After 30+ years of the Carroll Girls Soccer Team being led by now retired head coach Rick Smith, Carroll Girls Soccer has hired their new head coach to lead the Program! Logan Cochran, will take the reigns this upcoming season in 2026 and will look to continue the Chargers winning ways and extend the great culture that was build by coach Smith! 

Cochran previously coached at Bishop Dwenger high school for the last 3 years, with the previous season in 2025 being the head coach. Prior to being at Bishop Dwenger, Cochran coached at the University of Saint Francis after leaving DeKalb High School where he spent 10 years in the girls soccer program there, 5 of those being the head coach. Cochran comes to Carroll with a career record of 80-23-10, 3 sectional titles, 4 conference titles and 3 Northern Indiana Coach of the Year Awards (2018, 2019, 2020) along with an Indiana Soccer Coaches Association Coach of the Year Award (2020) in just 6 seasons as a head coach. Cochran is currently a teacher in NACS at Huntertown Elementary and will be the first ever girls head soccer coach at Wilow Creek Middle School starting in the Spring of 2027. 

Parents and incoming 2026 Freshmen, 

Any girl that is interested in trying out for the high school team for the 2026 season should plan on attending a callout meeting with their parents on Wednesday, May 13^th at 6pm at Carroll High School in the cafeteria. You will get a chance to meet the programs new head coach, Logan Cochran, gather information for summer training sessions and gather tryout information for August, as well as get any questions answered that you may have. 

Coach Cochran looks forward to meeting with those interested and looks forward to working with them this summer and into tryouts!