Paul Snape, who helped lead the University of Michigan to the 2010 NCAA Division I College Cup Final Four, was named men’s soccer head coach at Butler University in January of 2011. The former Michigan Associate Head Coach became Butler’s sixth men’s soccer coach. Snape joined Butler’s staff after spending the past eight seasons at Michigan. He served as an assistant coach for six seasons, before being promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2009. He helped lead the Wolverines to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including a berth in the 2003 Elite Eight and this year’s Final Four appearance. Michigan finished the 2010 season with a 17-5-3 record and its first-ever Big Ten Tournament title. In addition to his coaching experience at Michigan, Snape served for one season as head coach of the Michigan Bucks in the USL Premier Development League. He guided the team to the Elite Eight of the league in 2005. He’s also served as an assistant coach for the Michigan Olympic Development Program (2001-07) and as a youth coach for the Michigan Rush Soccer Club (2006-08), Vardar Soccer Club (2003, 2009-10), Birmingham Bloomfield Soccer Club (2002-06) and Bloomfield Force Soccer Club (1999-2002). Snape came to Michigan following a seven-year playing career with the Michigan Bucks. He helped lead the Bucks to five divisional titles (1997-2000, 2003) and a regional crown in 1997. The Bucks reached the third round of the 2003 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Snape was selected to the PDL All-League Team in 1997 and 2000. A 2000 graduate of Oakland University, Snape was a four-year letterwinner and two-year men’s soccer captain (1999 & 2000) for the Grizzlies. He was a three-time Mid-Continent Conference first team All-League selection and a three-time All-Region performer, 1998-2000. He was a conference Academic Award Winner in 1999 and 2000. Following his senior season, he was selected to play in the 2001 Senior Bowl. Snape holds a National “A” Coaching License from the United State Soccer Federation, and he’s a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, the United States Soccer Federation and the United Kingdom Professional Footballers’ Association. He formerly lived in Liverpool, England, and trained at the Liverpool Academy as a youth. He and his wife, Michele, have an infant daughter, Scarlett Sydney.

Adam Bruh is entering his first year as the head assistant coach for the Butler University men’s program soccer program.

This past season Bruh, who was a four-year letterwinner for the University of Michigan from 2002-05, was the Volunteer Assistant Coach at U of M. He came to Ann Arbor after spending some time coaching with the Albertson Soccer Club in New York where he has extensive experience working with their boys youth programs. Most recently, Bruh was the coach of the Albertson Fury 93, which is perennially in the top 10 nationally, and was also the head coach of the Albertson USSF Academy U18 team and an assistant with the U16 team. The Academy teams are recognized as being the top youth boy’s leagues in the country.

Bruh is U-M’s all-time assists leader with 28 career helpers and is the all-time single-season record holder with 13 assists in 2002. A McDonald’s High School All-American, Bruh was a starter on U-M’s 2003 NCAA Elite Eight squad and was a captain during his senior year.

Bruh will be assisting Coach Snape in all aspects of the program but will mainly focus on the recruiting side. He will be working with the Indiana United Development Academy U18 Boys Team and will help with the U16 Boys team as well.

Mike Sanich, one of the most respected goalkeeper coaches in the Midwest, will rejoin the Butler coaching staff as the volunteer assistant and goal keeper coach with the Bulldogs. Sanich was a member of the 2004 staff and helped the Bulldogs field one of the top defensive units in the Horizon League. That year the Bulldogs set a school record for fewest goals allowed, and Butler’s goalkeepers posted the second-lowest goals against average in school history! Butler ranked first in the Horizon League in fewest goals allowed and second in goals against average.

Sanich will focus on working with, developing, and training the goal keepers. Sanich currently serves as the director of coaching for the junior boys division at Carmel United Soccer Club as well as overseeing the goal keeping aspects of the Indiana United Development Academy. He’s also the director of goalkeeping for Region 2, the Olympic Development program that spans 11 states. Sanich is a former professional goalkeeper with the Indiana Blast, and he also served a coaching stint with the Blast. Sanich, who attended IUPUI, is a personal trainer, and he works closely with baseball players from the youth level up to and including professional players at Roundtripper Baseball Academy

The Butler University men’s soccer coaching staff will lead all functions and organization of the camp. Assisting with the Butler staff will be a highly qualified group of club coaches, high school coaches, and other various college coaches.