Eastern Michigan Athletics
Soccer
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jmalachi@emich.edu
Joe Malachino, a volunteer assistant coach for the past three seasons, enters his first season as a full-time assistant coach in 2008.
Malachino brings 18 years of coaching experience to EMU ranging from U-6, semi-professional and the college ranks. Over the past three years, Malachino has been the Director of Coaching for the Novi Jaguars and a member of the Region II Olympic Development Program (ODP) staff. He is a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) A licensed coach, the highest level of coaching license for US soccer. He also played professionally for seven years with the Detroit Rockers in the National Professional Soccer League.
In 2000, Malachino was named the Professional Development League (PDL) Coach of the Year for the Michigan Bucks semi-professional team. During that season, the Bucks made the championship game before losing to Chicago, 1-0. In U.S. Open Cup action, the team also defeated the New England Revolution of the Major League Soccer (MLS), 1-0, at Foxboro Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., before losing 6-5 in a penalty shootout to the Miami Fusion (MLS) in the next round.
Malachino earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from Texas Christian University in 1993. He also has a Michigan Teaching certificate and is currently working towards a Masters of Arts degree in teaching from Wayne State University.
Malachino and his wife, Miriam, reside in Howell, Mich. They have a son, Kiernan (six years old) and a daughter, Kaia (three years old).
