Crown College Athletics

Thomás Pazo has been tabbed the next Head Men’s Soccer Coach at Crown College. Pazo brings the international nature of soccer to life as he has been educated across the globe, with coaching certificates from the United States Soccer Federation, the English Football Association, and the Brazilian Football Confederation. The Rio de Janeiro native grew up with soccer in his everyday life, embracing the incredible Brazilian soccer culture from a young age. He had an opportunity to come to the United States for a collegiate soccer career, beginning with UW-Superior before transferring to Shorter University, an NCAA Division II school in Georgia. While in Georgia, he served as a club coach and then continued at the club level in California before rejoining the collegiate ranks. He served as an assistant coach from 2017-2020 with the Union College Bulldogs, an NAIA university in Kentucky. During that time, Pazo completed his Master’s degree in health and physical education.