Indiana men’s soccer has hired former Indiana player Jacob Bushue as assistant head coach, according to a release from Indiana Athletics.
Bushue returns as a member of Indiana’s staff after spending two years at the University of Louisville. He joined the Cardinals’ staff in 2024 as a volunteer assistant coach after having more than a decade of high-level playing experience at both the collegiate and professional level.
Bushue, a native of Champaigne, Illinois, attended Indiana from 2010-13. He appeared in 86 matches, along with 79 starts, and helped the Hoosiers win the 2010 Big Ten regular-season title, the 2013 Big Ten Tournament championship and the 2012 NCAA National Championship.
Bushue spent two seasons with Saint Louis FC in the USL Championship from 2015-2016. He later played in Finland from 2017-2022 for four clubs: BK-46, Ekenäs IF, FC Haka and Jaro. He returned to the United States and the USL Championship League in 2023, when he played one year for the Las Vegas Lights.
Bushue is the fourth, and final, member of Indiana’s coaching staff, filling the absence of former associate head coach Kevin Robson, who was named head coach at Loyola University Chicago. All four members of the current coaching staff played collegiately with the Hoosiers.
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