MENOMONIE - University of Wisconsin-Stout Athletic Director Duey Naatz has announced the hiring of Marcos Rodriguez as the Blue Devils' men's soccer head coach.
"We are excited for Marcos and the future of our men's soccer program," Naatz said. "He brings a wealth of experience from club, prep and collegiate soccer."
Rodriguez returns to Stout after a year as an assistant coach at St. Catherine's University in St. Paul, where he helped lead the Wildcats to a 13-5-4 record and an MIAC tournament championship with an appearance in the NCAA tournament.
"I'm really excited to be back at Stout as the men's head coach," Rodriguez said. "I would like to thank Duey, Erin Sullivan (deputy director of Athletics) and the search committee for the opportunity to build and lead the men's program at Stout"
Prior to St. Catherine's, Rodriguez coached the goalkeepers for the Blue Devils' women's team during the 2021 season. That year the goalkeepers had a combined goals against average of 1.19 with six clean sheets in 20 games played.
Since 2016, Rodriguez has been the goalkeeper director and administrative assistant for St. Croix Soccer in Stillwater, Minn., where he also coached the U13 and U17 academy girls.
Rodriguez has been the head boys varsity coach at River Falls High School since 2018. From 2015-18 he was the B Squad coach and goalkeeper coach at Mahtomedi (Minn.) High School. The Zephyrs were three-time conference champions and 2017 Class A state champions.
Collegiately, Rodriguez attended Presentation College in Aberdeen, S.D., where he was the starting goalkeeper in the 2014 season. That season he was sixth in the nation in saves per game and 10th in total saves.
Rodriguez will begin work immediately at UW-Stout. The Blue Devils begin play in the fall of 2024.
