Europe and three who competed with their senior national team.
After the Tigers failed to make the postseason during Golan's six-year tenure, Hart will be tasked with rebuilding and developing the program into a winning one.
"I'm eager to get to Columbia, build relationships with our student-athletes and begin the work of leading a program that our university and community will be proud to support," Hart said. "We have high expectations, and I'm excited about what we can accomplish together."
The peak of Stanford's success during Hart's tenure was in 2025, when it went 21-2-2 and led the nation in scoring. The Cardinal coaching staff earned United Soccer Coaches Atlantic Region Staff of the Year recognition for its efforts. Hart assisted in a variety of areas, including player development, tactical preparation and opposition scouting.
A former professional goalkeeper, Hart has specialized his developmental prowess to produce some of the nation's best keepers. Stanford goalies won two conference goalkeeper of the year awards under Hart.
Prior to Stanford, he coached at Washington, where goalkeepers allowed just 12 goals all year in 2020-21, a single-season program record. He also previously coached at Oklahoma, San Francisco and UC Santa Barbara.
Hart is originally from London, England, and has more than 15 years of coaching experience within collegiate soccer.Â
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