Mike Coven , the 2012 UAA and New England Division III coach of
the year, is the only coach currently on the Brandeis staff to have
won a national championship. In 1976, his Brandeis team won the
NCAA Division III championship and he has guided nine of his teams
to the NCAAs, including a second place finish in 1984 and a third
place finish in 1981. In 2007, he became the 10th man in Division
III history, and the second from New England, to register 400
career wins and in 2012 he reached the 450-win plateau. The 2012
Judges finished the season ranked No. 13 in the nation and reached
the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament, their first NCAA
berth since 1985.
Coven’s teams have won four ECAC Division III New England
titles, in 1994, 2006 and back-to-back titles in 2010 and 2011.
They have also reached the title game three other times. In his 40
years, Coven’s teams have received 25 post-season bids.
Coven has served as president of the New England College Soccer
Coaches Association and the New England Intercollegiate Soccer
League. He is a graduate of American International College. Prior
to Brandeis, Coven coached at Newton South High School, winning
Massachusetts Coach of the Year four times. He was also an
assistant on the 1980 United States soccer team the won the silver
medal at the Maccabiah game.