Coach Searles returned to Charlotte Latin for the 2022-2023 school year to take over the reins of the soccer program from longtime coach Lee Horton, who retired at the conclusion of the 2021-2022 seasons after 37 years. Most recently the head coach of the Butler High School boys' program, Coach Searles was named the 2021 Southwest 4A Conference Coach of the Year and the 4A Regional Co-Coach of the Year. He also served the Wesley Chapel Weddington Athletic Association in both coaching and administrative roles, and previously coached as a varsity assistant at Charlotte Latin between 2015-2019. After his second year at the helm of the soccer program, the Charlotte Latin Booster Club named him the Newcomer Coach of the Year. Coach Searles and his wife, Ashley, have two young daughters.
