Austin Guest was hired as the head coach for HSU men's soccer on April 1, 2026 and is in his first season with the Cowboys for the fall of 2026.
Guest previously coached at Midlothian high school where he worked as an educator since 2004, coaching both women's and men's soccer through the years. He has 91 play-off wins, and won state championships for boys' soccer in 2003 and 2024. He has more than 800 career wins at the high school level and is in the TASCO Hall of Honor.
Before working at Midlothian high school, coach Guest coached at Red Oak high school. He has also coached with DFW Tornado premier arena soccer, Southwestern Assemblies of God (Nelson University), North Texas Soccer Association, the Arsenal/Texas Stampede USISL team, and various DFW area club teams for nearly three decades.
Guest has been a member of TASCO, THSCA, and TGCA coaching school clinics, serving as a senior showcase coach for six years and was previously the TASCO president. He has his USSF National "B" license, NSCAA Advanced National Diploma, Level 1 and 2 GK Diploma, and Coerver Youth Diploma 1 and 2.
Guest graduated from Texas Christian with a Bachelor's in political science and a minor in psychology in 1991, where he played soccer and was a USISL All-Star three times. He is a Texas native and graduated from Red Oak high school as the Valedictorian in 1985.
Guest is married to his wife Dee Dee of 34 years, and they have two children, Gabi (31) and Beckham (26).
