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Mike Regan

Head Coach

Michael.R.Regan@ndsu.edu

(701) 231-9471

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Mike Regan (REE-gan) wrapped up his sixth season at the helm of the North Dakota State women's soccer program in 2023. Regan was named the fifth head coach in NDSU program history on Jan. 19, 2018. 

Regan made an immediate splash in Fargo as he guided the Bison to a spot in The Summit League Championship Semifinals in his first year at the helm, and has continued to develop the program with multiple trips into the postseason tournament and semifinal appearances. The Bison have had eight All-Summit League selections in Regan's tenure, including five first team selections. NDSU has also had six All-Summit League Freshman Team/All-Newcomer Team selections and three Summit League All-Tournament Team picks.

Under Regan, the Bison have garnered 12 Summit League Players of the Week, along with Elyse Huber being named the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week. In 2018, the Bison had 15 Summit League Academic Honor Roll selections and 10 players selected to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence. In 2019, Monica Polgar was named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Team and was picked for the Summit League All-Academic Team. In 2020 and 2021, defender Ellie Schneider was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Soccer First Team. In 2022, Bison soccer had student-athletes selected to the CSC Academic All-District Team; Lavin Douglass, Paige Goaley, Jess Hanley, Dani Stuber, Loretta Wacek and Olivia Watson. Goaley was also named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Team. In 2023, Abby Wilkinson garnered first team all-league honors and was named the SUmmit League Goalkeeper of the Year.

Regan came to NDSU after two seasons as a Big Ten assistant coach at Indiana University in Bloomington. Prior to Indiana, he was an assistant coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, for four seasons where he was part of the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference championship team and the 2015 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year. Drake made four consecutive MVC tournament appearances.

At Drake, he coached 22 all-conference team members, seven MVC All-Tournament Team selections, two NSCAA all-region picks, in addition to a MVC Player of the Year, a MVC Defensive Player of the Year and 2014 Haitian National Team member Generve Charles.

Drake earned three NSCAA College Team Academic Awards, posted the highest GPA in the athletic department in the spring of 2013 and had a pair of MVC Scholar-Athlete selections during Regan's tenure.

Before joining Drake, Regan was the head coach for the North Iowa Area Community College men's soccer team for five seasons, where he posted an impressive record of 74-17-6 and was named the NJCAA/ICCAC Men's Soccer Coach of the Year three times.

In his five seasons as the head coach, Regan coached four NJCAA All-Americans, 41 all-region honorees and 35 NJCAA All-Academic selections.

Regan also has extensive coaching experience at the youth level. He is currently a staff coach with the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Girls Olympic Development Program and served as the head coach of the Iowa ODP '98 age group for three years. Regan holds a National 'A' Coaching License from the United States Soccer Federation.

Regan earned a bachelor's degree from Waldorf College in 2009 and a master's degree from California University of Pennsylvania in 2011.

He and his wife, Maradee, have two sons, Kieran and Liam.

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