Saint Francis University Athletics

Kaiser concluded his second season in the dugout for Saint Francis with a 14-7-10 record, going 7-7-2 in 2024. Kaiser led the Red Flash to a third place finish in the NEC after going 5-2-1 in conference play.

Under Kaiser, the Red Flash garnered six All-NEC selections in 2024. Joschi Schelb, Tom Schellbach and Fabian Wagner all earned First Team honors, Maximus Rigby was named a Second Team selection, while Jonah Wolf and Patrick Kierzkowski were named to the All-Rookie Team.

Kaiser started his career as Saint Francis head coach with the longest unbeaten run in program history at 8-0-8. It took a visit to West Virginia, ranked no. 3 in the country at the time, to end the unbeaten run. 

Kaiser completed his first season as head coach of Saint Francis in November 2023.  In his first season as the head coach, Kaiser led the team to the program's first unbeaten season at 7-0-8, claiming the program's second NEC Regular Season title. Following the team's historic run, Kaiser and his staff were named NEC Coaching Staff of the Year.

Kaiser's 2023 squad finished the season ranked 13th in the nation in goals against average. The Red Flash allowed just 0.78 goals per game, a mark that was better than nationally renowned programs like Clemson, Virginia, Georgetown, Denver, West Virginia and Vermont.

Kaiser also coached 2023 NEC Goalkeeper of the Year, Jordaine Jaeger and 2023 NEC Defensive Player of the Year, Tom Schellbach. Kaiser had five players land on All-Conference teams in 2023. Schelb was ranked as the 39th best freshman in the country according to Top Drawer Soccer.

Mads Kaiser was elevated to head coach December 12, 2022 after serving two seasons as an assistant head coach with the men’s soccer program.
 
As an assistant coach, Kaiser helped lead the team back to the Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament in 2022. Kaiser also helped coach five All-Conference team members and 2022 NEC Rookie of the Year, Jordaine Jaeger.

Previously, Kaiser worked as the graduate assistant men’s soccer coach at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. In his almost three years with the Rangers, he helped to guide the team back to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Final while having a record of 21-12-5 and earning his master’s degree in marketing (2020).

Main responsibilities included the gathering of data and statistics of student athletes by using GPS tracking devices, plan and run fundraising events, recruit, and evaluate talent of the potential student athletes and support the daily operations of practice planning and game tactics, while acting as the link between professors and coaching staff monitoring the academic success of the players.

Before Saint Francis, Kaiser also worked as the head coach at Kings Hammer SC in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he guided the U12 academy team to the state cup quarter finals in his first season. 

The Rheinberg, Germany native earned his bachelor’s degree in Sport Management from Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, where he played all four seasons with the Senators.