Chris Nelson enters his 11th season leading GA's girls varsity soccer program. Over the course of that time, Nelson has a 133-70-26 record (70-26 Inter-Ac League). He led the Patriots to a league title in 2011 and a Pennsylvania Independent Athletic Association tournament title in 2015 (runner-up in 2014).

Since 2011, 13 of Nelson's players have gone on to play collegiate soccer; five of them played at the Division I level (Duke University, Cornell University, Columbia University, University of Delaware, and St. Joe's University).

In 2020, during a shortened season impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, GA went 1-4 (all Inter-Ac League opponents).

In 2019, the Patriots went 6-12-1 overall and 3-8-1 in league play.

In 2018, Nelson led the Patriots to a 13-6-1 overall record while going 7-4-1 in the Inter-Ac. GA finished the season in the semifinals of the PAISAA Tournament. Four of the student athletes on the team earned All-League honors.

During the 2017 season, Nelson guided the team to a 10-12-1 record. They finished the season in the second round of the PAISAA tournament. Nelson had three student-athletes selected to All-Inter-Ac teams in 2017.

In 2016, the Patriots fell in overtime in the semifinals of the PAISAA tournament, but finished the season strong by crushing Penn Charter, the Inter-Ac league champions, 5-2 on GA/PC day.

Nelson, who also serves an Upper School math teacher, previously served as the head coach of the Shipley girls varsity soccer team from 2006-09; and after becoming the Dean of Students at Shipley, he served as the assistant coach in 2009 and 2010. During those five years, Nelson’s teams won three Friends League soccer championships (2006, 2007, 2010) and finished second once (2009). He coached three student-athletes that were named All-Southeastern PA and several of his players went onto successful college soccer careers at NCAA Division I schools. Before going to Shipley, Nelson was the girls' varsity soccer coach at The Forman School in Litchfield, Conn. (1994-96) and Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Conn. (1998-2001).

(Updated on 8/4/2021)