Peter Jarjoura enters his 11th season as the head men’s and women’s soccer coach and has been with the program every step of the way since its inaugural 2002 season.
Jarjoura has accumulated a career record of 65-68-9 on the women’s side and 64-77-8 mark with the Ranger men. In MACJC north division play, Jarjoura has a winning mark on both sides with a 42-37-4 record (men) and 35-30-3 (women) mark.
Three years removed from a runner-up finish in the north division, Jarjoura will have six returning sophomores on the men's side in addition to three on the women's side in 2012. Gone from last year’s squad is NJCAA Third Team All-American Fakhry Khulfan and 90 percent of the team's scoring on both sides of the pitch.
The Ranger men have enjoyed five 7-win seasons or better, including back-to-back 7-win seasons in 2008 and 2009. Their best season to date was back in their inaugural season, posting an impressive 12-6-1 mark (8-1 north play) and finishing as the MACJC runner-up.
Jarjoura’s Lady Rangers enjoyed their best season in 2006, posting a record of 14-5 (8-1) and finishing the season as runners-up for the state and region titles. It marked the Lady Rangers’ second double figure win total, going 13-5 in 2004 as part of a MACJC state runner-up finish. Last year's mark of 5-7-3 (4-3-1 north) were the most overall and league wins since '06.
Jarjoura’s squads have also excelled in the classroom. Eighteen former Northwest soccer players have been selected NJCAA Academic All-American over the last nine years, including Carolina Salcedo and Michael Newman in 2010.
Jarjoura, who grew up playing soccer in his native Lebanon, was a United States Soccer Federation referee for six years, and he worked as an official with the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association for one year. He has also officiated games and tournaments for the Mississippi Youth Soccer Association and Mississippi High School Activities Association.
Jarjoura and his family reside in Senatobia where he is an active elder in the Senatobia Presbyterian Church and a youth leader. He and his wife, the former Jody Griffin, have a son Zachary, and twin daughters Marlena and Lydia. The Jarjoura’s have endowed a scholarship at Northwest in memory of their son Jordan, who died in 1988 at age seven.
