John Marovich joined the Valparaiso University coaching staff as an
assistant coach prior to the 2002 season, and, in January of 2008 was
named the third head coach in the history of the Valparaiso University
women’s soccer program. Marovich served as an assistant coach for the
Crusaders for his first three seasons, before he was promoted to
associate head coach, where he assumed a full-time role prior to the
2005 season.
In 2007, Marovich was a member of the Valpo coaching staff as the
Crusaders moved into the Horizon League for the first time. During the
first season in the new conference, he helped Valpo post a 10-9 record,
finishing fifth in the highly competitive league. The Crusaders also
had three student-athletes earn All-Horizon League honors, with two
Second Team picks and an All-Newcomer Team selection.
Marovich was instrumental in the Crusaders’ success in both 2005 and
2006. The Brown and Gold won both the Mid-Continent Conference regular
season and tournament titles in 2005, setting a new school record for
victories with 12, as well as posting the best winning percentage at
the time in the program’s history. Valpo earned a berth in the NCAA
Tournament for the first time, traveling to Notre Dame, a school
Marovich spent time assisting prior to arriving at Valpo.
The next season, 2006, Marovich was a part of the Crusaders first
outright regular season Mid-Continent Conference title in school
history, as Valpo again won 12 matches, while also setting a new mark
for winning percentage in a season at .711.
In his first five seasons on the bench for the Brown and Gold, Valpo
earned four Mid-Continent Conference Tournament berths, advancing to
the title match in 2004 in addition to winning the championship in
2005.
Marovich arrived at Valpo after spending the 2001 season as a
women’s volunteer assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame,
helping lead the Fighting Irish to the Big East regular season and
tournament championships. During Marovich’s stay, Notre Dame also
advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Before moving to the collegiate field, Marovich was the head girls’
coach at Andrean High School, where he led the 59ers to the state title
match in 1999. In his seven seasons at Andrean, he won two conference
titles and three sectional championships, as well as a regional and
semi-state title. Marovich was named the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America's Indiana private/parochial school state Coach
of the Year in 1999.
Marovich has earned his United States Soccer Federation “A” License. He
played his collegiate soccer at Purdue-Calumet, where he received his
Bachelor of Science degree in construction technology in 1994. He also
serves as an Olympic Development Program age group head coach in the
state of Indiana and is also a staff coach for Region II.
John and his wife, Susan, have been married since 1995 and have two children, Mackenzie, born in 1999, and Kacey, born in 2003.
