In March, the Madison College Athletic Department announced Logan Fye as the new women’s head soccer coach, intramural coordinator and new Physical Education instructor, roles in addition to maintaining his position as men’s head soccer coach. This previous season, Fye led the men’s team to a 6-5-4 record.  

Because Women’s Soccer Coach Matt Schwartz recently stepped down, Fye will be the first person in Madison College history to be the head coach of both programs.  

Fye’s experience as a Whitewater Warhawks soccer player will help him juggle his responsibilities. He described his first three college years working with a coach who coached both the men and women soccer teams. Fye believes his standpoint as a college player has been a fundamental learning experience and preparation for his new responsibilities.  

“There are going to be challenges, from flipping one team to another, I saw from the players’ perspective through my time at Whitewater,” he said.  

Explaining what he plans to do differently, Fye said, “What I have told the women so far is, when I am with you, I am all in as the head women’s soccer coach. When I am with the men it will be the same thing.”  

He feels empowered with his group of assistant coaches who naturally feel confident and willing to take on more responsibilities. 

One of Fye’s potential coaching issues is being present on game day, as he won’t be able to be at two places at once. 

This is where his assistant coaches come in. 

While Fye can be present for one team’s warmups, and follow their game, the other team will need to be warming up without him. 

Fye admits there will be some assistant coach overlap, but he’s confident in his staff. “I give a lot of credit to the assistant coaches I had last season and where they are headed.” He will be utilizing assistant coach Austin Backus who has had experience as a women’s coach.  

In addition to his assistant coaches, the impact of Coach Schwartz can’t be overestimated. 

Fye appreciates having the opportunity to communicate and connect with Schwartz. 

By traveling together and reviewing a game from hindsight, he found guidance and support from Schwartz. 

“Naturally a connection grew with the number of things that overlapped like traveling together,” said Fye, who relied on breaking down soccer game results. “[We were] trying to keep each other in a good place. I am really grateful to have that relationship with him.”  

Schwartz shared game and recruiting insights, valuable knowledge as he recruits for the class of 2024. 

When recruiting women players, Fye is aware of the unique timeline as there will be existing 2024 players as well as high school juniors during the 2025 season. For the men players, he will let his assistant’s recommendations guide the process.  

Fye is excited for the chance to lead both programs and feels he has a good grasp on how he will manage both. As mentioned before, Fye will also be taking on the role as a Physical Education instructor, teaching a new soccer course. Alongside bringing back intramurals that had previously existed at Madison College but were diminished after COVID.  

During his time assistant coaching at Wisconsin Lutheran, and with a master’s in education, he has grown to love coaching and teaching.  

Fye wants to provide an environment for physical education students so they can fall in love with the game as a fan. As Fye briefly mentioned, there will be lots of different people coming into this class at different skill levels. “The key is to make sure the students feel comfortable and are able to try everything that we can.” 

Despite all his responsibilities, his main goal is for his players to find and maintain joy in the sport.  

 “I’m sure there will be men and women soccer players signed up for that class,” said Fye, who acknowledges it is not how well they play the sport but the enthusiasm they put into it.  

 “It’s geared towards building a general knowledge of the game. And to foster a passion,” Fye said.