University of Michigan Men's Soccer

Chaka Daley enters his 15th year as the head coach for the University of Michigan men's soccer program in the 2024 season. Daley is 116-94-52 during his 14-y...

Jhojan Obando is in his 11th year as an assistant coach, primarily working with the team's goalkeepers in the 2024 season. He also spent two years (2012-13) as volunteer assistant. Obando has been instrumental in producing some of the program's best goalkeepers. In 2023 he helped Isaiah Goldson to Big Ten All-Freshman team honoree and a No. 22 ranking in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Midseason Freshmen Top 100. In 2021, he helped Hayden Evans to being named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team as he made 48 saves on the season, including a season-best eight saves at No. 8 Maryland. In 2019, he coached Andrew Verdi to Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year honors and a school record for lowest goals-against average (0.78, minimum 1,000 minutes). After Verdi went down with an injury late in the season, Obando quickly installed freshman Owen Finnerty between the pipes. Finnerty played every minute of the final seven matches, which included runs to the Big Ten Tournament final and the NCAA Sweet 16. Between the two of them, U-M had 11 shutouts in 2019, most in a single season in school history. Four of the five spots behind Verdi on the school's all-time list for lowest GAA were coached by Obando, including Henry Mashburn (0.81 in 2018), Verdi (1.02 in 2017) and Evan Louro (1.05 in 2015). With Obando's goalkeepers in net, U-M has set, then tied, the school record for fewest goals allowed in a season, conceding 18 goals in both 2018 and 2019. Four of the top seven defenses in program history -- as

Mauro Fuzetti was hired as the volunteer assistant coach for the 2022 season and was eleveated to an assitant coach for the 2023 season. Fuzetti is a former Michigan standout from 2006-09 and spent one season as a graduate assistant coach in 2010. He became the fifth Wolverine to be drafted to the MLS as he was the 41st overall pick in the 2010 Major League Soccer SuperDraft to the Kansas City Wizards. In his four year career at Michigan, Fuzetti earned numerous accolades as he is a two-time first team All-Big Ten selection and an adidas/NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region selection. He was named to College Soccer News and TopDrawerSoccer.com National Teams of the Week and was honorable mention on the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Year for his play during his senior campaign. Fuzetti put together one of Michigan's finest offensive careers during his four-year stint with the program. He ranks fourth all-time in Michigan history with 61 career points and seventh with 23 career goals. During his senior season, he moved into first place all-time in shots attempted (186) and also set several single-season records with 68 shots attempted and 4.00 shots per game. Additionally, Fuzetti set the single-game record for shots with 11 in Michigan's 3-0 win over Wright State in the Michigan Invitational. Following his collegiate playing career, Fuzetti played with the Kansas City Wizards for the 2010-11 MLS season before he played for various USL clubs for part of 2011. After finishing

University of Michigan men’s soccer head coach Chaka Daley announced the hiring of Sean Hughes as an associate head coach for the 2024 season Wednesday (Feb. 7). Hughes comes to Michigan after an eight-year stint as a coach at Marquette University where he served as the associate head coach since 2020 and was the team’s recruiting coordinator. During his time at MU, Hughes helped the team to three BIG EAST Tournament appearances, an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in 2020-21, and a Big East Midwest Championship in 2021. At Marquette he helped coach three student-athletes to MLS SuperDraft picks, two Big East Freshmen of the Year awards, the Big East GK of the Year and had 13 players named to the All-BIG EAST team. He was also an integral part of Lukas Sunesson’s MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist bid. Prior to his time at Marquette, Hughes was the head coach at Maryville University in 2015, where he set the single season record for wins at the Division II level and his team had the most shutouts in program history. Under his tutelage, Hughes helped the team earn the program’s first-ever postseason award, the GLVC Freshman of the Year. Prior to Maryville, Hughes served as an assistant coach at Quincy University where he helped the program to a 49-9-8 record with two Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships and an NCAA semifinal appearance, while finishing as the No. 3-ranked team nationally in the 2014 campaign. During his time at Quincy, Hughes coached four All-Americans, two GLVC F