Zade Haobsh joined the Iona University men's soccer coaching staff in 2024. He comes to New Rochelle after a three-year tenure as the head coach of John Jay College (NCAA DIII).
Iona’s goalkeeping unit enjoyed success under Haobsh's tutelage in 2024, posting seven shutouts on the way to the 2024 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Regular Season and Championship titles in 2024. Led by All-MAAC Second Team selection Fernando Alves Schmelz, the Gaels ranked third in the MAAC with a 1.15 goals against average.
Haobsh began his coaching career with John Jay College in 2017 as the goalkeeping coach in before being elevated to head coach in 2021.
In 2017, he helped lead the Bloodhounds to their most successful season in program history as they won the CUNYAC Championship and received a berth to the program's first ever ECAC Tournament. In 2017 and 2018, his starting goalkeepers were rewarded to All-Conference teams.
No stranger to the MAAC, Haobsh began playing at Siena College for two years, ending his career at Hunter College. During his time at Hunter, he won the CUNYAC Championship and held a school record for 11 shutouts in the 2010 season. The team led the conference in every goalkeeping stat that year.
Haobsh earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hunter in 2012 and Master of Science in Political Science from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2015. He currently resides in Brooklyn and works with the nonprofit organization, Grow Brooklyn, managing a free tax preparation service for low to middle-income individuals.
