Steve Bode Last College: UW-Milwaukee, 2008 Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Fourth Year

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Steve Bode returns for his fourth season as assistant coach with the Marquette University men's soccer program in 2011. Bode graduated from UW-Milwaukee in 2008, where he was recruited by MU head coach Louis Bennett, then head coach of the Panthers.

He was named the school's male Athlete of the Year and was also selected to receive the Herman Kluge Award, an annual honor given for academic and athletic achievement and dedication to community service, following the 2007-08 season.

Twice Bode was named UWM's Most Valuable Player. He started all 83 games he played in his career. In 2003 and in 2005, Bode matched a single-season school record starting 23 games for the Panthers.

Named the Horizon League's Newcomer of the Year after the 2003 season, Bode redshirted in 2004 and went on to earn Third Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors in 2005 after the defender finished the season with a career-high 11 points on five goals and one assist.

Bode, the anchor of UWM's defensive units, helped guide the Panthers to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in each of his first two seasons on the field. UWM also captured two Horizon League regular season championships and three Horizon League Tournament titles.

The Panthers won a total of 43 games in the four seasons Bode played. After wrapping up his career at UWM, Bode was drafted by the Chicago Fire in the MLS supplemental draft, and was also taken by the Milwaukee Wave. As a professional, Bode has played in reserve games with the Fire.

Bode and his wife Ashley were married in 2009.