Susie McCreery Foster will begin her 14th collegiate season as a head coach and 8th at Carroll University in the Fall of 2018 after being named to the position in May of 2011. She was previously the Head Coach at Carthage College from 2004-2010. During her career, Foster has established nationally and regionally recognized programs. In her coaching tenure, Foster has led her teams to 4 NCAA Division III National Tournament Appearances, 9 conference postseason appearances, 2 Midwest Conference Tournament Championships, and 1 Midwest Conference Championship. Her teams have produced a national ranking as high as #20 and regional rankings as high as #4 in both the North and Central Regions. Fosters players have also achieved great individual success. She has coached over 100 Academic All-Conference honorees, 61 All-Conference players, 11 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Region honorees, 2 Conference Players of the Year (CCIW and MWC), 1 MWC Academic Elite 20 award winner and 1 NSCAA All-American (1st in program history). The 2015 Midwest Conference Coach of the year has also accomplished some other notable and historic moments in her career. This season, Foster approaches the impressive mark of 150 wins with a current coaching record of 149-82-21. She attained the 100-win mark in 2013 with a win over Knox College on October 26th. In 2015, she coached the 1st All-American in Carroll womens soccer history, and her 2016 team was an impressive 9-0-0 at home and the first Pioneer program in history to qualify for the CCIW Tournament since rejoining the conference after a 24-year hiatus. They also qualified for the CCIW Tournament for the 2nd straight season in 2017. Foster also had a very successful playing career at Northwestern University. The former standout goalkeeper holds the current record for the Career Lowest Goals Against Average in Northwestern history and ranks second in Season Goals Against Average. She was twice named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, was the 2-time winner of the Gene Mundy Award and was selected as a COSIDA Academic All-American. She also acted as the President of Northwesterns Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and as the Universitys student-athlete rep on the Big Ten Committee. In addition to her coaching duties, Foster also serves as the Assistant Director of Student Success at Carroll. She resides in Illinois with her two children, daughter, Rylan and son, Trey.