Ashford Women's Soccer Camps
Head Coach Mick Regan
Regan progressed the Saints' women's program to the pinnacle of the Midwest Collegiate Conference in a historic 2010 campaign that included a regular-season and tournament league title, ultimately placing the Saints in elite company as one of the nation's best. He is entering his eighth season at the helm this fall.
Recognized by his peers for the third time in his accomplished coaching career at Ashford, he was named the MCC's Coach of the Year. He has invested five years in developing the men's soccer program and seven years, two solo, with the women's program.
In 2010, the Saints compiled a sterling 15-5-2 season record (7-1 in MCC play), including a school-record eight-game win streak in September. He navigated his youthful squad through the tricky postseason tournament bracket to punch the program's first ticket to the NAIA National Championships, outlasting nemesis Grand View University and rival St. Ambrose University in dramatic semifinal and championship game shootouts.
A single-season record total of seven student-athletes went on to collect all-conference accolades (four first-team selections), including the program's fifth NAIA All-American, midfielder Chelsea Fisher.
Since beginning his coaching career at then-Mount St. Clare College back in 2004, Regan has incrementally seen his single-season win totals spike, ascending from five (2006) to 10 (2007), 11 (2008), 12 (2009) and 15, last season.
In 2004, Regan was named Men's Soccer Coach of the Year for the Midwest Collegiate Conference, an award he received again in 2007.
Originally from Leigh-on-Sea, England, a town 45 miles from London, he was part of a youth team that won a National Championship in England in 1994. He came to the U.S. on a soccer scholarship to attend Marycrest International University in Davenport, Iowa. While there, Regan completed a stellar playing career and was named Marycrest Athlete of the Year, All-Conference, All-Region and Academic All-American.
Upon graduation, Regan accepted a position as a teacher at Davenport Assumption High School where he taught AP biology and coached women's soccer. He led the team to back-to-back state championships in 2002 and 2003. In his years at AHS, the team had a record of 41-8-3 -- a remarkable turnaround from the 2-11 record they had the year before he took control of the program.
He also served as a coach at Davenport West High School where he led the men's soccer team to a second-place finish in the conference after going 0-10 the previous year.
Regan was also an assistant coach at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., from 2002-04, when it won its first conference title in school history.
Regan was also the Club Director (and founder) of the Quad Cities United Soccer Club, a premier club that showcases talent in the surrounding Quad Cities' area. He served as the Men's Conference Chair/National Rater for the 2008 season and held the title as the Women's Conference Chair/National Rater.
Regan owns a USSF National Goalkeeping License and also carries a USSF "A" National Coaching License, an achievement he accomplished this past summer in Lake Forest, Ill.
Regan and his wife, Nikki, currently reside in nearby Eldridge, with three sons, Liam, Luke and Timothy.
Coaching Honors
- MCC Men's Soccer Coach of the Year (2004, 2007)
- MCC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year (2010)
The Regan File
- Assistant Women's Soccer Coach - Marycrest International University (1998-99)
- Founder/Director - Quad Cities United Soccer Club (2001-10)
- Head Girls Soccer Coach - Davenport Assumption High School (2001-03)
- Assistant Women's Soccer Coach - Augustana College (2002-03)
- Head Boys Soccer Coach - Davenport West High School (2003-04)
- Head Men's Soccer Coach - Ashford University (2004-08)
- Head Women's Soccer Coach - Ashford University (2004-Present)
