University of North Dakota Athletics

Heading into the 2026 season, Henrik Sohn is set to start his second year at the helm of North Dakota soccer program after originally being announced by North Dakota Athletics as the ninth head coach in program history on January 3, 2025. 

In his first season manning the sidelines, Sohn led his team to numerous noteworthy performances. The Fighting Hawks started 5-0 for the first time since 2005. UND notched eight shutouts to tie for second-most in the school's Division I era while also collecting the second-most total goals in the D1 at 35 netted shots. North Dakota secured its first conference win since 2023, first conference road win since 2020 and ended the season ranked in the nation's top 50 in goals per game. Junior midfielder Cora Ellermann also broke UND's single season assist record at eight on the year. 

The 2025 season also saw five athletes honored by the Summit League in the 2025 All-Conference release. The accolades were headlined by Second Team selection Ellermann who also picked up All-Newcomer Team honors alongside senior midfielder Yui Fujii. Sophomore forward Charlie Basinet, senior defender Amelia Loeffler and sophomore goalkeeper Grace Miller also collected Honorable Mention distinction. Alisha Maake also represented the Fighting Hawks on the conference All-Academic release while Miller and Basinet combined for four total Summit League Peak Performer honors. 
 
Sohn stepped into the position after spending the 2024 season as the associate head coach at North Dakota, where he guided freshman goalkeeper Grace Miller to All-Summit League Honorable Mention and Summit League All-Newcomer Team honors as well as a spot on the Top-Drawer Soccer Top-100 Freshman ranking at the end of the season as the goalkeepers and backline coach.
 
Sohn came to North Dakota as an assistant coach in 2023 following a stint at James Madison, serving as the director of operations and assistant coach for one season with the men's program. While there, Sohn provided film analysis and breakdown, assisted in daily training, worked with goalkeepers and helped with recruiting efforts.
 
Prior to JMU, Sohn had a dominant head coaching career on the women's side at Kansas Wesleyan for four seasons, guiding the Coyotes to a 36-22-2 overall record, including an impressive 29-5-1 mark in league play. His teams finished among the top-2 in the conference standings in all four campaigns while also reaching a pair of NAIA National Tournaments, coaching two players to All-America honors and 30 all-conference selections.
 
Before taking over the head coaching job at KWU, Sohn served as an assistant for the Coyotes for two seasons and worked primarily with the goalkeepers. His squad once again had success, culminating with a 17-3-2 record and an appearance in the national tournament. 
 
He spent his playing career at the University of Providence, where he was a two-time NAIA Academic All-American selection and helped his team captured a pair of Frontier Conference titles. 
 
Sohn earned his Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Performance in 2016 from the University of Providence before earning his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 2019 from Kansas Wesleyan.  
 
THE HENRIK SOHN FILE
Position: Head Coach
Hometown: Homberg, Germany
Education: University of Providence (2016), Kansas Wesleyan (2019)

CAREER IN SOCCER
AS A COACH
2025: North Dakota (head coach)
2024: North Dakota (associate head coach)
2023: North Dakota (assistant coach)
2023: James Madison (director of operations, assistant coach)
2019-22: Kansas Wesleyan (head coach)
2017-18: Kansas Wesleyan (assistant coach)

AS A PLAYER
2013-16: University of Providence