Bio

Mike Korhonen was appointed as the fifth head coach in the history of Northwood’s women’s soccer program in April 2023.

In his first year at the helm of the program, Korhonen led the Timberwolves to a historic year, going 15-4-3 overall and 12-1-1 in the G-MAC, winning the regular season and tournament titles while making the first NCAA tournament appearance in program history. He was named the 2023 G-MAC Coach of the Year having three players earn All-G-MAC honors. 

Joining Hunter's staff in 2018, Korhonen and the Timberwolves have gone 32-28-5 overall with a 23-18-4 record in conference play over the last four seasons, including the first winning season for Northwood since 2004 in the 2021 fall season, a 10-9 overall record. NU's six conference wins in 2021 were the most in program history before the 2022 team won nine games in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. In 2022, the Timberwolves hosted their first conference tournament match in program history following the highest conference regular season finish (third).

The 23 conference wins are the most over four years in school history. Hunter's 2022 team won nine games in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, which is a program record for conference wins in a season. The team also produced winning seasons in each of the last two years, marking the first time since 1998-99 Northwood had back-to-back winning seasons.

During his time as an assistant for the Northwood University men’s soccer program (2016-18), he was the Head Elite Development and Goalkeepers Coach for the Timberwolves. During this time, Korhonen aided the Timberwolves in winning the 2017 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championship.

Before Northwood, he was the head men’s coach at Lake Fenton High School (2012-14). In 2014, Korhonen led Lake Fenton to its most wins in school history.

Korhonen also has coached multiple high school and club programs, including Michigan Arrows Club (2010-15), Michigan Nationals Club (2015-20), as well as Powers Catholic High School (2006-12) and (2012-18) which included three Michigan state titles.

Korhonen was previously a talent evaluator for the Olympic Development Program for the state of Michigan across various age groups (2020-22).

Mike currently resides in Bay City, Mich. with his wife Courtney.

YEAR-BY-YEAR WITH HEAD COACH MIKE KORHONEN