Jesse Haislip was hired as an assistant coach for Loyola’s men’s soccer program during the summer of 2021. A Baltimore native and a standout goalkeeper as a player, he brings several years of championship-level experience at the club level to the Greyhounds.
Haislip has coached the program's goalkeepers in his three season's with the program, which includes coaching Dylan Van der Walt, who was named Second Team All-Patriot League in 2023.
Haislip most-recently coached with FC Baltimore Christos in the National Premier Soccer League, where he helped the team earn an NPSL Mid Atlantic Conference title in 2019. Prior to that, he was part of a pair of national championship-winning teams during a five-year stint at club powerhouse Baltimore Celtic.
Haislip began his club career at Baltimore Bays, working under current Loyola head coach Steve Nichols in his first role. He also previously served as a volunteer goalkeeper coach at Mount Saint Joseph High School from 2014-17.
As a player, Haislip was the goalkeeper for Andover High School during its run to a Maryland state championship in 1989, and he went on to play collegiate soccer at UMBC. After graduation, Haislip and his two brothers founded Christos FC, an amateur club which made news nationally in 2017 after advancing to face DC United in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. He continues to play and coach at Christos FC and was part of three national championships with the club’s over-30 squad, most recently winning one iwth its over-50 squad.
Haislip graduated from UMBC with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology.
