Hunter has coached with the Hammerheads since 2013, coaching the youngest teams in the Juniors program all the way up to Juniors in high school. Hunter feels that seeing growth in players ability while growing their love for the game is the most rewarding part of coaching. He loves the Hammerheads and feels great pride seeing the ways that the club has made great strides over the last decade.
He is originally from Rocky Mount, NC and moved down to Wilmington in 2010 to attend UNC Wilmington. Hunter is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur and Houston Dynamo. When not coaching, Hunter is a big movie buff, enjoys spending time at the Beach with his Wife and walking or playing with his two dogs, Chadli and Sebastian.
Chadwick is now in his 7th year with the club. He currently holds a USSF C License and is always looking to grow and expand his coaching knowledge and skills. He loves studying the game and how it is constantly evolving. Chadwick is a passionate life long Crystal Palace supporter, he loves the magic of the FA Cup, and when he isn't coaching he enjoys competing in the local adult leagues.
Maddie grew up playing in the Raleigh area with CASL (now NCFC) with the top 5 nationally ranked 94’ CASL Black team. Maddie was a member of the NC ODP Regional Team and USL National Pool Team. After graduating high school Maddie played collegiately at NCAA Division I (top 25 ranked) University of Central Florida my freshman and sophomore year and NCAA Division 1 Sam Houston State University Junior and Senior Year. Maddie served as a captain my senior year at Sam Houston. She was on the American Conference All-Academic Team my Freshman and Sophomore year, and Southland Conference All-Academic Team my junior and senior year. After college graduation, Maddie played a year of professional soccer in the Icelandic Pepsi League with UMF Tindastol, before hanging up my playing boots. Maddie landed in Wilmington looking for someplace warm and at a beach after Iceland! Maddie resides in the Wilmington area with my husband and 2 toddler boys (have my fingers crossed for little soccer stars). Maddie started coaching with the Wilmington Hammerheads in the fall of 2024. Maddie wants to inspire the next generation of players and give back to the game that changed my life in so many ways.
Saul Juarez is in his first year coaching for the Wilmington Hammerheads. Saul has been part of this club for a long time as a player and now transitioned from a player to a coach. Currently, Saul is studying at UNCW getting a degree in business analytics. Saul is looking forward to continuing being part of this amazing community!
35 years coaching the Beautiful Game.
Former DOC for the Indiana Youth Soccer Association (ODP, Coaching Education, PR & Events).
Various high schools in Indianapolis, IN.
USSF B
Head Coach Port City FC Women (WPSL)
Wife is lower school director (Cape Fear Academy).
2 grown kids (played through college).
Paul has played soccer for over 40 years – recreationally, competitively, and through college at the University of Limerick, Ireland (where I studied abroad) and Allegheny College (where I also played Rugby and Lacrosse). I love this game, and it is a huge part of my life – I still play on multiple teams, coach a few, and am a major fan. I hope to share my love of the Beautiful Game with all of your kids. Outside of soccer, Paul owns and run a Remodeling Firm, am the Executive Director of Cape Fear Community Land Trust (a local affordable housing nonprofit), and is an avid surfer, snowboarder, climber, backpacker, boater, musician, yogi, woodworker, gardener, and chef. A Masters Degree in Public Administration and am an appointee by the City to the Workforce Housing Advisory Board. Paul believes that “the greatest part of sports are the life lessons we gain from it: courage, determination, dealing with adversity, teamwork, confidence, and managing the moments that you are given, because that is what it is all about – the moments that you have control over, which is often not the score. Soccer is about what is going on in your head and what you give on the pitch in your moments, and that is why I coach and what I hope to impart on the players.”
The 2025 season will be Nate Torbett's 5th year as head coach of Port City FC.
He's had massive success as the club's first head coach, guiding the team to promotion into the NPSL in just three seasons.
Torbett has a wealth of experience both as a player and a coach. He played Division 1 soccer at Winthrop University for one year and then continued his college career at Cape Fear Community College before going pro for the Coomera Colts in Australia. Torbett then coached the U18 Coomera Colts for one season before returning to the Port City as Cape Fear Community college's assistant men's coach. He coached the Sea Devils for two seasons before officially joining Port City FC as head coach.
Nate is also the son of head volleyball coach Julie Torbett who has been a head coach for over 30 years and racked up over 500 wins in her career.
His brother Tristan Torbett is a part of the US Soccer National Team family competing for US Extended National Teams.
In his 3rd season with HH. Jamie's emphasis is on player development and that players are loving to play this beautiful game. Jamie wants them to improve in terms of technical ability, tactics, and game understanding…but we also have to enjoy what we do.
Coach Jamie Noble has 14 year teaching career in NHCS with coaching stops at Laney High School, Trask Middle School, Cape Fear Academy, and Roland Grise Middle School.
2015 coach of Laney Men that reached the state championship game. Also named MEC Coach of the Year that season.
Andrea Bigler, aka Coach Bigs, has been with WHYFC since 2020. She’s been coaching for the past 13+ years anywhere from U8 to the collegiate level including stints at Anderson University, Vanderbilt University, and Taylor University. Bigs is certified as a U.S. Soccer D Licensed Coach, holds an NSCAA Goalkeeper Level 1 and 2 diploma, participated in True North Sports' Assistant Coach Immersion Program, and holds a certification in Fundamentals of Coaching. The Canton, Ohio native has also gained valuable coaching experience with Canton United Soccer Club, Indiana Fire Academy, Pacesetter Soccer Club, and Maumee Express Soccer Club.
Bigs graduated from the University of Toledo in 2010 with a degree in exercise science with a concentration in kinesiotherapy. Following her undergraduate work, she earned a master's degree in biomedical science from the University of Toledo's Medical Center in 2012. While at Toledo, Bigs was a two-year member of the varsity women's soccer team and was part of the 2006 team that finished as Mid-American Conference Champions.