Western Connecticut State University
Head Women's Soccer Coach - Joe Mingachos

Joe Mingachos was named the new Women’s Soccer Coach and Assistant Athletic Director for Recreation and Club Sports at Western Connecticut State University in July of 1997.  This past fall, he relinquished his duties as Assistant AD and became the school's full-time head coach.
     Mingachos, a first-ballot WCSU Hall of Fame inductee in 1999, has an impressive .796 winning percentage (149-33-14) which is tops among all active coaches at WestConn. At the start of the 2003 season, his winning percentage was ranked fourth among all Division III active women’s soccer coaches. He captured his 100th win, a 1-0 overtime victory over Stevens Tech on October 31, 2002, in only his 124th game.
     This past fall, WestConn returned to the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the second round.  It earned an at-large bid to the "Big Show" after finishing in second place in the Little East Conference.  The Colonials went 15-3-2 overall and 5-0-2 in the highly competitive Little East Conference.
     In 2004, he led the Colonials to a 18-5-2 overall record and their seventh post-season tournament, and won the ECAC New England Championship.  
     In 2003, the Colonials finished 13-6-4 and thier sixth post-season tournament, the ECACs, in seven years as head coach.
     A year earlier, Mingachos won 17 games for the fifth time in his six years at the helm of the Colonials.
     In 2001, WestConn won a program-record 20 games. Mingachos led the Colonials to a 20-3 overall record, their fifth Little East Conference title and to the finals of the NCAA Division III New England Regionals.
Western Connecticut finished ranked 12th in the final 2001 National Soccer Coaches Association of American Coaches Poll.
     In 2000, Mingachos guided Western to a 17-4-1 overall record and its fourth-straight post-season appearance. The Colonials captured their fourth Little East Conference crown, were invited to their third NCAA Tournament over the past four seasons and advanced to the second round for the first time in school history.
     In 1999, he led his Colonials to a 17-1-2 overall mark and their third-straight post-season tournament. The Colonials appeared in their second NCAA Tournament and were ranked as high as sixth in the country nationally midway through the season.
     In 1998, Western Connecticut was ranked number one for the Eastern College Athletic Conference Metro Region Tournament.
     In his first season at the helm, the Colonials registered the program's best record at 17-3-1, won their first-ever Little East Conference Championship, were ranked as high as fifth in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III Women’s Soccer Poll. They were ranked first in the Metro Region nearly every week and made their first-ever NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championships appearance.
     He was named NSCAA Metro Region Coach of the Year in 1997.
     Prior to being named Head Women’s Coach, Mingachos had been the Head Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach under Wayne Mones for six seasons from 1991 to 1996.
     He also coached the Danbury Girl’s Premier U-16 Team in 1995 and 1996. Mingachos has been the Director of the Mentoring Program for the Danbury Police Athletic League and the Southwest District Premier Training Director in 1996 and 1997.
     Mingachos was an All-American sweeper for Western Connecticut during his senior soccer campaign in 1989. That season, the Colonials finished with a 16-4-2 record and made their first of five-straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
     During his collegiate career, he was named to the All New England, All New England Intercollegiate Soccer League, and All Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All Star teams.
     In 1995, Mingachos, a Danbury, CT native, played professionally for the Connecticut Wolves.
     He and his wife Maria have a son Ryan and daughter Kayla and reside in Danbury.

Mingachos Through the Years:
1997    17-3-1      NCAAs- Little East Conference Champions
1998    15-4-2      ECACs- Little East Conference Champions
1999    17-1-2      NCAAs- Little East Conference Champions
2000    17-4-1      NCAAs- Little East Conference Champions
2001    20-3-0      NCAAs- Little East Conference Champions   New England Region Runners Up
2002    17-4-0
2003    13-6-4      ECACs
2004    18-5-2      ECAC New England Champions
2005    15-3-2      NCAAs 
Career 149-33-14 Eight post-season appearances