Preston Mick has been named the head women's flag football coach at Rockford University, bringing a strong background in football and multi-sport coaching to the Regents. Mick has experience coaching at the secondary and youth levels in addition to competing as an NCAA Division III student-athlete.
Most recently, Mick served as the assistant defensive coordinator for the football program at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois. With the Blue Demons, he contributed to weekly game planning, defensive scheme implementation, film study and offseason training programs.
Prior to his time at Maine East, Mick gained coaching experience at multiple levels. His background includes serving as a volunteer football coach for the Shabbona Saints Youth Football organization in Chicago, an assistant 16U baseball coach with Venom Baseball of Illinois, a catching instructor at the National School of Baseball and a volunteer girls golf coach at Maine South High School.
A native of Royal Oak, Michigan, Mick played collegiate football at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, from 2011 to 2014. During his tenure with the Eagles, he helped lead Benedictine to Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) championships in 2011 and 2014. Before his collegiate career, Mick was a two-sport athlete at Bishop Foley Catholic High School in Madison Heights, Michigan, earning All-Catholic League honors in football in 2010 and All-Area honors in baseball while helping lead Bishop Foley to a state championship in 2011.
Mick holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Benedictine University and possesses an Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Career and Technical Education teaching license.
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