Mitchell Sowerby

Head Coach

A rising young star in his profession, Mitchell Sowerby became Oklahoma Christian’s seventh men’s soccer head coach on May 24, 2021.

Sowerby, 28, came to OC after a brilliant two-season run at Mid-America Christian. He posted a 35-7-4 mark at MACU, guiding the team from the southwest Oklahoma City university to the National Christian College Athletic Association title in 2019 and the Sooner Athletic Conference tournament championship and a berth in the final 10 of the NAIA tournament during the 2021 spring season.

Originally from Newcastle, England, Sowerby played as a defender for four seasons (2012-2015) at OC’s former conference rival, Rogers State. He played more career minutes than any other non-goalkeeper in RSU program history, earning All-Heartland Conference honors three times and All-NCAA Division II South Central Region recognition once before graduating in 2016.

He joined the RSU men’s coaching staff that year and over his three years as an assistant, the Hillcats posted a 26-21-8 mark. From 2014-2019, he served as a youth coach for the Northeastern Oklahoma Football Club, serving as its youth academy director from 2017-2019.

He became MACU’s head coach in 2019 and that fall, he guided the Evangels to a 20-3-1 record, recording the most wins in a season in the program’s history. After finishing second in the SAC standings with a 7-1-1 league mark, MACU won the NCCAA Central Region title, then also took the national crown with a 5-0 win over Grace (Ind.). Sowerby was named as the NCCAA coach of the year and he and his staff were named by the United Soccer Coaches’ NCCAA staff of the year.

The fall 2020 season was moved to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it didn’t slow MACU’s progress. The Evangels again finished second in the SAC, then won the SAC postseason tournament before winning two NAIA tournament opening-round matches to advance to the final 10 before closing a 15-4-3 season.

Sowerby holds a pair of coaching licenses – a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) National "B" License, and he also has an English Football Association Level 1 License.

Sowerby met his wife, Bethany, when they were students at Rogers State and they have a 15-month-old son, Milo.