Men's Soccer

Mike Brown enters his sixth season in charge of the Iowa Western Men’s Soccer program for 2024-25

The Reivers have posted a 75-10-9 record in five seasons under Coach Brown, winning 4 Conference Regular Season Titles, 3 Region 11 Titles, 2 District Titles, and the NJCAA National Championship in 2021.  The team also reached the national title game in the Spring of 2021, falling to Salt Lake CC in overtime.

Before Iowa Western, Coach Brown served as the head coach at Barton Community College in Kansas from 2016 to 2019.  The Cougars finished Coach Brown's final season in Great Bend at 21-2-2 and the national runner-up after falling in two overtimes at the NJCAA Championships.  Brown was instrumental in turning around the men's soccer program at Barton, posting an overall record of 48-9-6 on the field, but it started in the classroom.  Coach Brown's Cougar squads improved each year academically, finishing second in the NJCAA in 2018-19 with a team GPA of 3.31. During his time at Barton, he aided the advancement of multiple players to the four-year level from Barton.

Before his time at Barton, Brown was an assistant at the University of Central Arkansas, an NCAA D-1 program, from 2014-16.  Coach Brown assisted with academics, video analysis, and travel.  During his tenure, the Bears were awarded the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (now United Soccer Coaches) academic award in 2014 with a 3.12 GPA. During that time Brown also served as the Director of Conway Rush and was instrumental in the creation of the NPSL expansion Little Rock Rangers serving as the franchise’s Director of Player Development.

Brown began his collegiate coaching career at Iowa Western in 2012, serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator under Jordan Carver.  During this time, the program went 42-1-1 and was the 2013 NJCAA National Champion with a record of 25-0-0.  During Brown’s previous stay in Council Bluffs with the Reivers, he coached and recruited 34 student-athletes who went on to play at four-year institutions.

Brown has an overall coaching record of 123-19-14 and serves as the chair of the United Soccer Coaches All-America and Rankings Committee. Throughout his career, he has aided countless athletes in their move to the four-year level and recruited and coached numerous players to all professional levels of North America.

Brown holds a Premier Diploma and Goalkeeping Level 2 Diploma from the NSCAA as well as his USSF D License. Coach Brown graduated in 2012 from Benedictine College with a Bachelor of Arts in International Business and in 2013 with a Master of Science in Sports Administration from Liberty University.

"My family and I are beyond thrilled to take over this program and carry on the traditions that Coach Carver has established," Brown says, "Since serving on Coach Carver's staff, Iowa Western has always held a very special place in my heart.  The opportunity to come back and push it towards being the premier soccer program in the country was something I could not pass up."

Coach Brown goes on to add, "I will be forever grateful to Coach Carver and his family for everything they have done for me and it is an honor to lead this program.  I am thankful to the people at Barton County that gave me an opportunity to become a head coach.  I'd like to thank Mr. Capo and Dr. Kinney for entrusting me with this program, your energy and enthusiasm made this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  I am excited to get to work with these outstanding young men and we are looking forward to the future.  Great things lie ahead."

Coach Brown and his wife, Amy, are the proud parents of Ayla and Noelle and reside in Council Bluffs.