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Navarro, Jose
Jose Navarro
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Physical Address:
- Convocation Center 1036 (895 University Blvd) / MSC 4705
James Madison men’s soccer has added Jose Navarro to the coaching staff as an assistant coach, as announced by Head Coach Paul Zazenski on June 19, 2025.
“We are thrilled to welcome Jose to our staff for the 2025 fall season,” said Zazenski. “Jose is eager to begin his Division I coaching career and brings with him all the tools necessary to succeed at the highest level of college soccer. In the fall of 2024, he played a key role in leading Iowa Western to a junior college national championship. We are excited for him to bring that championship experience tour program.”
Navarro comes to Harrisonburg after spending the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa Western Community College. During his tenure with the Reivers, they went 45-7-8 and won the NJCAA national title this past season. Both in 2022 and 2024, the Reivers were ranked as high as first in the country during the regular season. He coached six NJCAA All-Americans during his time, including 18 all-region selections and the last two regional player of the years.
From 2023 on while at Iowa Western, Navarro also served as the head coach for Nebraska Roots 2013B II and the JV head coach at Buena Vista High School.
Zazenski added, “Jose also boasts a strong playing background at both the collegiate and professional levels. We look forward to him connecting with our players and helping guide us toward a successful fall season.”
Navarro began his coaching career following a professional career that saw him play in Greece and Latvia from 2017-20. Prior to that, he played collegiately at Iowa Western during the 2013 season before playing at St. Mary’s College. While at Iowa Western, he was teammates with current JMU assistant coach Nick Melville as they won IWCC’s first national title and became the fourth NJCAA D1 team to have an undefeated and untied championship season at 25-0-0.
“We are thrilled to welcome Jose to our staff for the 2025 fall season,” said Zazenski. “Jose is eager to begin his Division I coaching career and brings with him all the tools necessary to succeed at the highest level of college soccer. In the fall of 2024, he played a key role in leading Iowa Western to a junior college national championship. We are excited for him to bring that championship experience tour program.”
Navarro comes to Harrisonburg after spending the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa Western Community College. During his tenure with the Reivers, they went 45-7-8 and won the NJCAA national title this past season. Both in 2022 and 2024, the Reivers were ranked as high as first in the country during the regular season. He coached six NJCAA All-Americans during his time, including 18 all-region selections and the last two regional player of the years.
From 2023 on while at Iowa Western, Navarro also served as the head coach for Nebraska Roots 2013B II and the JV head coach at Buena Vista High School.
Zazenski added, “Jose also boasts a strong playing background at both the collegiate and professional levels. We look forward to him connecting with our players and helping guide us toward a successful fall season.”
Navarro began his coaching career following a professional career that saw him play in Greece and Latvia from 2017-20. Prior to that, he played collegiately at Iowa Western during the 2013 season before playing at St. Mary’s College. While at Iowa Western, he was teammates with current JMU assistant coach Nick Melville as they won IWCC’s first national title and became the fourth NJCAA D1 team to have an undefeated and untied championship season at 25-0-0.
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