Mick Statham

Mick Statham is entering his 16th season as head coach of the Lafayette College women's soccer program in the fall of 2021. During his tenure, he has coached 21 All-Patriot League honorees...

Statham was previously named the Patriot League Coach of the Year, a first for the program, and also mentored the Leopards' first conference Offensive Player of the Year (Krista Kissell '21) and two-time Goalkeeper of the Year (Lauren Smedley '13). His student-athletes succeed in the classroom, with the program earning eight Academic All-Patriot League selections. Two former players have also launched professional careers in Europe, with defender Kelly Chickering '16 and goalkeeper Kelly O'Brien '18 taking part in UEFA Women's Champions League action.

Statham's squad is coming off a spring 2021 season that saw it earn three All-Patriot League selections, including first-team midfielder Sophie Saldivar '21, and place a program-record two student-athletes (Kissell and Camryn Monfort '21) on the 11-player Academic All-Patriot League team. The team nearly had every player earn a spot on the conference's Academic Honor Roll, which is awarded to athletes who achieve a 3.2 GPA or higher during their sport's season.

In 2019, Lafayette secured a spot in the Patriot League Tournament for the third time in the previous four years after Kissell produced a league-high in assists en route to her Offensive Player of the Year selection.

Statham's squad qualified for the Patriot League postseason in both 2016 and 2017. In 2016, the Leopards earned their first-ever Patriot League Tournament victory -- a dramatic, double-overtime sudden victory in the quarterfinal round at Lehigh.

A 1992 graduate of Franklin Pierce College (N.H.), Statham lettered four years, helping the Ravens to the NCAA Division II Tournament three times. This included a trip to the Final Four in 1991, when he was a team captain. An All-New England selection in 1990 for Franklin Pierce, Statham earned a degree in communications in 1992. Statham is a member of the Franklin Pierce College Hall of Fame following his induction in 2008 and his 1991 squad was inducted in 2007.

Before attending Franklin Pierce, Statham spent four years with one of England's most prestigious football clubs, Blackburn Rovers. In 1987-88 he was a professional youth coach with Bury Football Club and gained his English Football Association coaching license.

Statham currently serves on the staff of the U.S. National Training Centers for Pennsylvania.