The 2018 campaign will be Larry Schaffers seventh season at the helm of the Texas Lutheran Womens Soccer program. Schaffer is the all-time wins leader for TLU Women's Soccer. He has an overall record of 57-45-12 with the Bulldogs. He has an all-time conference record (with matches in the American Southwest Conference and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) of 37-28-8. Schaffer three times has led TLU to a runner-up finish in the SCAC. In 2017, three Texas Lutheran Women's Soccer players - sophomore defender [Mikayla Wallace](http://www.tlubulldogs.com/roster.aspxrp_id=10488), sophomore midfielder [Bailey Nimtz](http://www.tlubulldogs.com/roster.aspxrp_id=10486) and freshman forward [Raquel Morris](http://www.tlubulldogs.com/roster.aspxrp_id=10492) - were named to the 2017 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Soccer All-Conference Second Team. Bulldog sophomore goalkeeper [Stephanie Barrientos](http://www.tlubulldogs.com/roster.aspxrp_id=10479) received All-SCAC Honorable Mention. TLU Women's Soccer ended the season with an overall record of 8-9-2 and a conference mark of 6-4-2. The Bulldogs finished third in the SCAC regular season.  Schaffer collected his 400th career coaching win (high school and college victories combined) when the Bulldogs defeated Centenary College on Sept. 18, 2015.   In 2016  TLU's 13-5-2 season record was the third-best win total in school history. The Bulldogs advanced to the finals of the SCAC Championship for the second season in a row. In 2015, the Bulldogs put five players onto to the All-SCAC teams. Senior forward Sioned Kirkpatrick was named the SCAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year, and senior midfielder Kelly Lochte joined Kirkpatrick on the SCAC First Team. Junior defender Tara Armstrong was named to the 2015 National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-West Region Third Team. In his six years at TLU, Schaffer has coached a conference Offensive Freshman of the Year, a conference Offensive Player of the Year, a conference Newcomer of the Year, eight All-Conference First Team selections, six All-Conference Second Team selections, and four All-Conference Honorable Mention selections. In 2013, Schaffer led the Bulldogs to their first double-digit-win season since 2007. In 2014, the Bulldogs produced a second-consecutive double-digit win season and finished 10-8-2 in his second season. TLUs 6-5-1 record in its first season in the SCAC placed the team third in the league. The Bulldogs advanced to the semifinals of the SCAC Championship.   In 2014, the Bulldogs put four players - Sioned Kirkpatrick, Zoe Gulick, Kelly Lochte and Erin Rose - on the All-SCAC First Team and one player - Tara Armstrong on the All-SCAC Second Team. In 2013, the Bulldogs had six players earn All-SCAC recognition, led by Sioned Kirkpatrick and Jennifer Kopetic on the First Team and Tara Armstrong and Krystel Wolfe on the Second Team.   Larry Schaffer was named the new coach for TLU Women's Soccer on Dec. 20, 2011.   "I'm just excited about the challenge of coming to TLU," said Schaffer at the time of his hiring. "Not only do I have great respect for the university and for the staff, I am looking forward to that new challenge of coaching collegiate soccer and of working with the young women."   In his first season as Texas Lutherans head coach, Schaffer led the Bulldogs to a 7-9-1 overall mark. The season was highlighted by an ASC Co-Offensive Freshman of the Year award for Sioned Kirkpatrick.   Schaffer won a pair of Class 5A State Championships in boys soccer with San Antonio Churchill. Schaffer and the Chargers won state titles in 1998 and in 2001.   "We are thrilled to have a soccer coach of the caliber of Larry Schaffer," said TLU Director of Athletics Bill Miller when Schaffer's hiring was announced. "Coach Schaffer is a proven winner and has had success with each program that he has touched. We are extremely pleased that he has accepted this position, and we look forward to his time as the leader of our women's soccer program."   Overall, Schaffer has coached in four Texas high school state tournaments and eight Texas high school regional tournaments. He has won 12 district championships and more than 350 high school matches. Schaffer won a pair of Class 5A State Championships in boys soccer with San Antonio Churchill. Schaffer and the Chargers won state titles in 1998 and in 2001.   Schaffer is a two-time finalist for NSCAA National High School Coach of the Year and a two-time winner of an NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year award.   Schaffer twice has been named NSCAA Texas High School Coach of the Year and San Antonio Express-News Coach of the Year. He is a four-time winner of the Texas High School Coaches Association Region 4 Coach of the Year.   Schaffer has worked and coached in club soccer since 2000. Schaffer has worked iwth Lions Futbol Club, Supras Soccer Club, Classics Elite, and Lonestar Soccer Club.   Schaffer and his wife of 27 years, Joy, have four children: daughter Megan, twins daughters Maggie and Melissa, and son Tim.   Schaffer was born in Billings, Mont., but he spent the majority of his childhood and young adult years in Minneapolis, Minn. Schaffer has an associate's degree from Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) and a bachelor's degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Schaffer served as an assistant men's soccer coach at Bethany Lutheran College from 1979 to 1981.  Larry Schaffer Head Coach for Women's Soccer