Men's Soccer

Michael Regan

Head Coach

 The 2009 season will see Mike Regan entering his 3^rd season as the Trojans Head Coach, after spending 2 years as assistant coach. He has had success as a player and a coach in recent years and his soccer background outside the USA has added much to NIACC’s soccer program in recent years

 

His record over two seasons is 27-8-2. This record includes 132 goals scored, 27 conceded, with 21 shutouts, all college records. He guided the Trojans to their first ever regional final in 2008, and he was named Regional Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2008.

 

Also, as head coach at the Mason City High School, he is able to see the best local players in action and he has used his international connections to good effect, recruiting from England, Ireland, Holland, Denmark and Croatia. One such recruit, Mike Unwin from Yateley, England was voted into the NJCAA all American 1^st XI in 2008, having been voted into the all American 2^nd XI along with goalkeeper Simon Cook (Alton, England) in 2007. In addition, a total of 14 players have received regional honours over the last 2 seasons. Several players are now attracting interest from NCAA Div 1 schools that see the NIACC soccer program as producing top quality players.

 

Coach Regan began coaching while he was a teenage student in his hometown of Yateley, England when he was a youth team player with English professional club, Wycombe Wanderers. He went on to play semi professionally for Staines Town and Fleet Town, amongst others. In 2005 and 2006 he captained Ottawa Fury in the USL Premier Development League (PDL).

 

Coach Regan is a graduate of NIACC and is currently attending Waldorf College, from where he will graduate in April 2009 with a BA in Sports Management. Regan also holds a USSF National D License.

Aleksandar Bogdanovic

Assistant Coach

Third-year assistant coach Aleksandar Bogdanovic will work in all aspects of soccer after spending the 2006 season as a volunteer assistant under previous head coach Colin Murphy.

Bogdanovic hails from Rijeka, Croatia, where he played indoor club soccer during his high school years. After high school, Bogdanovic played two years at NIACC as a defender, earning honorable mention All-Region XI honors twice. He recently completed his undergraduate work at NIACC and is transferring to Oregon State University in January 2009.

Colin Murphy

Assistant Coach

Colin Murphy is a second year assistant for the NIACC men's soccer program after having been head coach the previous four seasons. Goalkeeper Coach. Colin holds a USSF National “D” License, a certificate from the F.A. in Psychology for Football (Level 1) and a Manchester United Soccer School coaching symposium certification.

He served as head men’s soccer coach from 2003-06, compiling a record of 17-51. Eleven players received first or second team NJCAA All-Region XI honors during this period while two received national awards including NSCAA and NJCAA honorable mention all-American recognition. He founded the NIACC Soccer Academy, which was affiliated with Italian club AC Perugia, and served as its technical director.

He coached Clear Lake High School boy’s soccer from 2003-05 where he led the team to an overall record of 39-19, including a program record 17-3 season and top-ten final regular season ranking (1A #6) in 2003. Ten players received first or second team all-conference recognition, including one first-team all-State member.

BJ Krull

Student Assistant

Andy Scott

Student Assistant

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