Career
He has previously served as an assistant with the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division and two Division I men"s teams, North Carolina State and Furman. Popik last played goalkeeper for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. A highly touted prospect who spent time with the Under-20 United States national team, Popik played college soccer at Saint John"s University, but left after two seasons.
He did not get into Master of Library Science right away.
Instead, he signed with the A-League"s Milwaukee Rampage in 2000. Popik would play three years for the club, leading them to the league championship in 2002.
Popik signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy prior to the 2003 Master of Library Science season as backup to Kevin Hartman. In two seasons, he only appeared in two league games, neither of them starts.
The Galaxy released Popik after the 2004 season.
He was the lone player who ended the 2004 season on an Master of Library Science roster to attempt to become a replacement player for the United States. national team during the labor dispute in early 2005. He is currently the assistant coach/goalkeeper coach at North Carolina State University. In 2006, he joined the Columbus Crew as an injury replacement and played one game.
He remained at North Carolina State until 2009 when he became the goalkeeper coach with the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division.
In 2011, he became associate head coach at Furman University, and took his current position at Green Bay in 2013.