The Auburn University soccer team announced Wednesday that ISU assistant coach Ben Madsen would be joining the team at the same position.

Madsen was an assistant for coach Wendy Dillinger and the Cyclones for the past four seasons. The Lincoln Memorial University alumnus worked primarily with the goalkeepers, and Auburn coach Karen Hoppa said he would do the same for them. 

“On the field, he has a great defensive mind, so he will primarily coach the goalkeepers and backs to help them reduce our goals against average,” Hoppa said in a news release Wednesday.

The Tigers finished second in the western division of the Southeastern Conference last season.

Before joining the Cyclones’ coaching staff, Madsen was an assistant at South Alabama and said he got to know Hoppa then.

“I am honored and excited to have the opportunity to work for such a tradition-rich program,” Madsen said in the news release Wednesday. “I look forward to starting this new journey and working alongside Karen, Amy [Berbary] and everyone associated with the Auburn family.”

In addition to working with the goalkeepers, where he helped sophomore Maddie Jobe win two Big 12 Player of the Week awards, he also served as the recruiting coordinator.