Mike Navarre

Mike Navarre

  • Title
    Women's Soccer Head Coach
  • Email
    navarre@augsburg.edu
  • Phone
    612-330-1623
  • Alma Mater
    University of Wisconsin '96
  • Hometown
    Madison, Wis.
  • Years At Augsburg
    1999-present
  • Career Record
    235-154-48 overall, 133-85-30 MIAC

Dr. Mike Navarre (Wisconsin '96) will be entering his 24th season as head Augsburg's women's soccer coach in 2022. Navarre has led a rebirth in Augsburg's women's soccer fortunes during his tenure, developing the Auggies into a team that consistently challenges for prominence in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, considered one of the toughest NCAA Division III women's soccer conferences in the country.

Augsburg Coaching Highlights:
2021: Led the Auggies to a 9-7-2 overall record and 6-4-1 MIAC finish, reaching the MIAC postseason playoffs for the 12th time under Navarre and seventh full season in a row. 
2020-21: Led the Auggies to a 2-3 overall record. Season was shortened; no MIAC standings or playoffs due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019: Led the Auggies to a co-MIAC regular-season championship with a 9-1-1 mark in MIAC play, finishing 15-4-2 overall  -- its eigth straight season with 10 or more overall wins. Augsburg received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III national playoffs for the 3rd time in the past six seasons, and defeated Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 1-0 in overtime to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament. 
2018: Led the Auggies to a 14-7-0 overall record -- its seventh straight season with 10 or more overall wins. The Auggies finish third in the regular season standings and earned a berth in the MIAC postseason playoffs, reaching the championship game.
2017: Led the Auggies to the MIAC regular-season championship with an 8-1-2 mark in MIAC play, finishing 12-4-2 overall -- its sixth straight season with 10 or more overall wins and seventh straight season with six or more wins in MIAC play.
2016: Led the Auggies to a school-record 18-5-0 record and 8-3-0 mark in MIAC play, winning the MIAC postseason playoffs and earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III national tournament for the second time in a three-year span. Claimed 2-0 win over Milwaukee School of Engineering in the first round.
2015: Led the Auggies to a 14-6-0 overall record and a berth in the MIAC postseason playoffs for the third time in a four-year span, reaching the semifinals.
2014: Led the team to its first-ever MIAC regular-season and playoff championships, reaching the NCAA Division III national playoffs for the first time. Defeated UW-Oshkosh 1-0 in overtime to advance to the second round of NCAA tournament.  
2013: Led team to 10-3-5 overall record, just missing out on a post in the four-team MIAC postseason playoffs. The 10 wins marked the seventh time in Navarre's tenure, and second season in a row, that the Auggies have recorded double-digit victories.
2012: Led team to 12-5-3 overall record, earning a trip to the MIAC postseason playoffs for the first time since 2007. The 12 wins are the second-most in a single season in school history. Augsburg reached the MIAC playoff championship for the first time in its five trips to the MIAC playoffs. 
2011: Led team to 9-8-1 overall record and fifth-place finish in MIAC regular-season standings; scored a 2-1 win over St. Thomas on Sept. 24 to earn the program's first-ever road win against the Tommies; earned 100th career win with 1-0 victory over Bethel on Sept. 13.
2008: Led team to 10-4-4 overall record and third-place finish in the MIAC regular-season standings; recorded eight wins and three ties in the teams first 10 games of the season; defeated MIAC playoff participant St. Benedict 1-0 on Oct. 25.
2007: Led team to a 9-7-3 season record and third-place finish in the MIAC regular-season standings; qualified for the MIAC post-season playoffs for the fourth-consecutive season; seven conference wins matched the highest total in school history.
2006: Finished the season with a 10-6-2 overall record and fourth-place finish in the MIAC regular-season standings; qualified for MIAC postseason playoffs for third-consecutive season; defeated MIAC playoff participant Carleton 1-0 on Sept. 23.
2005: Led team to 8-3-7 overall record and fourth-place finish in the MIAC regular-season standings; earned second consecutive MIAC postseason playoff berth; won or tied first 11 games of the season including 4-1 win over MIAC playoff participant Concordia-Moorhead on Oct. 11.
2004: Led team to 10-8-0 season record and third-place finish in the MIAC regular-season standings; recorded school record seven conference wins, and qualified for the MIAC postseason playoffs for the first time in school history.
2003: Recorded 11-5-2 overall record and sixth-place finish in the MIAC regular-season standings; 5-4-2 conference record marked the first time since 1996 that the program finished above .500 in MIAC play.
2002: Led team to 11-5-2 season record and sixth-place finish in the MIAC regular-season standings; 11 victories marked the second-highest total in school history.
1999: Recorded first career win as Augsburg women's head coach on Oct. 15, 1999 with a 1-0 double overtime win against Hamline University.

Navarre has led the Auggies to consistent successful seasons, 12 berths in the MIAC postseason playoffs in the last 18 years, multiple all-conference and all-region selections, and a reputation of talented, hard-working student-athletes are the products of the growth and success of Augsburg women’s soccer under Navarre, who has built a strong program based on solid fundamental play, strong defense and an attacking offense.

Navarre enters the 2022 season with a 229-144-46 (.601) record with the Auggies, more than double the combined number of wins by the prior five coaches (76-138-11) in the first 14 seasons of Augsburg’s women’s soccer program. Since 2002, Augsburg has a 213-110-44 (.640) record, including a 123-56-26 (.663) record in MIAC play and .500-or-better conference records all but one season in that span.

Previous Coaching Experience:
Head Coach - Augsburg Men's Soccer (1999-2003)
Graduate Assistant - University of North Carolina (1997-99)
Head Coach - Edgewood (Wis.) HS (1995-97)
Staff Coach - Madison '56ers (1993-97)

Prior to coming to Augsburg in 1999, Navarre served as a graduate assistant for one of the most successful programs in the history of intercollegiate athletics, the University of North Carolina women's soccer team under coach Anson Dorrance.

Before completing his graduate work at North Carolina, Navarre was the boys' soccer head coach and girls' soccer assistant coach (1995-97) at Madison (Wis.) Edgewood HS. The boys' team qualified for the state tournament twice under Navarre. He also served as a staff coach for the Madison 56ers Soccer Club (1993-97), directing his team to the state championship game in 1996 and 1997.

Navarre has served as one of the staff coaches for the Minnesota Olympic Development Program (ODP). Navarre holds a United States Soccer Federation "B" coaching license, has an Advanced National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and has an NSCAA Level II Goalkeeper’s License. Navarre also serves as a performance enhancement consultant to elite athletes.

At North Carolina, Navarre was awarded a Merit Scholarship and served as an instructor in the Department of Physical Education, Exercise and Sport Science and as an intern in the athletic academic advising program. In 2010, Navarre earned his Ph.D in sport psychology from the University of Minnesota.

Other Duties/Campus Involvement at Augsburg:
Navarre also serves as an instructor in the college's Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science department

Personal/Family Notes:
Navarre and his wife, Marta, have a son, Dominick and a daughter, Lucca.

YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD:

Year Overall Record Overall Winning Pct. MIAC Record MIAC Winning Pct. MIAC Finish Notes
2022 6-10-2 .389 3-6-2 .364 t-8th/12
2021 9-7-2 .556 6-4-1 .591 5th/12 MIAC Playoff Quarterfinals
2020-21 2-3 .400 0-0 N/A N/A Shortened schedule; no MIAC standings or MIAC playoffs due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 15-4-2 .762 9-1-1 .864 t-1st/12 MIAC Playoff Runner-Up
Co-MIAC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament Second Round
2018 14-7 .667 8-3 .727 3rd/12 MIAC Playoff Runner-Up
2017 12-4-2 .722 8-1-2 .818 1st/12 MIAC Regular Season Champions
MIAC Playoffs
2016 18-5 .783 8-3 .727 2nd/12 MIAC Playoff Champions
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2015 14-6-0 .700 8-3-0 .727 t-2nd/12 MIAC Playoff Semifinals
2014 17-5 .773 9-2-0 .818 1st/12 MIAC Regular-season and Playoffs Champions
NCAA Tournament Second Round
2013 10-3-5 .694 6-3-2 .636 5th/12
2012 12-5-3 .675 6-3-2 .636 t-2nd/12 MIAC Playoffs Runner-Up
2011 9-8-1 .528 6-4-1 .591 5th/12
2010 6-8-4 .429 5-4-2 .545 7th/12
2009 6-7-5 .472 3-6-2 .364 8th/12
2008 10-4-4 .667 5-2-4 .636 5th/12
2007 9-7-3 .553 7-3-1 .682 4th/12 MIAC Playoffs
2006 10-6-2 .611 7-3-1 .682 4th/12 MIAC Playoffs
2005 8-3-7 .634 5-2-4 .636 4th/12 MIAC Playoffs
2004 10-8 .556 7-4 .636 4th/12 MIAC Playoffs
2003 11-5-2 .667 5-4-2 .545 6th/12
2002 11-5-2 .667 5-5-1 .500 6th/12
2001 7-9-1 .441 4-6-1 .490 7th/11
2000 7-10-1 .417 2-7-1 .250 9th/11
1999 2-15 .118 1-10 .091 10th/11
Total 235-154-48 .593 133-85-30 .597