Joe Kirt
Joe Kirt is an American college soccer coach who is the head coach of the Tennessee Lady [Volunteers soccer] team. He was previously an assistant coach of the Houston Cougars before later taking the assistant job at Tennessee.
Career
While working towards a degree in international studies at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Kirt, a native of Brookfield, played both soccer and hockey. He earned three varsity letters as a goalkeeper. He graduated in 1998 and became an assistant soccer coach at Houston two years later. From 2005 to 2007, he was the Director of Goalkeeping at the Challenge Soccer Club in Houston.In 2007, he took the assistant coaching job for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, a position he held until 2022 before taking over as head coach for Brian Pensky, who went to Florida State.