Soccer Coaches
Head Coach - Mike Wilson
enters his fourth season as head men's soccer coach at Simpson with a 18-34-3
record. A 2000 Simpson graduate, Wilson is only one of two players in the
history of the Iowa Conference to be named first team All-Conference four
times. Wilson earned second team All-NSCAA Central Region honors as a senior
and was named team MVP.
A Des Moines, Iowa native, Wilson came to Simpson from Gustavus Adolphus
College where he served as an assistant men's soccer coach from 2003-2004. The
Gusties compiled a 34-3-8 record, made two NCAA Division III Tournament
appearances, and won two MIAC Tournament titles during Wilson's tenure. In
2004, Gustavus advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, led
Division III in goals against average (0.175) and team shutout percentage
(0.87), and ended the season ranked sixth in Division III. Wilson also served
as a head junior varsity coach and as a graduate assistant sports information
director at Gustavus.
Wilson began his coaching career in 1999 at West Des Moines Valley High School
as the head coach of the boys' freshman team and as the assistant varsity
coach. In 2000, Wilson moved to Indianola High School where he served as the
boys' and girls' assistant varsity and head boys junior varsity coach. From
2000-2002, Wilson was the boys' junior varsity coach at Mounds Park Academy in
St. Paul, Minn.
Wilson received his Advance Diploma from the NSCAA during the summer of 2006.
He is continuing work on his masters degree in sport management from Minnesota
State University-Mankato. Email Coach
Wilson
Assistant Coach - Bill
Wilson returned to the Simpson staff after a six-year sabbatical in
2005. The older brother of Simpson head coach Mike Wilson, Bill Wilson was an
assistant at Simpson from 1997-99. This is his sixth season on the Storm staff.
He served as the head girls' coach at Des Moines Lincoln High School from
1997-2005 and recevied his NSCAA National Dipoloma in 2004.
Assistant Coach - Aaron Ruff is in his first season as an assistant coach at Simpson. Ruff played for the Storm from 1997-2001, earning first team All-Conference and first team All-Region honors as a senior. He was selected second team All-Conference as a junior. Graduating in 2001 from Simpson, Ruff earned his masters degree in physical education from Northwest Missouri State. The head boys soccer coach at Des Moines Roosevelt High School since 2006, Ruff earned Metro Coach of the Year Honors in 2008.