Andrew Nicolarsen is entering his fourth season as the Bruins head coach. He finished his first three years with a combined record of 43-17-3 and qualified for the NAIA regional tournament in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, the team went 16-6-1 and was the NAIA Region IV and MCAC conference runners up reaching as high as 21st in the national poll. During the 2006 season, the Bruins were rated as high as 10th in the nation and finished the season ranked 20th in the national polls with a 16-4-1 record. The team ended the season as NAIA Region IV semifinalist and captured the MCAC tournament championship which was the first women's soccer championship in school history. Nicolarsen holds a masters degree in exercise science from the University of Nebraska Omaha and looks to emphasize conditioning and team building as he continues to coach the Bruins into the 2007 season.

Nicolarsen began his coaching career as an assistant women's soccer coach at the University of Nebraska Omaha from 2001-2003. At UNO he assisted with practices, player selection and development, defense and goalkeeper training. A successful NCAA Division II program, UNO made back to back Final Four appearances in 2002 and 2003. Nicolarsen is also the head coach of the 2006 Nebraska State Cup champion 89/90 Gladiator Tango girls.

A four-year varsity letterman and three year starter at NCAA Division I Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, Nicolarsen graduated in 1999. Hartwick reached the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Division I National Tournament during Nicolarsen's freshman year in 1995 and earned top twenty national rankings his senior year. Nicolarsen received a degree in anthropology at Hartwick, earning honors in Lambda Alpha, the National Anthropological Society. While at Hartwick he participated in a five-year grant funded study on sport, racism and nation-building in post-apartheid South Africa, traveling to Cape Town and Johannesburg during his junior year at Hartwick to work on the study.

After graduating from Hartwick, Nicolarsen played professional A-league soccer (USL 1st Div.) with the Hershey Wildcats in Hershey, Pennsylvania, from 1999 to 2000. While playing for Hershey the team finished the 1999 season as Atlantic conference champions and reached the quarterfinals in the playoffs.

Coach Nicolarsen holds an NSCAA National coaching license and teaches as an adjunct faculty member in the University's Physical Education Department. He was born in Omaha but grew up in Prairie Village, Kansas, where he graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School as an All State soccer player. He and his wife Katherine reside in Omaha.

Mike joins the coaching staff for his third season as an assistant coach and after a successful four-year career with the Bellevue men's team. Mike holds his Premier coaching license from the NSCAA as well as his USSF D license. He primarily works on the technical development of the team and player selection and placement.

In addition to his duties at Bellevue, he is also the head JV coach and assistant Varsity coach for the Millard West high school boys program and is head coach of the U 14 premier boys Gladiator Red Star. Mike is heavily involved in the sport of soccer and this along with his playing experience and soccer knowledge are valuable assets to the program.