Ottawa University

• Second season as head coach of the OU women's soccer program
• Has a 5-8-5 record as the OU women's head coach and a KCAC mark of 4-5-4. 
• Cottage serves on the NAIA National Executive Committee and is the men's soccer chair of the KCAC.
• While at Ottawa, he has coached five All-KCAC performers and seven Daktronic Scholar Athletes.

Prior to joining Ottawa University, Coach Cottage spent four seasons with Bethel College in the KCAC, where he coached eight All-KCAC athletes and helped the Threshers achieve their highest win total in over a decade, including a notable streak of five straight victories. Earlier in his career, he served as an assistant at NCAA Division II California State University – Monterey Bay and as a volunteer assistant for the University of Oklahoma women’s soccer team under head coach Matt Potter.4

Coach Cottage’s coaching journey also includes a distinguished tenure at his alma mater, Southwestern Christian University (SCU) in Bethany, Okla. Shortly after taking over as head coach following the 2014 season, he led SCU to a 15-5-5 record in 2016 and a National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Tournament championship, earning him the title of NCCAA Coach of the Year. As a player, Cottage captained SCU to ACCA National and NCCAA Southwest Regional Championships during his junior season and contributed significantly as a senior, recording eight goals and three assists on a 20-3 campaign.

Originally from Thrapston, England, Cottage moved to the United States in 2007. He began his collegiate career at the University of Science and Arts in Chickasha, Oklahoma, before transferring to SCU, where he captained the Eagles and helped secure a 16-5 record and national titles. He graduated from SCU in 2010 with a degree in sport management and later earned a master’s degree in Sport Administration from East Central University in 2018.