Valpo Crusader Youth Soccer

Head Coach John Marovich

John Marovich was named the third head coach in the history of the Crusader women’s soccer program in January, 2008.

Marovich joined the coaching staff prior to the 2002 season, and after serving as an assistant coach for the Crusaders for three seasons, he was promoted to associate head coach, where he assumed a full-time role prior to the 2005 season.

He takes over a program that went 10-9 in 2007, and finished in the middle of Horizon League standings in the Crusaders’ first season in the league.

Marovich was instrumental in the Crusaders’ success in both 2005 and 2006 as the Brown and Gold won both the Mid-Continent Conference regular season and tournament titles in 2005, setting a new school record for victories with 12 as well as posting the best winning percentage at the time in the program’s history. Valpo earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time, travelling to Notre Dame, a school Marovich spent time at prior to arriving at Valpo.

The next season, 2006, Marovich was a part of the Crusaders first outright regular season Mid-Continent Conference title in school history, as Valpo again won 12 matches, while also setting a new mark for winning percentage in a season at .711.

In his first four seasons on the bench for the Brown and Gold, Valpo has earned four Mid-Continent Conference Tournament berths, advancing to the title match in 2004 in addition to winning the championship in 2005.

Marovich arrived at Valpo after spending the 2001 season as a women’s volunteer assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame, helping lead the Fighting Irish to the Big East regular season and tournament championships. During Marovich’s stay Notre Dame also advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Before moving to the collegiate field, Marovich was the head girls’ coach at Andrean High School, where he led the 59ers to the state title match in 1999. In his seven seasons at Andrean, he won two conference titles and three sectional championships, as well as a regional and semi-state title. Marovich was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Indiana private/parochial school state Coach of the Year in 1999.

Marovich has earned his United States Soccer Federation “A” License. He played his collegiate soccer at Purdue-Calumet, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in construction technology in 1994. He also serves as an Olympic Development Program age group head coach in the state of Indiana and is also a staff coach for Region II.

John and his wife, Susan, have been married since 1995 and have two children, Mackenzie, born in 1999, and Kacey, born in 2003.