Men's Soccer

Mark Ludwig enters his eleventh season at the helm of the York program having become one of the top mentors in the country. Under his tutelage the Spartans’ have accumulated a mark of 155-51-14 including a glistening 78-5-9 record since the 2005 season. Beginning in 2005, the green and white have made three consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament including two straight appearances in the Elite Eight. York’s first two NCAA bids came on the heels of back-to-back Capital Athletic Conference Tournament championships. The Spartans have finished the past three years with final national rankings of tenth, fifth, fifth, and tenth, respectively.

The 2008 campaign proved to be one of the top seasons for a Ludwig-guided program. The Spartans posted a sterling 18-0-2 record, including an 18-game win streak to open the season, outscoring their opponents by a wide 59-3 margin, as the three goals allowed ranked the 2008 York squad as one of the top defensive teams in the history of NCAA Division III men’s soccer.

In 2007, the Green and White stretched their unbeaten streak, which began at the end of the 2005 season, to 49 consecutive contests, one of the top marks in NCAA history. York then climbed to first in the country in mid-October, the first team in York College history to achieve such a ranking. The Spartans made their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, this time on their first at-large bid. After winning three contests, including a penalty-kick shootout win, the Spartans would bow out in the Elite Eight to Middlebury, the eventual national champion.

Ludwig guided the Spartans to a stellar 2006 season which saw them post a sterling 21-0-3 mark as they won the CAC regular season and tournament crowns and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament before being ousted on penalty kicks. He was again named the CAC and South Region Coach-of-the-Year, having received both honors in 2005, and then earned Division III National Coach-of-the-Year accolades. The Spartans finished the season ranked fifth in the nation after reaching as high as second in the country during the 2006 year, and sported the top winning percentage in NCAA Division III men’s soccer.

Ludwig holds an NSCAA Premier Diploma and has coached 27 of the 28 Spartan Regional All-Americans. Over the past two years, he has also coached all seven Spartans All-Americans
including four first-team honorees.

In addition to coaching the Spartan men's soccer program, he also teaches math at York College.

Ludwig resides in York with his wife, Connie, and their sons, Christian and Rees.