Coaches

Mark Batman

Mark Batman was named the head women's soccer coach at the University of Toledo in December of 2022.


Batman earned his first win as Toledo's head coach on Sunday, Sept. 3 in a 3-0 shutout over Detroit Mercy.


Batman previously served as the head women's soccer coach at Ohio Northern University, a position he held since 2004. He is winningest coach in ONU history, compiling a record of 253-91-40 in 19 seasons, with a 136-24-11 mark in Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) play.


Batman, who becomes just the fourth head coach in Toledo Women's Soccer history, brings 22 total years of collegiate coaching experience to Toledo. Under Batman's direction, Ohio Northern has collected eight regular-season conference titles, made an appearance in the conference tournament every season from 2006-22, and won five OAC Championship crowns, the most recent coming in 2022.


Batman is a three-time United Soccer Coaches Association Division III Great Lakes Coach of the Year (2011, 2017, 2019), three-time Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Coach of the Year (2011, 2012, 2019), and five-time Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the year (2007, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2021).


In the classroom, Batman's student-athletes have held a 3.4 GPA or higher each of the last 10 seasons and posted a program-best 3.72 GPA during the 2022 season.


Batman starting his coaching career as an assistant coach at his alma mater following his graduation in 2000 from Wilmington College (Ohio). He went on to become a graduate assistant coach for both the men's and women's soccer teams at the University of Dubuque (Iowa) from 2001-02. Batman served as an assistant men's coach and assistant sports information director at Savannah College Arts & Design (Ga.) in 2003 before assuming the head coaching position at Ohio Northern University in 2004.


As a student-athlete at Wilmington, Batman was a two-time First-Team All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference selection and a two-time honorable mention honoree. As a senior, Batman was selected First-Team All-Great Lakes Region and was named team MVP. He helped his team make two NCAA D-III Tournament Sweet 16 appearances and achieve a No. 12 national ranking.


Batman, a Yellow Springs, Ohio native, earned his bachelor's degree in sport management from Wilmington in 2000, and his master's degree in physical education from Loras College (Iowa) in 2003. He holds a Premier Diploma and was a trainer at the United State Women's National Team Training Center from 2013-18.

Cliff Brandmier

Cliff Brandmier joined the Toledo women's soccer program in February 2023, as an assistant coach.


Brandmier came to Toledo after holding the position of assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Detroit Mercy since 2019.


Originally from Berkley, Mich., Brandmier's coaching career began at Big Rapids High School in 2006 as an assistant girls' soccer coach under head coach Justin Fox. He then became the varsity head coach for the boys' and girls' soccer teams at Berkley High School from 2006-11 and again from 2017-19. Under his direction, the girls' team won their first district championships in school history in 2010. Alongside coaching at Berkley, Brandmier took a job at Force Football Club in Bloomfield, Mich. as the boy's and girls' soccer head coach from 2009-13, leading the U19 Girls to a State Cup Championship in 2011. He also had a stint at Rochester High School as the girls' soccer varsity head coach from 2012-13.


Brandmier broke into the collegiate level as the assistant coach at Western Michigan University from 2013-16, where he helped with recruiting, coordinated camps, and planned training sessions. While Brandmier was on staff, the Broncos made appearances in three MAC Conference Tournament Championship finals, winning the title in 2013 and 2015, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament in both seasons.


Brandmier was he technical director of Trebol Soccer Club from 2016-17 before becoming the U11-U19 Field ECNL-RL technical director and tournament director at Liverpool FC of Michigan International Academy in Pontiac, Mich. a position he has held since 2017.


Brandmier was named an assistant coach at Detroit Mercy in 2019. He oversaw training sessions and academic progress of the student-athletes, and was responsible for recruiting in the Midwest and Canada.


Brandmier played for the men's soccer program at Ferris State University for four years and was team captain in 2003 and 2004.


Brandmier earned his A.A.S. in Restaurant and Food Industry Management from Ferris State University in 2005, and his bachelor's in general studies with a concentration in sports management from Southern New Hampshire University in 2015. He earned his National "D" License in 2010 and NSSF National "C" License in 2013 from the United States Soccer Federation.


Brandmier and his wife, Ashley, reside in Berkley, Mich.

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