Iowa Lakes Community College

Iowa Lakes Community College Athletics
 300 S 18th St Estherville, IA 51344
NJCAA Iowa Midwest
Public Small Competitive team
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Ben MacRae

Head Men’s Coach Ben MacRae comes to the college position with a great deal of coaching and playing experience.


Starting as a participant, MacRae played for South of England School and Ardingly College in Sussex, England, where he competed in four National Cup Finals over two years. As a player growing up in the South of England, MacRae was invited to be part of the Southampton School of Excellence, the same academy that produced talents such as Alan Shearer, Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale. He has also played against international players such as Frank Lampard, while representing Ardingly.


In 1993 MacRae was part of the first ever school side to tour South America, playing in 5 countries including Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Brazil for one whole month. While on tour, they played lots of games but ended with a victory against the prestigious Fluminense FC, beating them 1-0.


MacRae’s coaching career has been full of accomplishments thus far.


He has a current record of 166-53-1 at the helm of Spencer High School Soccer where the Tiger boys won the state title in 2009, finished third in 2008 and went undefeated in the regular season (15-0) last year.


He was named IHSAA Soccer Coach and NSCAA Small School Coach of the year in 2009; in 2010 he was one of eight up for National High School Coach of the year.


In his first year in charge of the Lakers (2014) MacRae produced their best ever season finishing 11-5-1. The transformation has been nothing short of remarkable, finishing runners up in the conference tournament to the #1 team in the nation. They had 6 players named to the all-conference teams, 3 players named as players of the week and MacRae capped it all off with the ICCAC Coach of the Year award.


He currently holds many coaching licenses including his NCAA Goalkeeping Diploma, UEFA ‘B’ license and USSF ‘B’ license.


When selected as the coach in February of 2014, MacRae had already set goals: “I’m absolutely delighted to be appointed the new Head Men’s Soccer Coach at Iowa Lakes. There is no doubt that it is going to be a huge challenge, but everything from the administration to the pitch has been set-up for success,” MacRae said.


And, he had an ambitious vision for the team.


“My goal is to elevate the program to the championship level, both on the field and in the classroom. We want to be proud of the student-athletes we produce and help them achieve their goals.”


MacRae is well on his way to accomplishing those goals.

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Mukwa Ogitchida

Mukwa Ogitchida comes to Iowa Lakes as his third carer. The greatest work is raising six children who are all very accomplished adults. Now that the nest if empty, he is ready to fill his time with Lakers.


In his first carer as a restaurant manager he was able to travel in many of the same locations that games are played in. Running restaurants in Lakeville, MN, Council Bluffs, IA, Rockford Ill, Germantown, WI to name a few. In this job managing 125 people in four million dollar units, he became very good at developing systems and managing people. Second, carer was in education. starting as an intervention specialist, finishing as a Teacher, Coach Ogitchida became a master of how people learn, how to influence that learning through directed feedback loops, and how and why our education system are set up. As he was on this path in education, he was also coaching in High School as the boys head coach at St. Paul Harding, and in club soccer at Sting Soccer, REV Soccer, and Salvo Soccer.


In his coaching carer he has 3 section finals, one state tournament, the first in the schools history for the High school team. For club soccer he has 1 state championship, 2 runner up finishes, and 3 3rd place wins. As well as countless other trophies. He is a USSF D license coach. As well as being certified by the NFHS for 18 years, Safe Sport for 5 years.


Coach Ogitchida has come to Iowa Lakes to do one thing, "I want to help young people find out who they are though participation in the worlds game. When they learn how to be champions on the field that sets them apart, and prepares them to be champions in the world."

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