Mike Haswell was named Head Men's Soccer Coach at Cal State East Bay in July 2023.
The 2024 season for the Pioneers coached by Haswell is one for the history books. The Pioneers reached the CCAA Men's Soccer Tournament for the first time as a conference member. Not only did East Bay qualify for the postseason, the Pioneers won their first CCAA Tournament match, a 1-0 win over Chico State to advance to the semifinals hosted on the CSUEB campus.
In his first season with the Pioneers in 2023, Haswell led the team to a 7-7-4 record, which was the best for the men's soccer program since joining the CCAA.
With a rich history of coaching championship teams, Michael Haswell arrived to the Hayward campus in 2023 to become head coach of the men's soccer program. He most previously served as assistant men's soccer coach at California State University, Los Angeles for six seasons.
In the six seasons that were played while Haswell served on the Golden Eagles' staff, the program saw tremendous success. Cal State LA won the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship in 2021 and reached the national championship match in 2019. Cal State LA amassed 91 wins in the six seasons with Haswell on staff, including four CCAA Tournament Championships and five NCAA Tournament appearances.
Also at Cal State LA, Haswell was a Kinesiology instructor.
Outside his collegiate coaching career, Haswell served in a coaching role at Mendez High School in Los Angeles from 2010-2019 where he earned a CIF Division II Coach of the Year honor in 2017 for leading his team to a CIF Los Angeles City Section Championship that season.
His soccer playing career includes three city championships at Fayetteville-Manlius High School near Syracuse, New York and a youth national championship with Syracuse Blitz. At the semi-professional soccer level, Haswell competed as a member of the Los Angeles Crew.
Haswell carries a USSF B License and a UEFA B License (German DFB).
Haswell earned a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Penn State, where he also played NCAA Division I lacrosse. He earned a master's degree at Long Beach State in Kinesiology.
