Melissa (Hayes) Charloe is in her first season as an assistant coach at Kentucky, joining the Big Blue Nation officially on Dec. 20, 2016.
Charloe comes to Kentucky after a two-year stint as an assistant coach with Metropolitan State University at Denver, where she helped guide the RoadRunners to winning seasons in each of her two seasons in the Rockies.
Charloe has played at the highest levels in the game, including at North Carolina – where she helped the Tar Heels to the 2006 NCAA College Cup Championship her freshman season in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, tallying four points in 15 appearances. She then transferred to Penn State where she played the remaining three years of her college career from 2007-09.
In her time at Penn State, the Nittany Lions advanced to the NCAA Tournament all three seasons she was in State College, including an appearance in the Sweet 16 her first year with the program in 2007. She played in 68 matches for PSU, earning 55 starts, scoring two goals, tallying eight assists and scoring 12 points (2g. 8a).
She also has extensive work with U.S. Soccer and the developmental program, having played for the United States Women’s National Team at the U-14 (2002), U-16 (2003-04) and U-17 (2004-05) levels. Charloe helped carry the U-16s to the 2003 Ballymena International Tournament Championship and led the Sereno White club team from 1997-2006 serving as a team captain.
Prior to joining the RoadRunners in Denver as an assistant coach, Charloe served as an elementary teacher for low-income communities. She graduated from Penn State in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in communication arts and sciences and a minor in Spanish.