Coaching Staff

Mike Madigan | Head Coach

Mike Madigan enters his seventh season at Wartburg in 2023. In his first season, Ben Johnson earned Third-team All-Region honors by the United Soccer Coaches Association. 17 Knights have been named All-Conference in his time in Waverly.

Madigan came to Wartburg from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. where he served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator since 2012. The Scots won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) championship in 2015 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament that season. In addition to his assistant coaching duties, he was the assistant facility manager for the Leonard Center where he helped with event management and supervised over 100 work study employees.

Prior to Macalester, Madigan was an assistant coach at George Washington University for two seasons and a volunteer assistant coach for one season. In 2011, the Colonials won the Atlantic 10 regular season championship and advanced to the championship game in the conference tournament.

Madigan was an assistant coach and head goalkeeper coach for four years at the prestigious Shattuck-St. Mary's college preparatory school in Faribault, Minn. The team reached the 2008 U.18 Boys US Youth Soccer National Final during his tenure.

The Stevens Point, Wis. native graduated from Macalester in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. Madigan was a four-year goalkeeper for the Scots that won the MIAC Championship three times and subsequently qualified for three NCAA Tournaments. Macalester advanced to the Elite Eight in 2002. Madigan was named All-Conference, All-Region and finished third in NCAA Division III in goals against average that season.

He was a reserve goalkeeper on the Minnesota Thunder professional soccer team from 2004-05.

Madigan holds the following certifications: USSF A License, USSF National Youth License, NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeper Diploma.

Leonard Harmon | Assistant Coach

Leonard Harmon enters his fifth season with the program in 2021 and has extensive experience working with goalkeepers and defenders.

He comes to Wartburg after seven years at Metropolitan Community College in Missouri. Before his stop in Missouri, he worked as an assistant coach at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and Avila University in Missouri. He primarily worked with the defenders and goalkeepers on the tactical and technical side.

Harmon has also served as director of goalkeeping with the Futura Soccer Club in teaching young goalkeepers the technical components of the position. He also had a stint with Waterloo West High School girl’s teams.

The Pittsburgh native started for three seasons at the University of Pittsburgh before playing semi-professionally.

Christian Coridon | Assistant Coach

Christian Coridon enters his first season as an Assistant with the Wartburg College Men's Soccer program. Coridon will be helping with game analysis, training, recruiting and day-to-day operations. He comes to Wartburg from Wheeling University where he served as an assistant coach for two seasons. Over the two seasons, the Cardinals saw marked improvement and reached the MEC Conference Semifinals in 2022.

Born in Brooklyn, New York to Haitian parents, Coridon grew up playing for Match Fit Academy and West Windsor Barcelona before playing four seasons at Robert Morris University (NCAA Division 1). He’s also had playing stints with the Haiti U-23 National Team, the Haiti Futsal National Team, and with Real Central New Jersey of USL League Two. His twin brother, Christopher, is an Assistant Coach at Bethany College

Cade Fink | Assistant Coach

Fink enters his first season at Wartburg in 2022. The Plainfield, Illinois native played in the Chicago Fire youth system growing up. He graduated from Macalester College, starting 34 games from 2019-2021 and receiving MIAC Honorable Mention honors in 2021.