Mark Litton

Mark Litton is the current goalkeeper coach for the 4 time MISL Champion Milwaukee Wave. Prior to joining the Wave 4 seasons ago, Mark was the goalkeeper coach for the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Aside from working with the goalkeepers at the Milwaukee Wave, Mark is also the Head Coach of the Wave reserve team, the Milwaukee Wave Armada. In 2007, Mark spent time working with the US National Futsal team goalkeepers as they prepared for the 2007 PanAm Games. In May 2008, he was hired by the US National Futsal team as their first ever goalkeeper coach. He accompanied the team on trips to Miami, Florida, and Fortaleza, Brazil, as they began preparing for the 2008 Futsal World Championship. Following the Brazil trip, Mark accompanied the team to Guatemala City, Guatemala as they competed in the CONCACAF regional qualifiers. The US team finished in 3rd place, which qualified them for the 2008 Futsal World Championships, being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 30 through October 19, 2008. Mark is a former goalkeeper with the Milwaukee Wave, having been with the team from 1989 through 1994. Mark was also the starting goalkeeper at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside from 1986-88. He was an NAIA All-American goalkeeper in 1988. His goals against average at UW-Parkside in his All-American season was 0.683. He ranks seventh on the all-time UW-Parkside list for career minutes played with 3,863. He posted 21 career shutouts and logged a 1.23 career goals against average. Mark played at St. Catherine’s High School prior to playing at Wisconsin-Parkside. In the fall of 2008, Mark returned to his high school alma mater and gave preparation speeches to the St. Catherine's Boys varsity soccer team during their route to the WIAA State Playoffs, in which they lost in the Regional Final because of a late game goal. There was a memorable speech about Mark given by former college team mate and current St. Catherine's head coach Ben Lake, where he gave Nicholas Rush Moes the astonishing award of JV certificate because of his outstanding performance on the JV level and also in the training sessions. "He really tried this year and hydrated well over the off-season" said Coach Ben Lake. Also, "He is my cunado", said Assistant coach Rico. Litton is remembered by most of his avid fans for his famous quote "It is what you do while the coach ISN'T looking that makes you a great player." There has been numerous rumors stating that Mark will work with Nick Moes this summer to train him as a goalkeeper. Ricardo Rico will also train with Moes, "He needs to work his butt of man." Litton said that Moes will be ready at the varsity level if he continues to hydrates during training sessions. Litton stated, "If Moes has a season like Bixler, it will be a disaster."