Andy Zidron

Biography

Andy Zidron, who won two North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament titles as an assistant and an NCAC regular season championship as a player at Denison University, enters his 11th season as the head coach at The College of Wooster. Zidron currently serves as the chair of the physical education minor. With Zidron at the helm, Wooster has a renewed emphasis on upping the intensity level, and the staff is very intentional in establishing relationships with the student-athletes to create a Wooster soccer family, with the focus on serving one another and working hard for the team. The Scots' win total increased each year from 2016-18, with the program having its highest winning percentage since 2006 in 2018 (8-6-3). Individually, three alumni earned NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships during Zidron's tenure - Andreas Xenofontos (2020), Wilson Freije (2021), and Max Wiley (2025). Prior to Wooster, Zidron spent 14 years associated with Denison University's consistently successful program, helping the Big Red to eight top-three finishes in the conference standings and a 154-96-24 overall record (.606) during that time. With him as an assistant coach, Denison won the NCAC Tournament in both 2006 and 2009, and recorded eight winning seasons, including an 11-4-3 record in 2013. As a player, the Cincinnati, Ohio native was a standout defender for the Big Red. A four-year starter (73 games played), Zidron earned all-NCAC honors for a team that was NCAC co-champions and went 18-3, the winning