Jerome Hickey enters his 2nd season as Macomb’s Head Men’s Soccer Coach for the 2007 season. Hickey has over twenty years of coaching experience. He is currently the Boy’s Coaching Director for the Vardar Stars East Soccer team He served as Head Men’s and Women’s Coach for fours years at College of the Southwest in New Mexico from 1990-93. Hickey coached various club teams and served as a State Staff Coach for Olympic Development Program in Louisiana from 1993-97, before moving to the Netherlands, where he coached for eight seasons.

While in the Netherlands, Hickey led his teams to a National Championship and Dutch Cup Championship. He also coached for the FC Omniworld’s Youth Academy. In Louisiana, he coached two state championship teams. Hickey holds a UEFA “B” Coaching License and an NSCAA National Diploma.

Hickey played for Macomb during the 83-84 seasons for Head Coach Mick Lakatos. He transferred to Siena Heights and competed in the NAIA National Tournament in 1985. Upon graduation, Hickey played semi-professionally for the Permian Basin Shootin’ Stars in Odessa, TX.

Recap of 2006-07 Season

“We had a very good record (9-3-1) despite returning only 3 players from the previous year. The lack of quality games in early September hurt us going into the conference schedule. We came on and played our best soccer at the end of the season, but it wasn’t enough to get us into the regional tournament.”

Preview of 2007-08 Season

“We are returning 3 all region players and many more sophomores who we will count on to play an important role this season. The quality of the freshman coming in is very good as well. This combination will put us in a position to seriously contend for a regional championship. Our returning players are also excelling in the classroom, which should lead to quite a few players getting scholarship opportunities to play another two years at a four year university.”