Varga led GWU to an 8-10-2 record and its first conference tournament appearance since the 2011 season.  Vargas squad enjoyed great success during his first season, as GWU ranked in the top three in the Big South in goals, assists, and points.  Three GWU players earned all-conference accodlades, as Shelby Hooe earned first team honors, Krista Chauvin was named to the second team, and Addison Abee was selected as to the Honorable Mention squad. Hooe also was named Scholar-Athlete of the year, becoming the first GWU student-athlete to be named Big South Womens Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  Varga spent the 2013 season as an assistant coach with the Runnin Bulldogs and has 14 seasons of Division I head coaching experience under his belt. He has posted an overall career record of 236-201-37 in nearly two decades of head coaching experience. Prior to joining the Gardner-Webb program last season, Varga served as head womens soccer coach at the University of South Alabama from 1999-2012. Varga won 121 matches during his time with the at South Alabama, leaving the program as its all-time leader in victories. USA captured the Sun Belt regular season title in 2000 and was league tournament runner up in 2005. The core group of student-athletes he recruited on this past seasons roster led South Alabama to a Sun Belt Conference Tournament crown, a 14-win season and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. During his time in Mobile, Varga mentored 20 All-Sun Belt Conference selections, seven Sun Belt All-Tournament selections, 21 NSCAA All-Region Scholar-Athletes, three NSCAA All-Region selections and one Freshman All-America selection. The Jaguars twice carried the Sun Belts top GPA (2003 and 2004), and Vargas teams earned the NSCAAs National Team Academic Award ten times. Vargas success wasnt limited to South Alabama. He started the womens soccer program at Division II Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) University and had the Railsplitters in the NCAA Division II top-20 within five seasons. During his time at LMU, Varga compiled a 65-25-7 overall record and led the squad to a pair of Gulf South Conference titles in 1996 and 1997. His teams combined record in 1996 and 1997 was 34-5-3 and the Gulf South Conference crowns were the schools first in any sport. His 1998 squad achieved a national top-10 ranking, the programs first. Varga also coached the mens team at Lincoln Memorial, winning 50 matches, helping that team to a GSC title in 1998 and developing 10 All-Conference performers. Varga graduated from Ashland (Ohio) University in 1990 with a degree in criminal justice and philosophy. He was a four-year starter and three-year captain for the Eagles, and graduated as the programs all-time leading scorer with 52 goals. Varga has also been active with the Olympic Development Program in Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina. He is also an associate national staff member for the National Soccer Coaches of America.