John Ross is in his first season as an assistant coach for the Minnesota State University Moorhead women's soccer team.
A native of Elmhurst, Ill., Ross spent the past six seasons as the head coach at Division I Northern Illinois University. He led NIU to five MAC tournament appearances, including to the semifinals in 2014. Ross is second in all-time coaching wins at NIU.
Prior to that, Ross was an assistant coach at North Dakota State. During that nine-season stint, NDSU posted a 96-61-17 record.
He played professionally for the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League in 1992 and claimed the APSL Championship that season. He also served stints with the Chicago Power in the National Professional Soccer League (indoor) and Chicago Stingers in the United States Interregional Soccer League. Ross possesses a United States Soccer Federation "A" license, as well as United States Youth Soccer Association "Youth National" and United States Soccer Federation National "C" course instructor licenses.
Ross has a bachelor's degree from Northeastern Illinois and a master's degree from North Dakota State.
