Chuck Pitts
Assistant Coach - Western Washington University

Pitts joined the WWU men's soccer program in March 2023 after one season as an assistant coach with the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's soccer program in 2022. Prior to CMS Pitts was an assistant coach at Marymount California University, helping lead the program to the NAIA national tournament.
Pitts also has experience coaching at the club and high school levels as an assistant coach with Redondo Union High School, helping the squad to a 2022 CIF Southern Section Championship and a 17-6-2 overall record. He also worked with the JV program at Brentwood School for two seasons (2017-18), helping his squads to back-to-back undefeated seasons and a combined 28-0-2 record.
At the club level, Pitts has worked with the Beach Futbol Club in Manhattan Beach from 2020-22, where he planned, organized and facilitated all the day-to-day responsibilities of the B2013 and B2011 youth teams.
A former student-athlete at the NCAA Division II level, Pitts was a standout at Humboldt State from 2011-15, leading the Lumberjacks in goals scored during his junior and senior seasons. During his collegiate playing days Pitts was a First Team All-CCAA performer, NSCAA All-Region selection and team captain as a senior.
After graduating from Humboldt State with a degree in communication, Pitts played for the Puget Sound Gunners FC of the PDL in 2015, and then for the L.A. Wolves of the UPSL from 2016-18, where he played for former U.S. National Team member Eric Wynalda and led the team in scoring twice. The Wolves earned a 2017 USPL National Championship, as well as capturing the Cal South Amateur State Cup and Regional Cup before placing third at the 2017 National Amateur Cup in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He is a native of Manhattan Beach, California.