Soccer
Michael Lovett
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- mrlovett@bsu.edu
Michael Lovett enters his second season as the head coach of the Ball State soccer program. Lovett, the Cardinals’ third head coach all-time, took over the helm prior to the 2008 season. He guided the Cardinals to a 9-10-1 overall record and a 5-5-1 mark in Mid-American Conference play as Ball State qualified for the MAC Tournament for the eighth time in the program’s 10-year history.
Under Lovett’s tutelage, the Cardinals finished second in the MAC in shots per game at 15.44 and second in corner kicks at 137. Ball State also continued its strong play on defense as he was third in the conference in goals allowed as BSU limited opponents to just 19 goals in 20 games.
Lovett, a native of Murray, Ky., returned to the Midwest with six years of experience as a Division I assistant coach. He spent the past two seasons in the Atlantic Coast Conference as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech under head coach Kelly Cagle. He was primarily involved with the Hokies’ goalkeepers and helped Virginia Tech allow a single season school record low 20 goals against last season.
Prior to Virginia Tech, Lovett spent four years as an assistant coach at Murray State, including a six-month stint as the interim head coach. He guided the Racers to a 4-1 record in the spring season as interim head coach in which Murray State only allowed two goals in the five games.
As an assistant coach, he helped the Racers to a 0.93 goals against average in 2005. He was instrumental in the recruitment of All-Ohio Valley Conference players during his tenure at Murray State and the OVC Freshman of the Year in 2005.
Lovett has earned NSCAA state, regional and national goalkeeping diplomas, as well as an advanced regional diploma. He served as an assistant coach from 1993-94 at Murphy High School in Mobile, Ala., and at Murray High School from 2001-02. He also won the National Goalie War in 2003.
He played collegiate soccer at the University of South Alabama from 1992-94 and also played professionally on the Mobile Revelers in the United Soccer League (USL) in 1994.
Lovett earned his bachelor’s degree from Murray State in 2006. Lovett and his wife, Patricia, have one son Skylar (12) and a daughter Sydney (3).
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Under Lovett’s tutelage, the Cardinals finished second in the MAC in shots per game at 15.44 and second in corner kicks at 137. Ball State also continued its strong play on defense as he was third in the conference in goals allowed as BSU limited opponents to just 19 goals in 20 games.
Lovett, a native of Murray, Ky., returned to the Midwest with six years of experience as a Division I assistant coach. He spent the past two seasons in the Atlantic Coast Conference as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech under head coach Kelly Cagle. He was primarily involved with the Hokies’ goalkeepers and helped Virginia Tech allow a single season school record low 20 goals against last season.
Prior to Virginia Tech, Lovett spent four years as an assistant coach at Murray State, including a six-month stint as the interim head coach. He guided the Racers to a 4-1 record in the spring season as interim head coach in which Murray State only allowed two goals in the five games.
As an assistant coach, he helped the Racers to a 0.93 goals against average in 2005. He was instrumental in the recruitment of All-Ohio Valley Conference players during his tenure at Murray State and the OVC Freshman of the Year in 2005.
Lovett has earned NSCAA state, regional and national goalkeeping diplomas, as well as an advanced regional diploma. He served as an assistant coach from 1993-94 at Murphy High School in Mobile, Ala., and at Murray High School from 2001-02. He also won the National Goalie War in 2003.
He played collegiate soccer at the University of South Alabama from 1992-94 and also played professionally on the Mobile Revelers in the United Soccer League (USL) in 1994.
Lovett earned his bachelor’s degree from Murray State in 2006. Lovett and his wife, Patricia, have one son Skylar (12) and a daughter Sydney (3).
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