Mike Davis

Director of Operations

Stanford

Division 1

I am the Director of Operations at Stanford University.

Hemant Sharma

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Tennessee

Division 1

Hemant Sharma rejoined the Tennessee soccer coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach in the spring of 2021. He previously served as a member of UT's coaching staff from 2004 to 2012 and served as the team's director of operations under current head coach Brian Pensky from 2012 to 2014.

In his previous stint with the Lady Vols, Sharma was a part of three SEC championship teams (2004, 05, 08) and three NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen appearances (2004, 2005, 2007). He also helped to coordinate the Lady Vol soccer team's involvement in TOPSOCCER, a program for disabled athletes.

Between his stints at UT, Sharma worked with goalkeepers for several other Tennessee colleges, including the Maryville College men's and women's soccer teams, the UT-Chattanooga women's soccer team, the Tennessee Wesleyan women's soccer team and the Carson-Newman men's and women's soccer teams. He was a part of the Maryville College coaching staff when the men's team won conference tournament titles in 2016 and 2018, and when the women's team captured a conference tournament crown in 2019. Each of those teams appeared in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Prior to arriving in Knoxville, Hemant worked with goalkeepers for the University of Colorado women's soccer team as a volunteer assistant coach.

Sharma has worked with goalkeepers for two semi-pro men's teams, the Boulder Rapids Reserves of the Premier Development League, and the Knoxville Force of the National Premier Soccer League.

Hemant also has served as Director of Goalkeeping for the Tennessee ODP program for boys and girls since 2012, and has been a member of the South Region girls ODP staff since 2017. 

He has been the Director of Goalkeeping for FC Alliance since 2009. During that time span, FC Alliance has produced more than 40 collegiate goalkeepers and sent two goalkeepers on to MLS academies.

During his playing career at Cornell University, the Short Hills, New Jersey, native earned All-Ivy League and All-Region honors, and played in the 1996 NCAA Tournament. In his senior year, he set a school record for shutouts in a season as his team finished ranked in the nation's top 25. Sharma proved equally adept in the classroom as he was a member of the Dean's List and the winner of the prestigious James E. Rice writing prize.

After college, Sharma was a draft pick of all three major professional indoor soccer leagues that existed in the U.S. in the late 1990s (NPSL, WISL, EISL). He was a first-round draft pick of the Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League and a fifth-round draft pick of the Arizona Thunder of the World Indoor Soccer League. He played five years of pro indoor soccer.

Sharma also held coaching positions at his alma mater, serving as an assistant coach for the Cornell women's team in 2001 and the men's team in 2000.

Hemant is a 1997 graduate of Cornell, with a bachelor of arts in English and a certificate in Financial Management. He received a PhD in Political Science from the University of Tennessee in the summer of 2009 and was the first recipient of the University of Tennessee's Otis Stephens Fellowship, granted for excellence in the study of American politics.

Sharma currently teaches in the University of Tennessee's Political Science Department and has co-authored three textbooks: An Introduction to the American Legal System, which was released by Wolters Kluwer publishers of New York; Administrative Law and Policy, published by Carolina Academic Press; and American Government: The Evolution of a Constitutional Republic, published by Great River Learning.

His published articles include one entitled "The Game is the Best Teacher," which appeared in the United Soccer Coaches' magazine Soccer Journal, and "Cant Play Here: The Decline of Pick-Up Soccer and Social Capital in the USA, published in a journal called Soccer and Society.

Alex Ng

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Indiana

Division 1

[Alex Ng](https://iuhoosiers.com/staff.aspxstaff=3010) was announced as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for Indiana Women's Soccer by Head Coach Erwin van Bennekom in January of 2020. Ng previously served as the program's Director of Soccer Operations/Video Analyst during 2019. 
 
 "Alex has been a great asset ever since he stepped foot on campus and to have him transition into this position is very important for our women's soccer program," said van Bennekom. "He will be responsible for building a holistic high-performance environment where we integrate and optimize our invaluable sports-performance resources in the best possible way. Besides that, Alex will be responsible for all of our video and data operations, as well as assisting in team training."
 
Prior to Indiana, Ng spent four seasons as a student assistant with Valparaiso Women's Soccer, where he assisted with game day and training sessions, as well as operated the team's video and performance analysis systems. In addition, he created and ran the team's social media accounts. Ng was also a student-athlete at Valparaiso, completing his undergraduate research thesis on a Soccer Injury Movement Screen while serving as the football team's punter all four seasons.  
 
 "I want to thank Erwin for giving me this opportunity to take this next step in my coaching career," Ng said. "The role within the coaching staff that Erwin envisioned for me with this program was a chance that I could not pass up. I can't wait to take on greater responsibility in the development of our athletes, which is my educational background and one of my lifelong passions. I am so excited by the potential of this program and group of players, and I cannot wait to see where this program can go."

In addition to his time with Indiana and Valparaiso, Ng has coached with a variety of club teams such as Valpo Soccer Club and the Royal Palm Beach Strikers. He also spent a summer as assistant coach and game day operations for Detroit Sun FC, who advanced to the National Championship Tournament of the United Women's Soccer League.
 
Ng, who graduated Valparaiso with a degree in Exercise Science, has also earned his United States Soccer Federation "C" License and holds a United Soccer Coaches National Diploma. He also holds his National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification.
 
Ng is also an Executive Council Member of NSCA Soccer Special Interest Group (SIG). In this role, he works to bridge the gap between traditional strength and conditioning coaches and soccer coaches by sharing information between industries, and begin to organize an annual conference of Soccer Strength and Conditioning professionals.

Miles Maynard

Assistant Volunteer Coach

Clemson

Division 1

Miles Maynard joined the Clemson University Womens Soccer coaching staff prior to the 2018 season and is entering his second season as Volunteer Assistant Coach in 2019. Since joining the staff, the tigers have had a 23-16-2 record. In 2018, the Tigers reached the semi-finals of the ACC conference tournament and a trip to the NCAA tournament. In 2019, the Tigers made it to the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament and to the second round of the NCAA tournament.




 


He also has coaching experience, working as Head Coach of C.C. Griffin Middle School girls soccer in 2014.




 


Maynard played goalkeeper at Pfeiffer University during the 2013 season. There the team reached the semifinals of the Conference Carolinas Conference Tournament. He then transferred to the University of South Carolina-Aiken for the 2014 & 2015 season. In 2014, the Pacers were runners up in the Peach Belt Conference Championship. The Pacers made the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in program history and finished with the best record in program history 14-6-1. In 2015, the Pacers made it to the Quarterfinals of the Peach Belt Conference Tournament.




 


The Suwanee, Georgia native played club soccer at United Futbol Academy and attended Lambert High School. In 2012, the boys soccer team at Lambert won the GHSA 4A State Championship going 23-0-0. The 2012 team was also named NSCAA (USC) National Champions. Maynard won the Most Improved Player Award in 2013.




 


Maynard graduated from Clemson University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and is completing a Master of Science degree in Athletic Leadership from Clemson University graduating in August of 2020.




 


Maynard holds a United States Soccer Federation D License and a United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeping Level 1 Diploma.




 



 

Sean Palacios

Assistant Coach

Loyola-Chicago (IL)

Division 1

Coach Sean Palacios joined the Loyola University staff in January of 2025. Currently working in the recruitment of players and the team training environment.  Passionate about development and teaching players intensive and complex topics is what is the most enjoyable to coach on the field.

Tony Huerta

Cal-Riverside

Division 1

Tony Huerta enters his first season on the women's soccer staff, but second season on men's staff at UC Riverside in 2025, where he will work primarily with the program's goalkeepers.

Huerta brings a lifetime of soccer knowledge to UCR, currently holding a USSF B license and USSF National C Goalkeeping license. He has over 10 years of experience coaching locally at Riverside Poly and with local youth soccer clubs, currently serving as Legends FC Director and coach. Huerta joins UCR after spending two seasons as an assistant coach with California Baptist men's soccer.

Huerta helped CBU win back-to-back Western Athletic Conference (WAC) championships and advance to the NCAA Tournament in each of its first two seasons of eligibility as a Division I program. In 2023, he helped the program advance in the NCAA tournament with an opening round win at San Diego on penalties. Huerta's time at CBU also included assisting in the development of Luis Mueller's (LAFC) and Antonio Gomez's (Austin FC II) path to professional soccer. 

Prior to getting into the coaching side of soccer, Huerta spent time with the Riverside Coras in the National Premier Soccer League after splitting his college career between San Bernadino Valley College (SBVC) and Hope International in Fullerton. Huerta led SBVC to back-to-back postseason appearances before transferring to Hope International, where he appeared in 21 games for the Royals as a defender while scoring one goal. 

Huerta, both a native of and a current resident of Riverside, credits his close community ties and the program's history as reasons to join the staff at UCR. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's in education from Hope International.

As a kid, Huerta always attended community events that UCR would participate in and dreamed of being at UC Riverside competing for a national championship.

Taylor Culp

Assistant Coach

Elon

Division 1

Prior to Elon, Culp served as the goalkeeper coach with the Penn women's soccer team in 2018. While with the Quakers, Culp helped the team's goalkeeper unit ranked first in the country in goals-against average, clean sheet percentage and save percentage. The starting goalkeeper was also named the Ivy League's Goalkeeper of the Year and was a second team All-Region choice under his tutelage as Penn won the 2018 Ivy League championship.

Culp also served as the goalkeeper's coach at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Bronx, N.Y., during the spring of 2018. Additionally, he has held similar posts at the United Soccer Academy and Matchfit Academy.

On the field, Culp helped lead Saint Joseph's High School in Metuchen, N.J. to back-to-back state championship appearances, before attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2016, he made his move to Montclair State, in which he helped the Red Hawks to the NJAC championship and reached the NCAA Tournament for the 11th straight season.

A native of Piscataway, N.J., Culp graduated from Montclair State University with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

Marsha Lycan

William and Mary

Division 1

Marsha Fishburne Lycan ?87 enters her sixth season with the Tribe women's soccer program. Lycan, who played at W&M from 1983-86, was promoted to the program's associate head coach during the spring of 2022.

Lycan moved up to the full-time assistant role in 2018 to help former teammate Julie Shackford usher in a new era of Tribe women's soccer. Over her five seasons an assistant, Lycan has helped in mentoring 10 All-CAA selection. In 2017, the Tribe posted eight wins and advanced to the CAA Semifinals. Rachel Moore was named to the All-CAA First Team and went on to be selected as the first pick of the fourth round by the Washington Spirit in the NWSL Draft.

Lycan rejoined the Tribe in 2017 after serving as an assistant coach at the University of New England over the previous six seasons. The Nor?Easters compiled a 62-39-12 record, including three 12-plus-win seasons during her tenure. UNE was ranked as high as eighth in the region, and were ECAC finalist in 2014 and 2015. Lycan helped mentor 30 players to all-conference honors, while three players were tabbed as conference players of the year, and two went on to All-America honors.

She also has an extensive background on the youth level coaching with many different groups dating back to 2001. Most recently, Lycan was in the head coach for the GPS Maine U17/U18 Girls Elite team from 2012-2017. She also served as the director of coaching at the Falmouth Youth Soccer Association, where she oversaw the teams and coaches for 30 boys and girls teams. With FYSA, she coached various levels since, including leading the U9-U14 girls? team to three straight state finals appearances from 2004-2006. Lycan also served as the Director of High School Age Girls Program for Maine Coast United from 2001-12. She led the U10-18 Girls to five consecutive Maine State Championship, which is a state record. She earned her NSCAA Premier Diploma in March of 2011, after earning her NSCCA Advanced Diploma in May of 2010. She holds an USSF National ?D? License. Soccer Maine tabbed her the Premier Coach of the Year in 2010.

Lycan appeared in 59 games for the Green and Gold, while she scored 12 goals, recorded seven assists, and 31 points. She helped the Tribe to the 1983 Division I ECAC Championship, before leading Tribe to three straight NCAA Tournaments from 1984-86. Lycan graduated from W&M with a degree psychology in 1987.

She returned to Williamsburg after she raised her children in Maine for 17 years. Having grown up at West Point, her family boasts eight West Point graduates, including two of her children, Allie and Cooper, who are both currently Army Officers. Her youngest son, Brody, is a student at the University of Maine.

Josie Rix

Associate Head Coach

Samford

Division 1

Assistant coach Josie Rix, now an Assistant Coach at Samford University, has tons of experience in the soccer industry. She served a term as Assistant Coach with the Wofford womens soccer team after previously serving as a graduate assistant coach at Lee University in 2014.

In her only season with Lee, Rix helped the team to a 15-4-2 overall record (10-1-0 GSA conference record) and a victory in the 2014 NCCAA National Championship. As a graduate assistant, Rix was responsible for assisting with film breakdown and analysis as well as organizing the backline. She also played a vital role in game-day preparations and ensuring compliance as the team transitioned to NCAA Division II play.

Rix also has experience coaching club teams at the youth level. Rix served as an assistant to the Chattanooga Futbol Clubs Womens team in the summer of 2014. She continues to serve as an assistant coach for Carolina FC and for South Carolina ODP. 

She graduated in May 2013 from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. She was a four-year starter at midfield and defense for the Crimson Tide womens soccer team from 2009 to 2013. She helped the team earn an NCAA Tournament bid for the second time in program history in her sophomore season. She was named to the Southeastern Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll in 2011 and to the Southeastern Conference Community Service Team in 2012 for her efforts in helping Tuscaloosa recover from a series of damaging tornadoes. 

After college, Rix went on to play semi-professional soccer with the Knoxville Lady Force in the summer of 2013. 

Daniel Cherbonnier

Assistant Coach

Tulsa

Division 1

Daniel Cherbonnier is in his sixth season with the Golden Hurricane.  He served as a graduate assistant his first four years, but was promoted to assistant coach prior to the 2017 season.
 
Last year, TU had just six wins, including three victories in conference play for a sixth-place finish in the American Athletic Conference.  The Golden Hurricane did defeat #1 Stanford (2-0), who went on to win the 2017 College Cup, as well as #19 SMU (1-0) and tied #25 Wisconsin (2-2). 

TU recorded its third-straight American Athletic Conference tournament title and played in the first round of the NCAA Championship in 2016.  The Hurricane tallied 10 wins, including six shutouts, and faced three top-25 teams for a 1-2 mark.
 
During the 2015 season, Tulsa captured The American tournament championship for the second-straight year, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championship.  TU totaled eight wins, three shutouts and faced nine teams ranked in the top-25 for a 1-5-3 mark in those contests, including a 3-2 overtime win over 16th-ranked FIU in the first round of the NCAA tournament. 
 
In 2014, the Hurricane posted an 11-6-3 overall record, including a 5-2-1 mark in the American Athletic Conference, captured The American tournament title and played in the first round of the NCAA Championship.  TU played five top-25 teams for a 3-1-1 mark, including a 1-0 win over then third-ranked Virginia, which claimed the 2014 NCAA Championship, and had seven clean sheets on the season.
 
The Golden Hurricane earned 11 victories in 2013, advanced to the Conference USA title game.
 
Prior to coming to Tulsa, Cherbonnier spent six years as an assistant coach at the University of Texas at Tyler where he assisted in all aspects of the program including coaching, recruiting, goalkeeper training, academic advising, administrative duties and camp organization.
 
While at UT Tyler, Cherbonnier helped the Patriots compile a 72-29-14 overall record and a 50-15-10 mark in the American Southwest Conference.  During the six years, UT-Tyler won three regular season conference championships, three ASC tournament championships, and had a program-best NCAA Elite 8 appearance.  On the field, Cherbonnier helped coach three All-America selections, nine all-region honorees and 38 all-conference performers.  Off the field, he helped produce 52 Academic All-Conference players, while the team earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award.
 
Cherbonnier also had coaching stints with Bishop T.K. Gorman High School, All-Saints Episcopal School, Tulsa Soccer Club and Azzurri Soccer Club.
 
Cherbonnier has earned his NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma.
 
A native of College Station, Texas, Cherbonnier earned his bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in kinesiology from UT-Tyler in 2012.  He earned his masters degree from Tulsa in December 2016.

Katie Van Aken

Assistant Coach

Haverford

Division 3

Aken 12 returned to the Haverford College womens soccer program as a volunteer assistant at the start of the 2014 season. During her playing career with the Fords, Van Aken was a first-team All-Centennial Conference selection during the 2009 and 2011 seasons, earning second-team All-Centennial Conference honors in 2010. Van Aken went on to earn second-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors during her senior campaign in 2011. She was also named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll during each of her final three seasons.
Van Aken helped Haverford qualify for the Centennial Conference playoffs in each of her four seasons. She scored a career-high nine goals during her 2009 season, while recording a career-best 22 points (eight goals, six assists) during her senior campaign. Van Aken broke the school record for game-winning goals (15) prior to her graduation and now ranks second all-time in that category. Her 30 goals and 72 points ranks fifth and seventh, respectively, in Haverfords program history.
Van Aken is currently attending Drexel University where she is a graduate researcher working towards her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Materials Engineering.

Ben Tierney

Assistant Coach

Denison

Division 3

Ben Tierney enters his first season as the assistant women's soccer coach at Denison University in 2020.

Tierney comes to Denison after two seasons as the assistant women's soccer coach at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana. In his two seasons with the Panthers, Hanover posted a combined record of 28-8-2, including a 16-1-1 mark in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and back-to-back trips to the HCAC Tournament Championship match. The Panthers also captured the HCAC Regular Season Championship in 2018 after going 17-2 overall and 9-0 in conference play.

Tierney coached 19 all-conference selections at Hanover, including consecutive Freshman of the Year award winners in Amanda Carmosino (2018) and Josie Dattilo (2019). The Panthers also turned out six All-Great Lakes Region honorees in Carmosino (2018 1st team), Brandi Brock (2018 1st team), Cassidy Evanson (2018 2nd team), Shannon Hawkins (2018 2nd team), Kelsey Hughes (2018 2nd team), and Autumn Boothby (2019 3rd team).

Prior to his time at Hanover, Tierney was no stranger to the HCAC where he was a two-time all-conference defender with the Franklin College men's soccer team. Starting 58 of 63 matches on the Grizzly backline, Tierney helped Franklin reach the HCAC Tournament Semifinal in 2014 after posting a 5-2-2 record in conference play. A 2018 graduate of Franklin College with a bachelor's degree in sports management, Tierney also assisted with the girl's varsity soccer team at nearby Franklin Community High School.

At the club level, Tierney has spent the last six years as a senior team coordinator and coach with the Columbus Express Soccer Club in Columbus, Indiana. During that time, he has helped lead his teams to multiple state and tournament championships while also developing and implementing training sessions for all players to increase technical and tactical skills.

A native of Wilder, Kentucky, Tierney is currently pursuing masters degree in Athletic Coaching Education from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.

Dakota Rock

Assistant Women's Soccer Coach

Rhodes

Division 3

I am in my 3rd year at Rhodes College. During my first season, I worked intensely with the midfielders and forward while also intensely breaking down and running film sessions on both ourselves and our opponents for the season. 

Mike Cole

Assistant Coach (Goalkeepers)

Embry-Riddle (FL)

Division 2

Mike Cole Director of Goalkeeping Embry Riddle University, Daytona Beach FL

Roger Peron

Assistant Coach

Oklahoma Christian

NAIA

 [Roger Peron](https://oceagles.com/staff.aspxstaff=155), who served as a graduate assistant coach under current Oklahoma Christian women's soccer coach [Evan Dresel](https://oceagles.com/staff.aspxstaff=153) last season at Mid-America Christian, has joined Dresel's staff at OC as the assistant coach.

Originally from London, England, Peron attended MACU and played for the Evangels' men's team during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. He graduated from MACU in May 2019.

He spent time as an assistant coach at Coastal Bend (Texas) College before returning to MACU for the 2020-21 academic year to serve under Dresel. MACU posted a 15-3 mark this past season with Peron on the staff.

"I had the pleasure of coaching Roger at MACU, and most recently he was my GA there," Dresel said. Having played for me he understands the way I want things done in the team. He is a great addition both on the coaching side and in recruiting."

Kimmy Edgeworth

Assistant Coach

Tampa

Division 2

Kimmy Edgeworth joined the University of Tampa women's soccer program prior to the 2023 season as an assistant coach.

Kat Crump

Assistant Coach

Georgia

Division 1

Kat Crump joined the Georgia staff in 2022, serving as a volunteer assistant coach in her first season before being promoted to assistant coach for the 2023 season.
 
Working primarily with the goalkeepers for her first two seasons, Georgia received its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2014 and hosted a home postseason match for the first time since 2007. The Bulldogs also upset Tennessee in the SEC Tournament, reaching the semifinals for the first time since 2010 before falling in penalties to eventual champion South Carolina.
 
During the season, Georgia went unbeaten on the road in conference play and finished the regular season with six straight results against league opponents, including the first three-game SEC shutout streak since 2010. The Bulldogs tied a program record with 12 shutouts during the year, all while tallying the second-lowest goals against average rate in program history. Goalkeeper Jordan Brown assumed the starting role late in the season and tallied a program-record .872 save percentage, earning a spot on the SEC All-Tournament Team. Fellow keeper Liz Beardsley allowed the third-fewest goals in a season in program history and accumulated an 0.89 goals against average.

In her second season, she helped lead Georgia to a 13-4-6 record and No. 13 final national ranking, the highest in program history. During the season, Georgia won its first SEC East Division title, followed by the first SEC Tournament championship in school history, before reaching the Round of 16 for only the second time in program history. Brown was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team after tallying 22 saves over three matches, including seven in a 1-0 shutout of No. 10 Arkansas in the final. For the year, the Bulldogs posted eight shutouts with Brown notching a .767 save percentage.
 
Prior to joining the Georgia staff, Crump served as an assistant coach for four seasons at Furman. In the 2020-21 season, Crump coached goalkeeper Addison Corn to the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team and the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team as the Paladins finished 8-1-2 and reached the NCAA Tournament. The Paladins posted a winning record in each of her four seasons, with goalkeeper Kellsey Weaver also earning All-SoCon honors in 2019.
 
Prior to Furman, Crump served as an assistant coach at Jacksonville in 2017 and worked with the goalkeepers for Jacksonville Armada FC. The Huntsville, Alabama native played collegiately at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, starting 60 games in goal and posting 35 wins, a 1.15 goals against average, and 19 shutouts for the Rangers. She also coached with multiple club programs in the Denver area during her collegiate career. She graduated from Regis in 2017 with a degree in Health and Exercise Science.

Mario Felix

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Missouri

Division 1

Former Div 1 Head Coach: Chicago State University 

Associate Head Coach: Southern Utah

Assistant Coach: UC Santa Santa Barbara 

Assistant Coach: Westmont College

Head Mens Coach: Bethel College

Julie Grutzner

Assistant Coach

Vassar

Division 3

Julie Grutzner was named the assistant coach for the Brewers women's soccer team in the summer of 2020. She also serves as a facilities assistant for the Vassar Athletic Department.

Grutzner comes to Vassar following a season as the head coach of women's soccer at SUNY Purchase. During her tenure, she helped guide the Panthers to a 7-8 overall record in 2019, going 3-7 in Skyline Conference action. The team scored three or more goals six times during the season, while two players were named to the All-Skyline Conference First Team.

Before her time at Purchase, Grutzner spent 13 years at the helm of Oregon High School's soccer program where she boasted a career coaching record of 169-62-32 overall. Under her guidance, the Oregon girls team won the WIAA Division 2 State Title in 2015, were runner-up in 2016 and 2018, and were state qualifiers in 2017. 

Following the 2015 season, Grutzner was named Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Coach of the Year, NSCAA WI Coach of the Year and the Wisconsin State Journal All Area Coach of the Year. She returned as the WI State Journal Coach of the Year in 2016, was co-coach in 2017, and won it again in 2018. Grutzner also received the Madison Sports Hall of Fame Special Recognition Award for the undefeated 2015 season (23-0-1).

In addition to her notable coaching career at OHS, Grutzner was a teacher at St. Ann School for 10 years (2008-18) and also served as the top assistant coach at Edgewood College from 2015-17. She also coached for the Wisconsin ODP (Olympic Development) program for several years. Prior to that, she was the assistant coach at Middleton High School and Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Minnesota. Grutzner also coached club soccer for the Oregon Soccer Club, Madison 56ers and the Wayzata Soccer Club.

Playing collegiately for the UW-Green Bay women's soccer team, Grutzner helped lead the women's soccer team to a regional ranking and its most successful record to date at 13-4-2 during her junior campaign. She was named team captain her senior year and finished the season on the All-Conference and All-Tournament 2nd Teams. She capped a
stellar playing career with two years of semi-professional soccer for the Madison Freeze (1996-97).

Grutzner was a trainer for Fairfield United Soccer Association (U10, U16 premiere) and for CT Rush. She also holds a USSF C License, USSF Youth National License, United Soccer Coaches Association National Diploma and a United Soccer Association Level 1 Goalkeeper License.

Luis Borja

Graduate Assistant

Mississippi College

Division 2

Started officially my coaching career at Mississippi College in August 2022, I came to fill the Graduate Assistant position, I primarily am a Goalkeeper coach. In this area I have a lot of experience since I have being playing for more than 15 years, I have had several very well known and respected coaches in my country (ECUADOR), where I was able to play several seasons at the highest level before doing my studies at Bethel University (TN), and in 2021 when I returned to my country I was able to play one season at the professional level, while I started to have my first experiences training children from 7 years old to 18 years old. Thanks to my experience and knowledge of the game and GK position Mississippi College women's soccer coaches offered me the chance to come and work with them here, where I have been coaching goalkeepers and field players as well. I already coached one season here, were we won Conference Championship and made an appearance at the NCAA D2 National tournament.  

Sydney Kahan

Assistant Coach

Assumption

Division 2

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Assistant Coach Maccabiah USA Open Womens Soccer Gold Medalist in Israeli Games July 2022




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Jamie Kazenmayer

Assistant Coach

Pfeiffer

Division 2

My name is Jamie Kazenmayer. I am in my first year as a collegiate assistant soccer coach at Pfeiffer University. Before Pfeiffer, I played 5 years of D2 collegiate soccer. I am originally from New Jersey and played two years at Felician University. I then moved to Mooresville, NC in 2020 to play soccer at Catawba College. My soccer career at Catawba ended with a Conference and Tournament Championship, as well as earning SAC Goalkeeper of the Tournament.

Scott Gerseny

Head Coach

Mary Washington

Division 3

I have been a college coach for 16 years including 14 years at the Division I level.  I am happy to be at Mary Washington now and am looking forward to making UMW a Nationally competitive program.

Natalie Freeman

Graduate Assistant Women's Soccer Coach

Illinois Wesleyan

Division 3

Natalie Freeman joined the Illinois Wesleyan womens soccer coaching staff prior to the 2019 season. She works primarily with the Titans goalkeepers.

Freeman graduated from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville with a bachelors degree in psychology, emphasizing in sports psychology in the spring of 2019. A three-year letterwinner in goal for the SIUe womens soccer team, she served as a student assistant coach during the 2018 season.

Freeman brings several years of experience, having coached at the youth, high school, and collegiate levels.

The Normal, Ill. native holds US Soccer Federation National D and Grassroots licenses, as well as a Goalkeeper Level 3 license from the United Soccer Coaches Association.

Tony Leblanc

Head Coach

Westminster (UT)

NAIA

LeBlanc has compiled a 96-66-13 overall record (.586) and led the team to six straight seasons with a double-digit win total.   Making the transition to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in 2015, LeBlanc guided the Griffins to a 10-6-1 mark. They finished 5-5-1 in conference action to place sixth in the final standings. Two Griffins were chosen as an all-conference selection with three others named honorable mention. Seven student-athletes were also named to the RMAC Womens Soccer Honor Roll.   During the Griffins time in the NAIA and Frontier Conference, LeBlanc guided the Griffins to a 25-18-4 record (.571) in the Frontier Conference games with six postseason berths. Westminster made three trips (2011, 2013, 2014) to the NAIA National Championships and they won the Unaffiliated Conference Tournament those same years.   Westminster had five players receive honorable mention NAIA All-American honors under LeBlanc. The Griffins also had 24 players named All-Frontier Conference, including 2013 Frontier Conference Player of the Year Nicole Carter. LeBlanc added Unaffiliated Coach of the Year the last two seasons to his Frontier award in 2011. There have been 31 Griffins named a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete under LeBlanc while 94 were named Academic All-Frontier Conference.   The final two seasons in the NAIA saw the Griffins make consecutive trips to the NAIA National Championships after winning the Unaffiliated Conference Tournament. Westminster set a school record with 15 wins in 2014 and they won a second regular season conference title by going 4-2 in league games. LeBlanc earned the Unaffiliated Coach of the Year award in both 2013 and 2014.   LeBlanc is a Westminster alumnus, graduating with a bachelors degree in international business in 2005. While a student-athlete at Westminster, LeBlanc played for the mens soccer program for four years under Chris Dorich, being named a two-time scholar-athlete and serving as a team captain his senior year. He finished his Griffin career with three goals and six assists for a total of 12 points. LeBlanc attempted 34 shots during his 63 games played while making 38 starts.   Prior to playing at Westminster, LeBlanc was a two-time member of the Utah State Select team and a three-year varsity letterman at East High School. He was a part of the first Utah Select team to capture the Western Regionals and ultimately finished 3rd at the 2005 State Select National Championships.   LeBlancs coaching experience varies from the collegiate, high school, and youth levels; he served time as the boys Varsity Assistant/JV Head Coach at East High School and helped them into the state finals and win the State Championship in 2006 for the first time in school history. During the 2006 season, LeBlanc served as Assistant Womens Soccer Coach at BYU-Hawaii where he was instrumental in forming and organizing a first year NCAA Division II womens soccer program that finished second in the Pac West Conference with a 12-4 record. LeBlanc also has coached club soccer for the girls Rush 93 premier soccer team and currently holds a D license.