Northern Oklahoma College Enid has announced Aron Bassoff as interim men's soccer coach for the 2023 season.

Bassoff replaces Michael DuRoy who resigned Aug. 25.

"I am excited to bring someone like Aron to help lead our men's soccer program and assist with our women's program," he said.  "His experience as a head coach at the college level in both men and women's soccer is just what we needed in this situation.  We were fortunate to get him on board as quickly as we did.  I look forward to working with him."

Foster said his concern is for the student athletes.

"As athletic director, one of my main concerns with the transition, especially given the timing, was to make sure that the student athletes continue to have an incredible student athlete experience at NOC.  I feel like the re-structuring of the coaching duties with each team having a head coach whose primary focus is a specific team will be an improvement.  Secondary duties of assisting the other team only helps our entire program."

Bassoff comes to NOC from Alderson Broaddus in West Virginia.

Bassoff has extensive intercollegiate soccer coaching experience completing 19 seasons at the NCAA II, NCAA III and NAIA levels with 18 seasons as a head coach, 13 years as a head men's coach.

"I am very excited to be here," Bassoff said.  It is unique set of circumstances that brought me here (his former school closed) but I am deeply excited for a program that I believe has a lot of potential and can accomplish great things both this year and in the future."

He has coached seven nationally-ranked teams across his career, winning three conference/regional championships, and 11 second place finishes. Bassoff's teams have also produced three Conference Players of The Year, and averaged more than 10 wins a season across his tenure.

Bassoff earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sport and Exercise Science from Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania and a Masters of Science in Sport Management from Nova Southeastern in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. His successful career has led Bassoff to several institutions, most notably Davis & Elkins, where he guided the Senators to a 47-22-6 record over five seasons.