First and Focused - College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University

Haws ’72 Kicks it over to Haws ’99
Saint John’s named John Haws ’99 its head soccer
coach in May. Haws has served as assistant coach for
the past 10 seasons. He will complete his master’s
degree in sports management this summer.
Haws succeeds his father, Pat Haws ’72, who
served the SJU athletic department for 37 years.
John Haws is the third generation in the family to
serve SJU as a head coach. Pat’s father, Terry Haws,
led the SJU wrestling team for six seasons from
1967-73.
“I will do everything within my power to help the
young men on the soccer team develop into champions
on and off the pitch,” said John Haws. “This is a
thrilling time for me and my family.”
“John came through a very rigorous and competitive
national search process with many qualified
candidates,” SJU athletic director Tom Stock said.
“Members of the Johnnie soccer team, members of
the SJU athletic department and the search committee
were very supportive of John being the next head
soccer coach at Saint John’s.”
Pat Haws started the swimming and diving program,
which he coached for 25 years. He served 32
years as head soccer coach, becoming the winningest
coach in Minnesota college men’s soccer history.
“I have been the ‘head coach’ for nearly 75 separate
seasons,” said Haws. “I am very much looking
forward to becoming a full-time assistant coach for
my wife, Mary Ann, in our home in Avon [Minn.].”
Pat Haws ’72 retired as SJU’s head soccer coach in June after 37 years with the athletic
department. The winningest coach in Minnesota college men’s soccer history, Haws guided
the Johnnies to a 341-140-50 record.
John Haws ’99 has been named the seventh head coach of the Johnnie soccer team after 10 years as assistant coach. He succeeds
his father, Pat Haws ’72.
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