Alex Durbin enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Samford soccer program.
During the 2025 season, Durbin helped lead Samford to a record of 13-3-5 overall and 7-0-2 in SoCon play. the Bulldogs won the SoCon regular season and SoCon Tournament titles and earned the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Durbin came to Samford after spending five seasons as the head coach at Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa. During his time in charge of the program, Durbin posted a head coaching record of 51-33-8. His 2024 team finished third in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), the highest finish for the program since 2009.
In his last two seasons as the head coach at Dordt, his teams posted impressive records of 12-6-2 (2023) and 12-5-1 (2024). Both of those teams led the GPAC in both goals scored and total points. He coached two All-Americans, 26 All-GPAC selections and two GPAC Attacking Players of the Year.
Durbin began his coaching career as an assistant coach for both the Dordt men’s and women’s soccer teams from 2017 to 2018. In 2019, he remained as an assistant with the women’s team, while also serving as the head coach for Western Christian High School.
Durbin earned his bachelor’s degree from Dordt in 2019, while gaining his master’s from the school in 2022.
