Methembe Ndlovu enters his first season as a men’s soccer assistant coach after joining the program in August 2020.
Ndlovu comes to Happy Valley after being the technical director of The Bantu Academy in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, he was the CEO and technical director of Bantu Rovers Football Club for 10 years (2008-17). As CEO, he was responsible for all club operations and as technical director he oversaw all of the clubs' technical staff.
Prior to his time with Bantu Rovers, Ndlovu was the head coach of Highlanders Football Club of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe from 2006 to July 2008. He led the club to CAF Africa Champions League qualification in 2006. Ndlovu was also the Zimbabwe National Under-20 men's head coach from 2007 to 2010. He led the national under-20 team to the COSAFA championship in 2007 and to the COSAFA silver medal in 2008.
Ndlovu started his coaching career as a player assistant coach with the Cape Cod Crusaders, then of the PDL, in 2002. In his first season as head coach in 2003, he led the Crusaders to the 2003 PDL National Championship. He then joined the PDL Indiana Invaders as general manager and head coach. A holder of the USSF B License, he was voted 2004 PDL National Coach of the Year. In 2004, Ndlovu also served as a volunteer assistant coach with the University of Notre Dame men’s soccer team.
As a player, Ndlovu spent six years as a professional with the Albuquerque Geckos in New Mexico, Highlanders FC in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and the Boston Bulldogs in Massachusetts. He was a four year letterwinner at Dartmouth College and was voted to the All-Ivy League first team in 1993. He earned nine international caps with the full Zimbabwe Men’s National Team between 1997 and 1999.
In addition to his soccer career, Ndlovu is a co-founder of Grassroot Soccer, Inc. (GRS), a youth health, non-governmental organization that uses soccer as a tool for social change. In 2010 Ndlovu was awarded the Dartmouth College Martin Luther King Social Justice Award for his vision, enthusiasm and persistence in youth health education. Ndlovu was part of the organization's Africa leadership team and was The Grassroot Soccer Africa CEO when he left the organization's management team in 2018 to serve on the GRS Global Board as a trustee.
Ndlovu is married to Jamie Cooper, and has three children and four step-children.
Ndlovu comes to Happy Valley after being the technical director of The Bantu Academy in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, he was the CEO and technical director of Bantu Rovers Football Club for 10 years (2008-17). As CEO, he was responsible for all club operations and as technical director he oversaw all of the clubs' technical staff.
Prior to his time with Bantu Rovers, Ndlovu was the head coach of Highlanders Football Club of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe from 2006 to July 2008. He led the club to CAF Africa Champions League qualification in 2006. Ndlovu was also the Zimbabwe National Under-20 men's head coach from 2007 to 2010. He led the national under-20 team to the COSAFA championship in 2007 and to the COSAFA silver medal in 2008.
Ndlovu started his coaching career as a player assistant coach with the Cape Cod Crusaders, then of the PDL, in 2002. In his first season as head coach in 2003, he led the Crusaders to the 2003 PDL National Championship. He then joined the PDL Indiana Invaders as general manager and head coach. A holder of the USSF B License, he was voted 2004 PDL National Coach of the Year. In 2004, Ndlovu also served as a volunteer assistant coach with the University of Notre Dame men’s soccer team.
As a player, Ndlovu spent six years as a professional with the Albuquerque Geckos in New Mexico, Highlanders FC in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and the Boston Bulldogs in Massachusetts. He was a four year letterwinner at Dartmouth College and was voted to the All-Ivy League first team in 1993. He earned nine international caps with the full Zimbabwe Men’s National Team between 1997 and 1999.
In addition to his soccer career, Ndlovu is a co-founder of Grassroot Soccer, Inc. (GRS), a youth health, non-governmental organization that uses soccer as a tool for social change. In 2010 Ndlovu was awarded the Dartmouth College Martin Luther King Social Justice Award for his vision, enthusiasm and persistence in youth health education. Ndlovu was part of the organization's Africa leadership team and was The Grassroot Soccer Africa CEO when he left the organization's management team in 2018 to serve on the GRS Global Board as a trustee.
Ndlovu is married to Jamie Cooper, and has three children and four step-children.