“Mike and his family recently relocated from Phoenix, AZ to Southern California. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and has lived up and down the west coast. After moving from Hawaii, he spent a little time in Austin, TX before settling down in Redmond, WA.. He graduated from Redmond High School and attended/played soccer at Bellevue Community College.
After college, Mike became a golf professional and has worked at several high-end courses such as Newcastle (WA), Las Vegas Golf Club (NV) and Crosby National (Rancho Santa Fe, CA). He retired from the golf industry to get into coaching.
Mike is a father to 5 girls, 2 of which play for SoCal Blues. He has been in the youth soccer business for the past 9 years. Most recently he served as the Youth Academy Director for Phoenix Rising FC in Scottsdale, AZ.. He has coached girls from 2007 to 2016 birth years & his teams have competed in all the major events across the country.”