Steve Bushre continues on to his 2nd season (2025-26) as the SBU men's soccer team head coach.
In his first year at the helm of the Bearcats, he led them to arguably the biggest win in program history. In his GLVC opener, they defeated Maryville University, the GLVC runner ups, 1-0 handing them one of their only two conference regulation losses. He also led the team to a GLVC team academic award, the first in program history.
Bushre joined the Bearcats after being the head coach at Bluffton University for the past two seasons. He led the team to the highest conference finish in 2022 and holds the highest winning percentage as a coach in program history. He helped lead the team to a 3.49 GPA while also having 15 players on the All-HCAC Academic team in 2022, the most in the conference.
Prior to joining the Beavers he served as an assistant coach at Indiana University East in Richmond, Ind., where Bushre was responsible for building a large recruiting class for the 2022 season. He also has experience coaching in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) as a recruiting coordinator/assistant coach for Anderson University. Bushre began his college coaching career as an assistant at Taylor University where he created a junior varsity program.
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, he is a coach for the USL2 Toledo Villa FC soccer team. Bushre has a National "B" License from the United States Soccer Federation, Advanced National Diploma from United Soccer Coaches, Goalkeeping 2 Diploma from United Soccer Coaches, and an International Society for Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS) Level 1 Accreditation.
"It's an incredible privilege and honor to be chosen to lead this program. SBU is a great fit and university that I am proud to call home." Bushre said, "I'd like to thank Coach Sheehy and the search committee for this opportunity. I'm committed to helping each of these students to become the best person, student, and athlete that they can be."
"We are thrilled to add Coach Bushre and his family to SBU! Steve had 9 years of college coaching experience and he comes to us from Bluffton where he served as head coach. We are excited for our Men's Soccer program and it's a great day to be a Bearcat!!" -Sheehy said
Bushre earned a bachelor's degree in business administration management from Cedarville University in 2008 and a master's degree in recreation and sport sciences in 2019 from Ohio University. He resides in Bolivar with his wife Jennifer and kids Josiah and Aubrey.
