Meade, a 1995 graduate of MVNU and a four-year member of the men’s soccer program, returned to the university in 1999 to start the Lady Cougars’ program from scratch. After an initial club season, the team posted an 11-8-0 record in the team’s first varsity campaign in 2000 that included a school-record 11-match winning streak.

After going 14-9-0 and 14-8-1 respectively the next two seasons, MVNU posted a program-best 20-3-1 overall mark in 2003 as Meade guided the Lady Cougars to the first of what would be four conference titles in a five-year span. The team also went on to capture the National Christian College Athletic Association national title that year in just its third varsity season.

The success continued for Meade and MVNU as he finishes his career with the Lady Cougars with an overall mark of 134-61-7 (.681 winning percentage) in nine varsity seasons. The team captured its second NCCAA national title in 2006, while the program also began to make appearances in the NAIA national poll showing up as high as No. 22 in the 2005 preseason poll. The team earned seven trips to the NCCAA national tournament under Meade and qualified for the NAIA playoffs in each of his final eight years leading the team. The Lady Cougars had 12 NAIA All-Americans and 14 NCCAA All-Americans under Meade as well as having 17 different players earn NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors. For his efforts, Meade was named the conference Coach of the Year four times and the NCCAA National Coach of the Year twice.

"Jonathan has done an outstanding job of building our women’s soccer program from scratch,” said MVNU athletic director Scott Flemming. "After their first season as a club team, he had the program competing at a high level within just a couple of years. He has been able to sustain that success during his time as head coach.”

"Jonathan did a great job of recruiting outstanding players and student-athletes we could be proud of,” Flemming added. "I have no doubt that he has had his priorities right while not only developing soccer players, but nurturing them as a spiritual leader as well. It was also a unique coaching staff with his wife, DeAnn, also being his assistant. They were a great team and we will certainly miss them both.”

"Coaching at my alma mater has been an incredible experience that I will cherish for the rest of my life,” said Meade. "I have worked with incredible people who have helped mold me into the coach that I am today. God blessed me with amazing players who have left a life-long impact on me as well. As I think about my time here, I am flooded with wonderful memories. This has been my home for 15 years, and I am grateful to all those who I crossed paths with. They have made this a very fulfilling experience.”

"Deciding to leave was heart-wrenching, but my wife and I felt like this was the best thing for our family and we believe that the Lord has clearly shown us that it is time to move on to a new adventure,” Meade continued. "My roots run deep at MVNU. Although it is time for a new path in my life, I know that those relationships that have been built will remain. Thank you Lady Cougar Soccer and the MVNU community - you have been a joy to work with.”

The search for a new women’s soccer coach will begin immediately with the position being posted. Any inquiries about the position can be directed to Flemming at sflemming@mvnu.edu.