Mitch Hepburn re-joined the University of Dayton women's soccer staff in May of 2022 and is in his third season on Eric Golz’s staff for 2024.
Hepburn works within all program areas including on-field coaching, video analysis, GPS sports performance monitoring, gear and equipment oversight, and serves as the Recruiting Coordinator for the Flyers.
Hepburn helped the Flyers earn a spot in the A-10 Championship match in his first season. The Flyers had their best season in a decade recording a 16-4-1 record. Hepburn played a role with the defensive unit that recorded 11 shutouts. Hepburn has aided the development of all A-10 Conference Rookie team member Batoul Reda, three All-Atlantic 10 Conference Team players and three All-Region Players.
Prior to arriving at Dayton, Hepburn served on staff at Eastern Kentucky University under head coach Matt Cosinuke for two seasons. In his second season with the Colonels, Hepburn helped improve the team to a nine-win season while advancing to the ASUN Conference Semi-Final in the program's first season in the conference.
In his first season with the program, Hepburn helped oversee measurable improvements, especially on the attacking end. After averaging 0.67 goals per game in 2019, EKU averaged 1.4 goals per game in 2020. EKU went 1-7-1 at home in 2019 and turned around to go 3-1-0 at home in 2020, including shutout wins over rival Morehead State and Belmont and a Senior Day victory over then-unbeaten Southeast Missouri. In his two seasons at EKU Hepburn coached four All conference players and thee ASUN All-Rookie team members.
Hepburn spent the 2019 season on Golz’s staff at Dayton as the Director of Operations. Hepburn also coached club soccer in Dayton and was a US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program Administrator for regional, national, and international events.
Hepburn, who holds a United States Soccer Federation "D" licensee, has also coached elite youth players as a staff member of the Ohio North Olympic Development Program, numerous clubs in northeast and Southwest Ohio, and high school coaching experience at Stow Monroe Falls.
As a collegiate player, Hepburn played his first season in 2013 at Division II Belmont Abbey College before transferring to the University of Akron and joining the program from 2014-2015.
A native of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Hepburn earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management in 2017 from Akron. He earned his master's degree in Sports Science from The University of Akron in 2019.
