Mike LaVigne - Women's Soccer Coach - Boston College Athletics

Mike LaVigne

Title:
Assistant Coach

Mike LaVigne enters his 14th season working with the women’s soccer program.
LaVigne once served as the head coach of the women’s program from 1977-84.
LaVigne started the Division I program at the Heights and took his team to the first two
NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournaments. He guided the team to top-10 national rankings
from 1981-84.

LaVigne’s impressive coaching career has taken him everywhere, from the community
soccer ranks to professional competition. He served as an assistant coach for the
Boston Renegades and shared general manager and assistant coach duties for the
Rhode Island Renegades, both of the USISL. He has won several club championships,
including state titles with the Mass Bay Strikers of the Premier Division Boys U16 and
the Charles River United of the Premier Division Girls U18. On the high school level,
LaVigne was the head of the Boston Latin girls varsity program from 1990-1992 and the
Winsor School girls varsity program from 1996-2000.

LaVigne has also gained experience at the international level, serving as the Deputy
Venue Director for the World Cup 1994 and the Venue Director for the New England
Sports Museum Challenge Cup in 1991 and 1992.

LaVigne played his college career at College of the Holy Cross from 1969-73, where
he earned All-New England honors in soccer and ice hockey. He graduated with a B.A.
in history.