Steve Golas has coached soccer at a variety of colleges and universities over the past 8 years. Golas comes to L&C most recently from Millikin University, a Division III liberal arts college in Illinois, where he successfully accomplished one of the most significant program turnarounds in college soccer history. The 2007 season was Millikin’s best season in program history with a 12-7 record. The 2006 squad had finished with a 2-13 record.
     Before Milliken, Golas was a staff coach for the Chicago Blast Soccer Club and clinician for Soccer Made in America. Golas helped direct the Blast to a National Soccer Indoor Championship in February 2006.
An experienced college soccer and track coach, he spent two years as the assistant women’s soccer coach at NCAA Division II Angelo State University. While at Angelo State, Golas helped guide the program to its highest-ever regional ranking and the first-ever back-to-back 10-win seasons. Golas received head coaching experience in both soccer and track at William Penn University where his men’s soccer team finished second in the Midwest Classic Conference (MCC) and he was named the MCC Track Coach of the Year. Golas has also coached women’s soccer at Bemidji State University.
     Golas earned his Bachelor of Arts in History at Coe College where he was a four-year varsity letter winner in soccer and a three-year varsity letter winner in track. He has a Master of Science in Sports Studies from Bemidji State