Lewis & Clark College

Head Men's Soccer Coach at Lewis & Clark (Oct. 2021-2024) 
Career Men's Record: 0-46-1 

Head Women’s Soccer Coach at Lewis & Clark (2010-present, 2025: 16^th season) 
Career Record: 363-221-72 (60.8%)
Career Conference Record: 229-152-51 (58.9%) 
Record at L&C: 91-151-44 (39.5%) 
NWC Record at L&C: 67-124-33 (37.3%) 
 
L&C Resume 
Most wins and conference wins in women's program history 
Six student-athletes were named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team in 2023 and 2024
Led women's soccer team to most conference wins (9-5-2) in program history in 2021
Led team to first three double-digit wins seasons (2013, 2015 and 2021) since return to varsity level
Coached one All-Region honoree 
Coached one NWC Rookie of the Year
Worked with four First Team All-Conference honorees
Coached 24 All-Conference players 
 
Head Coach at Willamette University (1993-2007, NCAA DIII)
Record at Willamette: 237-53-23 (79.7%), Conference record: 151-27-15 (82.1%) 
3x NWC Coach of the Year: 1993, 1994 and 1997 
Nine-time NWC Conference Champions: 1993-1999, 2001-2002
Led the Bearcats to the NAIA Final Four in 1998 and 2001 
Inducted into the Willamette Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009 
 
Head Coach at University of Portland (1986-88, NCAA DI) 
Record at U. of Portland: 35-17-5 (65.8%), Conference record: 11-1-3 (83.3%) 
Led team to first-place finishes in the NCSC in the program’s first two years at the DI level
Two-time Conference Coach of the Year 
 
Played at U of Portland (1977-80, NAIA) 
Owns the career program record for: most points (167) and goals (66) and sits second in assists (35) 
Owns the single-season program record for: points (64 in 1977), goals (26 in 1977) and shots (151 in 1977) 
Owns the single-game program record for: goals (5 vs Willamette 1978), assists (4 vs Willamette 1978) and points (14 vs Willamette 1978) 
Led the team in goals and points in three of his four seasons  
Inducted into the U. of Portland Hall of Fame in 1995 

Jim Tursi enters his 16th year at Lewis & Clark College in the fall of 2025. He has served as the head women's soccer coach since 2010 and has worked with the program since it returned to the varsity level in 2022. Tursi was tabbed to lead men's soccer in their return to varsity play in October of 2021. The 2022 season was the program's first varsity season since the Fall of 1991. He served as the men's soccer head coach from the program's first three seasons, before being named the Director of Soccer in 2025. He will continue to work with the men's program for the 2025 season but former assistant coach Fraser Morrison will lead the team as head coach. 

Tursi is a staple in the Pacific Northwest soccer scene after spending nearly 50 years in the area as a player and coach. Over the course of his 30+ seasons of collegiate coaching, he has amassed over 350 career victories, won 11 conference titles and been named Coach of the Year five times. 

Men's soccer continued to show improvement in year three as they brought in nine first years and graduated the first men's soccer player from Lewis & Clark since the 1990s. The team made big gains defensively, as the team's goals against average dropped by over half a goal in both conference (3.44) and overall (3.50). The team held five opponents to two goals or fewer, including a 1-0 loss to Pacific University in their 2024 season finale. 

During the 2023 season, Lewis & Clark men's soccer earned their first result since elevating back to varsity status. The Pioneers posted a 0-0 tie against George Fox University on October 25. The Pioneers showed tremendous progress throughout the season, including scoring six of their seven goals in the final 11 games. 

In his first season coaching the men's soccer program, Tursi guided a squad of 19 first-year players through a 16-game varsity schedule. The Pioneers played seven games against future conference foes and the rest against a combination of Division II, NAIA and community college competition. Lewis & Clark earned their lone win on September 11, when they defeated Edmonds Community College 1-0. Andrés Soto Hernandez scored a free kick goal midway through the second half and Ben Tallent and Declan Cloutier combined for an eight-save shutout.