Mario Felix joined the UCSB womens soccer coaching staff in July as assistant coach for the 2018 season. Felix was at Westmont College for the 2017 season as an assistant womens soccer coach and served as the head mens soccer coach at Bethel College in North Newton, Kan. the prior season. In addition to his time in Kansas, Felix was an assistant coach at Colorado Christian and MidAmerica Nazarene and moved on to become the director of operations for the University of Kansas and the director of operations and assistant coach at the Kansas City Courage of the Womens Soccer Premier League. Felix also coached with Kansas ODP, the Kansas Rush in Wichita, the Colorado Rush, the Sporting Kaw Valley Soccer club and the Kansas City Legends.  As an Oxnard native, Felix graduated from MidAmerica Nazarene where he received a BA in sociology, and his wife Autumn have two children Amos and Adele.