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Jeff Katz

Associate Head Coach

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In 2023, Jeff Katz will begin his 11th as Associate Head Coach and eighth overall for the MIT women's soccer team as Katz joined the MIT coaching staff in the summer of 2014.

In his time with the Engineers, the team has won seven NEWMAC regular season titles, as well as NEWMAC Tournament Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. MIT’s prolific offense has scored 202 goals over the last three seasons (2017-19). The team has also reached the NCAA tournament five times in Katz's six years at MIT. He helped lead the 2017 team to the Sweet 16, to a 20-2-1 record, and to a #12 national ranking from the United Soccer Coaches Association.

The United Soccer Coaches Association named MIT’s coaches New England Coaching Staff of the Year for Division III Women’s Soccer in 2017 and 2021.

The 2021 season was historic for MIT as the Engineers went 22-2-1 and advanced to the program's first-ever NCAA Quarterfinals. 

In 2019, the Engineers reached their highest ranking in program history at #5, posted its second 20 win season in program history and were crowned NCAA Division III statistical champions in goals against average (.162), save percentage (.941) and shutout percentage (.833). Additionally, the 2019 Engineers became the first team in the NEWMAC to post an unblemished record in conference play at 10-0-0 since 2007.

Katz spent 13 seasons as the head coach of Brookline High School’s boys varsity soccer team prior to joining MIT. From 2005-2014, he guided the Warriors to nine MIAA Division One state tournament berths, advancing to the Division One North Sectional Finals in 2010 and the Semifinals in 2014. Katz was named the Bay State Conference Coach of the Year in 2007, Eastern Massachusetts Coach of the Year in 2008, and the Brookline High School Coach of the Year in 2011.

Katz has also coached U15-U23 teams at NEFC/Breakers since 2004. His U23 teams feature student-athletes from local Division I, II and III colleges and universities. His youth teams have won Massachusetts State Cup titles in 2012, 2016, and 2017. Katz's 2016 team advanced to become NEP New England Regional Champions. In 2017, his team advanced to the semifinals of US Club Soccer's National Cup in Indiana.

In 2018, Katz was appointed Head Coach of Team USA Women’s Soccer for the European Maccabi Games, was held in the Summer of 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. His team of collegiate athletes won the gold medal as they defeated squads from Great Britain, Germany, and Hungary and outscored their opponents 33-0 over the course of the games.

Katz holds his USSF D license and NSCAA National and Advanced National diplomas. He is also a 5th grade teacher at the Baker School in Brookline.

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