NIACC Soccer
Coaching Staff

Jonathon Platt
Assistant Coach-3rd Season

A native of Bolton, England Coach Platt has been involved in soccer for many years and coached in England, New Zealand and the USA. Following a playing career that took him from the youth teams of Horwich RMI (now Leigh RMI) to Pukekohe AFC in New Zealand, he began focusing on coaching 10 years ago. Starting in high school soccer, he then went on to coach alongside Manchester United development coaches at the Fletcher Moss Soccer School, famed for shaping the career of current United player, Wes Brown.

Following this, he was the head coach at Olympico Manchester, a refugee team set up to encourage integration among recent immigrants in the Manchester community. This team included a number of high quality players from across Africa and Iraq. Platt then moved on to be the head coach of Failsworth Dynamos, helping them achieve back to back promotions to the Lancashire Amateur League Premier division. 

Platt joined the successful Trojan program for the 2009 season working on training and player development. Alongside his tactical and analytical skills, Platt also has a no nonsense approach to the game having grown up playing youth soccer in Northern England. He is fiercely competitive and isn't satisfied unless players are fully committed especially in training sessions. For the 2011 season, Platt's third with the program, his aim will be for the Trojans to retain a national ranking and then ultimately be successful at the national tournament.

Coach Platt lives in Mason City with his wife, Katie and two future Trojan stars, Archer (4) and Charlie (1).

Colin Murphy
Assistant Coach - 1st Season

Colin joins the coaching staff following a successful campaign as the boy's head coach at nearby Clear Lake High School.  The Lions compiled a record of 63-29 over five seasons, were twice ranked in the top-10 at the season's end by the IHSSCA and captured the program's only silverware after finishing third at the 2010 Class 1A State Tournament .  He holds a USSF National D License.

Mike Unwin
Assistant Coach - 1st Season

Mike enrolled at NIACC in the fall of 2007 and over the next 2 years, proceeded to smash all college goal scoring records with 59 goals and 17 assists in 36 games. From the same hometown in England as Coach Regan, Unwin had an impressive record at youth team level and it was this that brought him to Coach Regan's attention.

In 2007 he scored 27 goals, with 9 assists, in 17 games. This placed him at no 6 in the country in the NJCAA stats. He was named 1st team All Region and, along with goalkeeper Simon Cook, was the first Trojan soccer player to be named as an All American when was voted into the 2nd team.

He bettered that in 2008 when he scored 32 goals, with 8 assists, in 19 games (no 8 in the country in the NJCAA stats). He was once again named 1st team All Region and became the only Trojan to date to be named 1st team All American.

On graduating from NIACC, Mike transferred to NCAA Div 1 school, University at Buffalo. He carried on with his goal scoring exploits, and was voted into the All Mid American Conference 1st and 2nd teams in his 2 years at Buffalo. He was named captain in his 2nd year. He also scored twice as Buffalo defeated USL div 1 side, Rochester Rhinos - the only time the Buffalo program has defeated a USL team.

In all, Mike scored 73 goals in a 4 year college career.