Austin Backus is entering his second season as assistant men's soccer coach for the WolfPack after being hired in June 2023, while also becoming the associate head women's soccer coach prior to the 2024 season.
Backus comes to Madison College having coached soccer with several different organizations and levels over the past three years. From 2021 to 2023, he was a men's and women's assistant coach for the Milwaukee Torrent, winning the 2021 Great Lakes Conference title and the 2021 NISA Independent Cup Championship, and also served as the director of coaching for Rush Elkhorn.
Backus has been a high school assistant coach with the boys program at Elkhorn Area High School from 2020 to 2022, as well as the girls program at Catholic Memorial High School from 2021 to 2023. He helped the Elks claim three consecutive Southern Lakes Conference championships and WIAA Division 1 Regional titles, with the 2020 team advancing to the WIAA Division 1 State Tournament. With the Crusaders, Backus helped the program win two regional championships.
As a prep player, Backus was a four-year participant and four-time letter winner in soccer at Watertown High School as a goalkeeper. He went on to study Kinesiology at UW-Whitewater and earned his bachelor's degree in 2022.
He currently resides in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.Â
