Crystal Howard returns to the SSU women’s soccer coaching staff for her second season as an assistant in 2014. She played for Sonoma State University between 2001-04 and prepped locally at nearby Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa, California. Howard returns to Rohnert Park after spending the past two seasons (2011-12) as an assistant coach at Sierra College in Rocklin, Calif. It was there that she helped lead the Wolverines to a Final Four appearance in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Soccer Championship Tournament in 2012.