USSF C license
With more than twenty years of coaching experience, including extended stints with Alexandria Soccer Association and SAC at the club level as well as DeMatha Catholic and The Academy of the Holy Cross at the high school level, and fifteen years in the classroom as a History and Humanities teacher, Mike is known for his commitment to and passion for the holistic development of young people, and preparing them for the next chapter of life both on and off the field. He is entering his third year as the Varsity Head Coach of the boys soccer program at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Olney, MD. In his first two seasons leading the Falcons, Mike has guided the team to a record of 17 wins, four draws, and seven losses – including a 1-1 draw last year with the #1 team in the country, St. Ignatius (OH) – a strong foundation, including a reinvigorated culture and commitment to the long-term vision, as the program aims to assume the mantle as the dominant WCAC powerhouse and continues to build toward a national caliber. Before Good Counsel, he most recently completed a 10-year coaching stint at the club level with Alexandria Soccer Association, where he worked with the top high school-aged boys’ teams and served as an MLS Next staff coach. At DeMatha Catholic High School from 2007 to 2015, he served in all capacities on staff, starting as an assistant Freshmen team coach and eventually as head JV coach assistant Varsity coach, as well as Director of Soccer Operations for the school. He co-founded the DeMatha Soccer Academy, a year-round club model integrated with the school. He later served as Varsity head coach at The Academy of the Holy Cross for three seasons and coached exclusively at the club level until taking the head coaching job at Good Counsel. Throughout his teaching career as a classroom instructor, he taught US and World History, IB Theory of Knowledge, and other Social Studies and Humanities classes at both college-prep and Honors levels. He also coached at The Soccer Association of Columbia, leading the 08/09 Boys Premier Blue squad to a Maryland State Cup title in 2013, and saw their national ranking skyrocket from 444th to 13th. He was named SAC’s 2013 Boys Travel Coach of the Year that same year. A University of Maryland graduate with a bachelor’s in Liberal Arts, Mike played club soccer as a Terp. He holds a Master’s in the Art of Teaching from Trinity Washington University and a United States Soccer Federation C coaching license.