Mukwa Ogitchida comes to Iowa Lakes as his third carer. The greatest work is raising six children who are all very accomplished adults. Now that the nest if empty, he is ready to fill his time with Lakers.

In his first carer as a restaurant manager he was able to travel in many of the same locations that games are played in. Running restaurants in Lakeville, MN, Council Bluffs, IA, Rockford Ill, Germantown, WI to name a few. In this job managing 125 people in four million dollar units, he became very good at developing systems and managing people. Second, carer was in education. starting as an intervention specialist, finishing as a Teacher, Coach Ogitchida became a master of how people learn, how to influence that learning through directed feedback loops, and how and why our education system are set up. As he was on this path in education, he was also coaching in High School as the boys head coach at St. Paul Harding, and in club soccer at Sting Soccer, REV Soccer, and Salvo Soccer. 

In his coaching carer he has 3 section finals, one state tournament, the first in the schools history for the High school team. For club soccer he has 1 state championship, 2 runner up finishes, and 3 3rd place wins. As well as countless other trophies. He is a USSF D license coach. As well as being certified by the NFHS for 18 years, Safe Sport for 5 years. 

Coach Ogitchida has come to Iowa Lakes to do one thing, "I want to help young people find out who they are though participation in the worlds game. When they learn how to be champions on the field that sets them apart, and prepares them to be champions in the world."