Mitch Kavanagh - Assistant Coach/Technical Director - Men's Soccer Coaches

Mitch Kavanagh

Title:
Assistant Coach/Technical Director
Email:
mitchkavanagh@creighton.edu

Mitch Kavanagh begins his sixth season on the Bluejay staff, earning a promotion to the role of assistant coach prior to the 2023 campaign. Kavanagh was critical to helping Creighton reach the sixth College Cup in program history in 2022.

Mitch was a part of the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year in 2018 as the Bluejays claimed their first BIG EAST regular-season title since 2014.

Before coming to Creighton, Kavanagh spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Bellevue University. He also played for the Bruins in 2012 and 2013. Kavanagh earned First Team All-Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference honors in 2012 and appeared in 31 games during his career as a defender, scoring one goal and adding two assists.

Kavanagh also remains involved with Gretna Elite Academy.

“The players can relate to Mitch in that he’s not too far removed from the actual playing days. He’s coached at a youth level and he’s coached at a collegiate level, which are two advantages to having him around and to bridge the gap between the head coach and the current student-athletes,” said Torres. “The players respect and trust him, and so do we as staff, so we’re delighted that we were able to get him onboard.”

Kavanagh is excited to move into his newly-created role. “We’ve had some really successful seasons and I’m looking forward to doing more to push that on. I’m very thankful to the department, to Johnny and to Marcus Blossom for allowing this position to happen and put me in it.”