A member of Seattle Pacific's first national championship team, Mark Metzger returns for his 11th season as an assistant coach. Metzger was the midfield general for the Falcons’ NCAA Division II title-winning team of 1978.
Metzger is a veteran of the Seattle Pacific’s team which toppled heavily-favored Alabama A&M for the NCAA crown in 1978. He was selected to the all-Northwest Collegiate Soccer Conference team in 1979. From 1982-2000, Metzger managed the Bear Stearns stock index futures trading desk on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He now coaches three youth teams affiliated with the Northwest Nationals soccer club.
Metzger coached both boys and girls youth teams in the Chicago area for 12 years and from 1995-2000 won four Illinois state championships. He also coached the Illinois women’s open team which competed at the national finals in 2000.