Socha earned his first AFCA National Coach of the Year honor by leading Keiser to the program’s first NAIA National title. The Seahawks went 12-2 in 2023, won the Sun Conference and beat Northwestern (Iowa), 31-21, in a rematch of last year’s national championship game. Since beginning the football program at Keiser in 2018, Socha has an overall record of 55-15 with five straight conference titles and five straight trips to the NAIA playoffs. He is the first coach from Keiser to win this honor.
