Nate Whitehurst is entering his first year as Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at Emory & Henry College. Whitehurst will assist in the day-to-day operations of the Wasps' men's soccer program and will also carry out the duties of scouting opponents and assisting in team training sessions.

Whitehurst has been a head high school coach in Washington County for the past three seasons. In 2009, he was the head coach for both the boy's and girl's soccer teams at Patrick Henry High School. Since 2010 has been head coach of the Abingdon High School boy's varsity team and has worked with Fusion Football Club.

The Manteo, N.C. native attended Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, N.C. where he was a four-year letterwinner in men's soccer. Whitehurst holds the L-R record for points in a match with nine (three goals, three assists) and led the team in goals and points as a freshman and assists and points as a sophomore.

The 2006 Bears won the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Division II tournament with a 19-1-1 record.

Whitehurst graduated from Lenior-Rhyne in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sport Management and completed his Master of Arts degree in Kinesiology and Sport Studies from East Tennessee State University in 2011. Whitehurst also holds a Tennessee Youth Soccer E Coaching License and a NSCAA National Diploma. He resides in Abingdon.