Mike Welker graduated in 2002 from Moeller High School. He earned his business marketing bachelor’s degree in 2006 from The Ohio State University. While attending Moeller High School, Mike was heavily involved in extracurriculars and athletics. Mike was named the Crusader Award winner on the varsity soccer team, 3-year National Honor Society member, school president his senior year, Eucharistic minister at local nursing home, a member of Big Brothers, served on a 2-week mission trip in Mexico, and much more.
While attending Ohio State, Mike was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, where he served as chapter president. Mike recently started a new position as President of Profill Solutions in Fairfield, Ohio. Previously, he worked for 13 years as the Vice President of Retail Sales for Touchstone Merchandise group in Mason, Ohio. Mike was named the 2017 Sales Rep of the year for the entire Promotional Product industry. In 2022, Mike was honored as a 40 under 40 recipient for the city of Cincinnati.
Mike has coached soccer for the Crusaders for 13 years - 8 years as the head varsity coach. In those 8 years, Coach Welker has compiled a 116-30-21 record, and has a .757 win percentage (best in program history). His teams have won the Greater Catholic League championship in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023. He led his Crusaders to four city championships in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023. In 2023, the team were state poll champions. Over his 8 years as a coach, the program has been ranked in the top 60 nationally 4 times (2018 - 21st, 2019 - 20th, 2022 - 55th, 2023 – 9th). Over the 8 years, his Crusaders have won 6 sectional championships, 4 district championships, 3 regional championships and were state runner-up in 2018 & 2023. In addition to success on the field, the 2018 team earned the top team award in the country (US Soccer Pinnacle award) recognizing teams that excel on the field (+.800 win %), in the classroom (+3.5 GPA) and with on-field ethics (0 red cards, less than 12 yellow cards in a season). During his 8-year tenure at Moeller, the Crusaders have had 4 All Americans, 5 GCL players of the year, 6 all region, 9 all state players, and 16 players to play collegiately.
Coach Welker has received local individual recognition. He has been named the GCL coach of the Year, and Southwest Ohio Private school coach of the year 4 times in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023. Mike was named the Cincinnati Coach of the Year in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023. Mike has coached the Cincinnati All-Star game in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Mike was named the inaugural FC Cincinnati High School coach of the year in 2019.
Coach Welker coaches Cincinnati United Premier (CUP Gold) teams in the Winter / Spring months. During his time at CUP, he became the first/only boys head coach in Club history to win a USYS National Championship with his 06 Gold team. In addition to the national championship, during his years with the club, his teams have won 2 state championships, 2 state runner-ups, competed in 2 national championship events, and won a US Club regional championship.
Mike and his wife, Megan, reside in Ft. Thomas, KY. They have 3 sons; Mason (7), Levi (7), and Bentley (5).
