Milwaukee Athletics

Steve Golas returned as the assistant coach for the Milwaukee women's soccer team in April of 2020.

Golas is a very familiar name to anyone who follows the program, having served in the same role on head coach Troy Fabiano's staff from 2015-18 before spending the 2019 campaign as the head coach at Dixie State in St. George, Utah.
 
In his lone season at Dixie State, Golas led the Trailblazers to a 12-4-6 overall record, making just their second NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in program history. Once in the postseason, the Blazers claimed their first NCAA South Central Regional championship and advanced all the way to the Elite Eight of the bracket. The program recorded a school-record 56 goals overall, finishing the year ranked No. 8 in the final United Soccer Coaches Top-25 national poll.

Golas first joined the Milwaukee women's soccer coaching staff in the spring of 2015.
 
He quickly helped turned around a team that won just six games the year prior to his arrival and was picked to finish eighth in the preseason poll. The Panthers nearly doubled that win total, finishing 11-3-4 overall, including an unbeaten 8-0-1 mark in league play that included the regular-season crown.

The squad repeated as league champions again in 2016 at 8-1-0, topping the Horizon League in points, goals, assists and shots on offense and shutouts and goals-against average on defense, coming up just short of a return to the NCAA Tournament after a tough loss in the title game.

The 2017 campaign brought the first-ever unbeaten season in school and Horizon League history at 16-0-4, finishing as the nation's lone unbeaten squad. Milwaukee again led the Horizon League in virtually every category, finishing second in the NCAA in goals-against average (school and Horizon League record 0.285), second in assists (61), fifth in points (151), third in shots per-game (19.8) and 10th in scoring offense (2.25). The Panthers played in the Horizon League Tournament championship for the second year in a row.

Golas brings a wealth of knowledge and experience and an incredibly high energy level and passion for the game to UWM. He has over 15 years of coaching experience under his belt, including serving most recently as the first-ever head women's coach at Texas A&M-Texarkana.
 
"I'm really excited to have Steve on board," head coach Troy Fabiano said at the time of Golas’ hire. "He has a great deal of head coaching experience and is a tremendous recruiter. He is a real high-energy guy and relates to the players extremely well."
 
Golas comes to Milwaukee having found success at every level and has been a part of some remarkable winning transitions at various institutions.
 
"I am incredibly excited to join the Panther women's soccer program and coach Fabiano," Golas said. "This is a program rich and deep in tradition and I look forward to working with Troy and building on that tradition and carrying the program to a successful future."
 
In the inaugural season of the TAMUT program, Golas helped the team to a 10-2-3 overall record, outscoring opponents by a combined score of 58-15 on the year.
 
Prior to that, Golas spent four years as the head coach for the men's squad and assistant women's soccer coach at Illinois College. During his tenure, he became the men's all-time leader in coaching victories. He led the Blueboys to their first winning season in nearly 20 years in 2011 and compiled a 10-6-2 mark in 2013.
 
Golas began his coaching career at Bemidji State University helping lead the team to a then-school record win total and one of the biggest turnarounds in the nation in 2000.
 
Golas moved on to William Penn University in 2002 where he served one season as an assistant women's coach and associate men's head coach. The women's squad won the MCC championship and advanced all the way to the Region VII championship game. The men had similar success posting a school-record 11-5-2 season after finishing 5-11-2 the year before. Golas was named head men's coach at the conclusion of the season and watched his 2003 squad post a 10-6-1 record while breaking numerous school records and finishing the season ranked number two in NAIA Region VII.
 
Golas then moved on to Angelo State University as an assistant women's coach. He helped lead the team to its first ever back-to-back 10-win seasons, and the school earned post-season LSC Tournament berths as well as its highest-ever regional ranking during his tenure.
 
Prior to his arrival at Lewis & Clark, Golas led Millikin University to one of the most significant single-season turnarounds in NCAA history. The 2006 Millikin women's squad posted a 2-13 record. He led the 2007 Millikin team to a 12-7 record while breaking 17 school records along the way and posting one of the nation's top 10 scoring offenses.
 
Golas has also had success at the club level. Serving as a staff coach for the Chicago Blast Soccer Club, he led each team he coached to IWSL League Championships in 2006.
 
Golas played collegiately at Coe College where he was a four-year letter winner for the Kohawks and twice was recognized as the team's most improved player. While at Coe, he was also a member of the track & field team.
 
Golas earned his bachelor's degree from Coe College in 1998 and received his master's degree in Sports Studies from Bemidji State in 2002. He and his wife, Becky, have a son, Jacoby, and a daughter, Cora.