Nick Sifrin joined the Harvard Men's Soccer coaching staff in the spring of 2024 as the Director of Player Development and enters his second full season with the program in 2025-26.
In 2024, Harvard finished in a tie for fourth place in the Ivy League standings, placing in the top half of the conference table for the fourth consecutive season. The Crimson tallied six CSC Academic All-District selections while Jan Riecke ’25 earned All-Ivy honors for the fourth straight season.
Born and raised in Germany, Sifrin played in the Youth Bundesliga academies of SC Paderborn 07 and DSC Arminia Bielefeld. He then moved to the United States, where he played Division I college soccer for two years. During his college career, he competed in all 40 games, scored 16 points, and was selected to the All-Conference Rookie Team of the Year. Sifrin also excelled academically, earning a spot on the Academic Honor Roll each semester and graduating Magna Cum Laude from American University in 2017.
Following his soccer career, Sifrin worked at FC Bayern Munich, the United Nations and in strategy consulting. He is currently pursuing a Master in Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School as a candidate in the Class of 2025 while also working as a Research Associate and Teaching Assistant for Professor Arthur Brooks.
