Lehigh University Athletics
Men's Soccer
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Alma Mater:
- 1st season
Mike Benn begins his second season as the full-time assistant coach with the men’s soccer program. Benn came to Lehigh after serving the prior two years as head coach of
Benn became the first full-time assistant men’s soccer coach in
Koski is very pleased to have Benn on board with the Mountain Hawks. "Through the generosity and continued commitment to athletics from Murray H. Goodman ’48, we have added a full-time coaching position to our staff, which in and of itself is great news."
Koski continues, "Having my former captain and assistant coach come back to Lehigh is big news for our program. As a former head coach in Conference
Benn has also been an assistant coach of the Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams of the North Carolina Olympic Development Program, the head coach of the Greenville Stars U-17 team, and he coached the League Select Program of the Lehigh Valley Youth Soccer League.
A four-year letterwinner at Lehigh, Benn was the captain of the 1995 team and was voted the team’s Scholar Athlete Award winner in both 1994 and 1995. Benn holds coaching certifications from both the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and the United States Soccer Federation.
Benn graduated from Lehigh in 1996 with a degree in history and later earned his MBA from Lehigh in 1998. A native of
