Jami Kranich

Assistant Coach

jkranich@princeton.edu

Princeton

Division 1

Jami Kranich was added to the Princeton women's soccer coaching staff as an assistant coach in March 2017.

In Kranich's first year on staff in 2017, Princeton keepers posted 12 shutouts, tied for the second-most in program history, while Natalie Grossi set the program's individual record for shutouts in a season with 11. The Tigers won the Ivy League title and advanced through three NCAA tournament rounds, making the quarterfinals for the second time in the 64-team era that began in 2001.

Kranich was a four-year starter in goal at Villanova, earning All-Big East honors after a junior season that saw her spend part of the fall with the U.S. team at the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Jami was selected by the Boston Breakers during the 2014 NWSL Draft. Kranich played with the Breakers for three seasons.

Ashley Kaufman

Assistant Coach

ashleynkaufman11@gmail.com

Yale

Division 1

Ashley Kaufman begins her first season on Rudy Merediths staff in 2017-18.

Kaufman comes to Yale after spending one season at Washington & Lee where she helped the Generals to a 15-4-1 overall record and a No. 20 national ranking. W&L captured the programs fourth ODAC title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

Kaufman came to W&L from St. Lawrence University, where she served as a graduate assistant for the womens soccer team 2014-15. Over two seasons, Kaufman helped the Saints to a 25-11-4 overall record and an 8-6-2 mark in the Liberty League. SLU also made an appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2015. 

A 2014 inductee into the Utica College Athletic Hall of Fame, Kaufman was a four-year letterwinner in soccer and ice hockey, and a one-year letterwinner in softball. She earned all-conference honors in soccer all four years, including three first-team laurels.  She earned a bachelors degree in business management from Utica in 2009 and a master of education leadership from St. Lawrence in 2016.

Kaufman also has experience serving as head coach for the GirlsCan Football Academy in New Haven, Conn., and with the Lake Placid soccer camp in Canton, N.Y. She also holds a NSCAA Level 2 goalkeeping diploma.

Lizzy Johnson

Assistant Coach

lizzyj@upenn.edu

Pennsylvania

Division 1

University of Pennsylvania womens soccer head coach Nicole Van Dyke has announced the addition of Lizzy Johnson to the coaching staff. Johnson joins fellow assistant coaches Melissa Phillips and John Ward for the upcoming 2017 season.

Lizzy is an exceptional coach who I have had the pleasure of working alongside prior to her arrival to Penn, Van Dyke remarked. As a coach, I was always impressed with her professionalism, knowledge of the game and her emphasis on developing youth players. She will be a wonderful addition to the program and staff, and I am looking forward to her joining our Penn Womens Soccer family.

Johnson comes to University City after spending the last six years coaching youth soccer in Northern California. She most recently served as the San Bruno Lowen Soccer Club U16 Girls head coach in San Bruno, leading the team to a second-place finish in the NorCal State Premier division in the fall of 2016 earning the team a promotion to the NorCal State Championship division for spring 2017. 

Prior to her time in San Bruno, Johnson was the Girls Director of Coaching for the San Mateo County Football Club in addition to head coaching duties of the U17, U16 and U14 Girls National Premier League teams during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. As head coach of all three SMC clubs, each team was promoted to the next level of the National Premier League after just one season and oversaw two of her players lead all NPL divisions in goals scored in the fall of 2015.

She got her start in coaching in Tallahassee, Fla. as the Tallahassee United Football Club 94/95 Girls head coach, as well as working with Warner Soccer as a player development coach from 2007-10. While in the Sunshine State, she served as a coach with Florida ODP where she scouted, evaluated and selected players for Florida state ODP teams. Johnson was also the assistant coach at the 2009 Region III Camp.

Johnson brings a wealth of collegiate soccer knowledge to Penn, having been a four-year letter winner at Vanderbilt University. Following her sophomore season for the Commodores, Johnson changed positions from midfield to forward and produced on the front line immediately scoring in each of her first three starts. Johnson made 14 starts and played in 32 of 33 games over her final two season in Music City. She was twice named to the SEC Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (2000, 2001).

Johnson earned a Bachelors of Engineering with a minor in mathematics from Vanderbilt in 2003. She earned her United States Soccer Federation (USSF) A License in 2014, as well a NSCAA Regional Goalkeeping Diploma.

Erin Grand

Assistant Coach

egrand6@yahoo.com

North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Division 1

Hailing from Canada, Erin played college soccer for Western University. She went on to serve as assistant coach at Wilfrid Laurier University for two years before returning to her alma mater to serve as assistant coach for a year. As coach at Laurier and Western, Erins teams were consistently top two in league play and competed in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports National Championships. In 2014, Erin moved to Durham, NC where she has been working with the University of North Carolina womens team, ODP, coaching youth soccer for Triangle Futbol Club Alliance (now North Carolina FC Youth), and serving as a research coordinator at a concussion research lab. Erin has her Premier Diploma (United Soccer Coaches), USSF D License, and her Canadian Pre-B License.

Manny Martins

Assistant Coach

mmartins@uoregon.edu

Oregon

Division 1

Martins currently serves as the Associate Head Coach at the University of Oregon, and is an assistant coach, and lead scout for the of the United States Womens National Under-20 Team, that just qualified for the U20 Womens World Cup later this year, and prior to that he was on staff with the Under-17 team for 4 years including two CONCACAF Championships, and the U17 World Cup in Jordan. Additionally, Martins has experience in the high school, college, club and semi-professional levels of soccer. Martins serves as the programs recruiting coordinator in addition to handling various coaching duties. After visiting Eugene it was clear to me that coach Mertzs vision is to elevate the womens soccer program to prominence within the Pac-12 and on the national stage, and I immediately knew that I wanted to be a part of it, said Martins. I was also impressed by the support and resources provided to the student athletes by the department - such as the state-of-the-art academic center - and the truly world class athletic facilities. In his two seasons on Oregons staff, the Ducks have beaten Washington in back-to-back years for just the second time in program history and collected a road victory against rival Oregon State, the first win in Corvallis since 2003. UO also has had a freshman named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in back-to-back years for just the fourth time in school history and first time since 2011-2012. In Martins first season in 2014, Oregon finished the year with their third-lowest goals against average in school history (1.04), defeated Washington for the first time since 2006, had 12 players scored a goal over the course of the season and the team wrapped up the year at No. 74 in the final NCAA RPI, giving the program their highest RPI finish since 2009. Martins who was born in Portugal also brings Pac-12 experience with him to Eugene, having served as an assistant coach at UCLA from 2011-13.With Martins on staff for two seasons, the Bruins posted a 34-4-6 overall record with a 16-3-3 mark in Pac-12 competition. Martins helped lead UCLA to the quarterfinals of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. With the Bruins, Martins coached a pair of number one draft picks in womens professional soccer; Sydney Leroux (2012/Atlanta Beat/WPS) and Zakiya Bywaters (2013/Chicago Red Stars/NWSL). Martins also coached four NSCAA All-Americans during his stay in Los Angeles. Martins then accepted a position with the U.S. U17 team, where he has served as an assistant coach since 2013. He is responsible for identifying, evaluating and training the best prospects in the United States youth ranks. While Martins was with the squad, U.S. scored 45 goals while conceding two in 10 matches. During that time, Martins was also the Los Angeles area liaison for the United States Soccer Federation. Prior to his stints with U.S. soccer and UCLA, Martins filled multiple roles at the highly successful Los Angeles Premier FC. He was named Director of Coaching and Player Development for the team in 2006, and was named head coach of their WPSL team in 2010. Martins earned WPSL Coach of the Year honors in 2010. Prior to his work with Premier FC, Martins had additional success in the club ranks as the Director of Coaching and Player Development for Los Angeles Rampage FC from 2006-2010. Martins began his coaching career as an assistant with is alma mater, Sylmar High School, in 1996. He assumed head coaching duties two years later and led the program to a 101-54-22 record in seven seasons. While at Sylmar, Martins served as an assistant coach at Los Angeles Mission College and helped the team to a conference championship, a No. 2 ranking in the state and a No. 3 ranking in the nation. He moved on to Division II Cal Poly Pomona, serving as an assistant coach for three seasons. After serving for three seasons with Pomona, Martins was named head coach of Los Angeles Mission College. Martins also served as the boys head coach at Granada Hills Charter High School from 2007-10 while at LA Mission. Martins was born in Portugal and moved to San Fernando, Calif., in 1993. He played soccer at Sylmar High School and LA Mission College. Martins earned a Bachelors of Science degree in kinesiology at Cal Poly Pomona in 2006 and holds a USSF A License. He is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, English and Creole. Martins and his wife, Lorena, have three children; Isaiah, Emma and London.

Jess Greer

Coordinator of Operations

jessica.greer@wsu.edu

Washington State

Division 1

Jess Greer was named the assistant coach for the Washington State womens soccer team in June 2016.

Greer joined head coach Todd Shulenbergers staff after playing four years of collegiate soccer at the University of Missouri under then-assistant coach Shulenberger from 2009-12.

Greer arrived on the Palouse after spending the past three seasons in the state of Arkansas. Most recently the Sedalia, Mo., native worked as an assistant coach at Arkansas State University under first-year head coach Brian Dooley.

Prior to arriving at Arkansas State, Greer spent two seasons as the assistant coach at the University of Arkansas. During her time with the Razorbacks, she oversaw day-to-day operations and academics of the team. Arkansas found success on and off the field during Greers time in Fayetteville, earning back-to-back berths in the NCAA Tournament in 2012 and 2013.

Greer graduated from Missouri in 2013 with a degree in health sciences after playing all four years under Shulenberger. Greer and Shulenberger led the Tigers to the 2009 Big 12 regular season title and postseason berths in 2011 and 2012. Greer finished with 84 career matches played, 52 starts, and seven goals. Off the field Greer was a four-time member of the conferences honor roll (three-time Big 12, one-time SEC).

Colin Barnes

Volunteer Assistant

csbarnes3@crimson.ua.edu

Alabama

Division 1

Colin Barnes begins his second season as the Crimson Tide's volunteer assistant coach.

"I'd like to thank Coach Hart for this wonderful opportunity," Barnes said. "It is a privilege and honor to be a part of a university that holds so much tradition of success across all sports. Just as important, I'm looking forward to working with such quality coaches and people within the program to help achieve their team and player goals."

A native of Hoover, Ala., Barnes has coached at the youth level around the country. In addition, Barnes served as graduate assistant coach for three seasons (2011-13) at Columbus State (Ga.) University. While there, he assisted the coaching staff in training and was the head of recruiting, field maintenance and equipment for a team that reached the NCAA Division II Sweet 16 in 2012.

He began his club coaching career at the Highland Football Club in Asheville, N.C., where he served as both a head coach and assistant coach from 1999-2002. Barnes then joined the Cape Fear Youth Soccer Association in Wilmington, N.C., as an assistant director of coaching from 2002-03. From 2003-04, Barnes was the director of coaching of the Port City Soccer Club where he co-founded, coordinated and organized the immerging club of 240 recreational players and 30 select players.

Following that, he moved to Peachtree City, Ga., to become the Academy Director for the Peachtree City Lazers, a position he held from 2004-06. Barnes briefly joined the Chicago Magic Soccer Club in Frankfort, Ill., in 2006. Barnes then became the Technical Director of the Concorde Fire Soccer Club in Atlanta from 2006-11. Barnes completed his club coaching career at the CSB Soccer Academy in Columbus, Ga., from 2012-14, where he was the Founder and Director of Coaching.

Barnes earned his Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Sciences from UNC Asheville in May, 2002. In December 2013, he graduated from Columbus State University with a Masters of Teaching.

Colin holds a USSF National Youth License, a USSF National GK License, a USSF "A," "B," "C" and "D" License and NSCAA Premier and GK Level "I" and "II" licenses.

John Roman

Volunteer Assistant Coach

johnr@gators.ufl.edu

Florida

Division 1

John Roman is in his third season as Florida's volunteer coach this fall and will coach the Gators trio of goalkeepers.

Before joining the Gators in January of 2016, Roman enrolled in the University of Floridas graduate school to study performance psychology. He received his Masters degree in 2017, and is currently pursuing a doctorate through the University of Floridas Performance Psychology Laboratory.

Roman coached the goalkeepers at Fairfax High School in Northern Virginia before relocating to Florida. During that time, he also worked as a research analyst specializing in big data and analytics in the Washington, D.C. area.
 
In addition to his studies and coaching responsibilities, Roman is Vice President of Research and Analytics for Mission6Zero, a company founded by United States Special Forces soldiers that improves business executive and professional athlete performance during stress.

John Roman is also a proud Elon Phoenix, avid TK Little, and connoisseur of chocolate cake.

Manya Makoski

Assistant Coach

mmakoski@umd.edu

Maryland

Division 1

Makoski boasts a spectacular resume at the national and professional level, including playing at one time with 13 of the 23 players that made up the roster of the United States 2015 World Cup champions. Makoski has played with two FIFA World Players of the Year (Marta, Carli Lloyd), and helped the US capture the 2002 FIFA U-19 World Cup title.
The Bridgeport, Conn., native was a national team stalwart at a variety of age groups from 2002-to-2008. Makoski was a member of a pair of U-21 national teams that won back-to-back Nordic Cups in 2004 and 2005. She then won the same championship as a player on the U-23 national team in 2007 and was a member of the full national team pool in 2008.
For those youth national teams, Makoski joined up with notable US standouts such as Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe, Heather OReilly, Lauren Holiday and Amy Rodriguez.
Makoski played alongside Marta, the five-team FIFA World Player of Year, as a member of the Los Angeles Sol of Womens Professional Soccer (WPS). The Sol won the WPS Regular Season title in 2009 and advanced to the WPS Playoff finals. Other notable players on that Sol roster included Japanese World Cup Champion Ali Miyama, French international stalwart Camille Abily and World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist Shannon Boxx.
The following season, Makoski moved on to play for the WPS Atlanta Beat, where she played alongside World Cup and Olympic champion Tobin Heath. Makoski transitioned her career to Iceland for Thor/KA in 2011 and helped lead the squad to a fourth-place league finish and the first round of the UEFA Champions League while being voted to the leagues first-half Best XI.
Makoski continued her time in Europe for Aland United in Finland and was voted Naisten Liiga Player of the Year after breaking the league record for goals. She also served as a team captain.
She moved back to the United States to play for Sky Blue FC in 2013 and guided the team to a National Womens Soccer League (NWSL) semifinal appearance. After a brief stint back with Aland United in 2014, where she played in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Makoski retired from professional soccer.
Makoski had a decorated college career at Arizona State from 2002-to-2006, including being named a Freshman All-American in 2002. Makoski also flourished in the classroom, earning NSCAA Academic All-American honors in 2004 and being named an ASU Sparky Female Scholar of the Year award recipient. Makoski graduated with bachelors degree in journalism and mass communication from Arizona State in 2006 before earning a masters degree at the University of New Haven in business administration in 2008. 
As a coach, Makoski has served in various roles in clubs throughout Connecticut, including as a staff coach at USSF training centers in the state. She is also an accomplished writer, penning columns and blogging for websites including ussoccer.com, nbcolympics.com and the WPS website; womensprosoccer.com.

Drago Ceranic

Volunteer Assistant Coach

drago-ceranic@hawkeyesports.com

Iowa

Division 1

Drago Ceranic is in his third season as a volunteer assistant coach with the University of Iowa soccer program.

In 2019, Ceranic helped guide Iowa to one of the best seasons in program history.  The Hawkeyes opened the season with nine straight wins en route to a No. 17 national ranking, the highest in program history.  Iowa tied a school record, winning 15 games, including seven in Big Ten play, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history.

The Hawkeyes tied a school record with three All-Big Ten selections and senior Natalie Winters became the first player in program history to earn postseason recognition in all four seasons.  Winters was also an all-region honoree for a second straight season.

Iowa was one of the Big Tens most potent offenses, ranking second in the league and 26th nationally, with 46 goals.  The Hawkeyes had an NCAA-best 16 different goal scorers in 2019.  Defensively, Iowa posted eight shutouts and limited opponents to seven or fewer shots in 13 games.

The Hawkeyes shined academically as Iowa was the only school in the country to have two first-team Academic All-Americans.  Iowa also had three United Soccer Academic All-Region and a school-record 19 Academic All-Big Ten selections.

During his first season as a Hawkeye, Ceranic helped the Hawkeyes to an 8-7-3 overall record and a 4-5-2 mark in Big Ten play.  Iowa was in Big Ten Tournament contention until the final game, but fell short after battling Northwestern to a 1-1 draw.  Junior Natalie Winters was a third-team all-region and third-team All-Big Ten selection Iowas first all-region honoree since 2014.

In the classroom, Iowa earned the United Soccer Team Academic Award for a 12th straight season and the Hawkeyes had two Google Cloud Academic All-Americans the first two in program history.  Kaleigh Haus was a first-team selection; Hannah Drkulec earned second-team honors.  Iowa also had 10 players earn Academic All-Big Ten honors, 25 players with a 3.0 GPA or better, 14 Deans List, and 4 Presidents List honorees during the spring semester.

Ceranic has coached with the Cedar River Soccer Association since 2009 and he has been a part of Iowas Olympic Development Program since 2016.  With the CRSA, Ceranic helped the team to three Iowa State Cup titles (2013 U16 boys, 2014 U15 girls, and 2014 U17 boys).  He also coaches three state runner-up teams.

Ceranic also coached with with Vermont Voltage of the Premier Developmental League (PDL) from 2008-11, he was junior varsity head coach at Linn-Mar (Iowa) High School from 2010-11, and was the junior varsity head coach at Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Xavier High School in 2009.

As a player, Ceranic played collegiately at Mount Mercy (Iowa) University, where he was a four-time All-Midwest Collegiate Conference selection. He was the Mustangs Newcomer of the Year in 2006, was team MVP in 2007 and 2008, and was a three-year team captain.  Ceranic also was a three-time all-academic selection and was named to the NAIA Champion of Character Team in 2009.

Ceranic played professional soccer for the Voltage from 2008-11, where he was team captain in 2010-11.

The Serbia native graduated from Mount Mercy in 2010 with a degree in multi-media design and communications.  He holds his USSF C coaching license

Richard Beebe

Assistant Coach

rbeebe1@olemiss.edu

Mississippi

Division 1

Richard Beebe, who joined the program prior to the 2014 season, has made an instrumental impact in the Rebels success.

Beebe helped the program to its best season yet in 2015, as the Rebels advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in school history.

A good portion of the programs recent consistency can be credited to Beebe, who wears many hats in the volunteer assistant role.

He cuts up all game film for the Rebels, helps scout opponents prior to matches, and assists in numerous roles in practice. Head coach Matt Mott, who was alerted of Beebes work ethic through a mutual friend, called him an unsung, absolute godsend to our program, reiterating Beebes importance to Ole Miss soccer.

Beebe joined the Rebels after serving as an assistant coach at his alma mater, William Carey, where he was also a standout soccer player himself.

As an assistant at William Carey, Beebe helped lead the womens team to the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) championship in 2013 with a perfect 11-0 record in conference play and outscoring foes 53-to-6 on the season. It was the first SSAC title for William Carey.

He helped the team advance to the Sweet 16 of the NAIA tournament while posting an 18-5 record on the season and a final ranking of 10th in the national polls. Beebe worked with the defenders at William Carey and helped coach Lauren Satcher to third team NAIA All-America honors and second team All-America honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

During the 2011 and 2012 seasons, Beebe served as the head coach of both the boys and girls soccer teams at Greene County High School, leading the girls team to the South State finals in both seasons.

He also coached the Hattiesburg Futbol Club for four seasons and served as the Assistant DOC for the last season under Danny Owens.

Beebe lettered four years at William Carey, serving as a starter all four years of his career. He served as team captain in 2009 and was named a Gulf Coast Athletic Conference first team selection that season. Beebe helped lead his team to the GCAC Championship in 2008 and 2009, while also helping the squad claim the GCAC Tournament Championship in 2007.

He earned a bachelors degree in education with a minor in biology from William Carey in 2010 and a masters degree in secondary education in 2012.

Brandon Denoyer

Assistant Coach

brandon.denoyer18@gmail.com

Richmond

Division 1

Brandon DeNoyer, one of the bright young minds in collegiate soccer joined the Mississippi State soccer program announced by head coach Tom Anagnost in August 2017.
 
"Brandon is great person who is eager and hungry to be the best he can be," Anagnost said. "He is a good communicator who cares about the players and wants what is best for the team. To get such an experienced Division I first assistant for this position is incredible, and we are all very happy he is here with us."
 
DeNoyer comes to MSU after a successful six-year stint at Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., where he helped lead the Saints to the 2015 Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference crown. At Siena, DeNoyer was the lead assistant coach and was over the day-to-day operations of the program. He was also responsible for the primary goalkeeper training for the Saints and trained the 2014 MAAC Goalkeeper of the Year.
 
A native of Scotia, N.Y., DeNoyer joined Siena after three seasons as an assistant coach for his alma mater State University of New York (SUNY)-Old Westbury, where he assisted with the men's soccer program and was a volunteer goalkeeping coach for the womens squad.
 
In addition to his collegiate coaching experiences, DeNoyer has a wealth of experience training goalkeepers and other positions through camps and extended club coaching experience.
 
DeNoyer holds Regional, National, and Advanced National diplomas from NSCAA as well as a United States Soccer Federation "D" License.
 
As a player, DeNoyer played four years at SUNY at Old Westbury from 2004-2008, where he earned bachelor's degrees in both media communications and American studies.
 

Kelly Madsen

Assistant Coach

kelly.madsen@rice.edu

Rice

Division 1

HOUSTON Kelly Madsen has joined the Rice soccer staff as an assistant coach, Owl head coach Nicky Adams announced on Monday (February 5).

Madsen joins Rice from Stephen F. Austin University where she worked the last seven seasons. Off the field she organized the team travel and equipment, served as the programs academic coordinator and was the director of camp operations. Madsens work helped SFA retain its status as the top womens soccer program in the Southland Conference. In her seven years with the Ladyjacks the team won five regular season conference titles and played in the SLC Tournament Final a total of six times.

I am so excited to be adding Kelly Madsen to our staff, said coach Adams, the 2017 Conference USA Coach of the Year. Kelly has proven to be a successful coach at SFA and we are looking forward to have her and husband Patrick join our program. She is so passionate about positively affecting young women, and her competitiveness and love of the game is a perfect fit with the culture of our program.

In her seven seasons Madsen helped the Ladyjacks compile an eye-opening 99-34-7 record with a host of individual honors and statistical records for the student-athletes. She was part of the 2012 coaching staff that saw SFA play in the NCAA Tournament.

Madsen came to SFA after serving two years as an assistant coach at the University of Dubuque (Iowa). She helped lead the Spartans to their first-ever Iowa Conference Tournament title and first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009. Madsen assisted in all areas of the program, specifically recruiting, scouting of opponents and daily training.

A native of Pensacola, Fla., Madsen starred as a midfielder for the University of South Alabama from 2004-2008. She was a First Team All-Sunbelt Conference honoree and selected to the Sunbelt Tournament Team. Madsen scored 22 goals and added 20 assists over her collegiate career. After graduation, she played professionally in England for Portsmouth Women's Football Club and in the W-League for the London Gryphons (London, Ontario).

Madsen currently holds her NSCAA National Diploma and NSCAA Level III GK Diploma. She obtained her bachelor's degree in communications in 2008 and her master's degree in communications in 2011.

The Rice soccer program hired Madsen after a sensational 2017 season where the Owls went 12-4-2 overall, won the C-USA regular season title and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Coach Adams recently completed her seventh full season at the helm of the Rice program and has been at the University since 2003.

Patrick Seymour

Volunteer Assistant Coach (Goalkeepers) (Second Email)

patrick.seymour@csulb.edu

Cal State Long Beach

Division 1

Patrick Seymour enters his third season as Long Beach State's goalkeepers coach.

Seymour came to the Beach after working with the UCLA men's soccer team from 2009-13. During his five years, the Bruins advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight four times and to the College Cup in 2011. He coached both Brian Perk and Brian Rowe to All-American seasons in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Rowe spent 6 years, 2 as the starting keeper for the LA Galaxy and has since moved on to the Vancouver Whitecaps. In addition, Seymour mentored Earl Edwards, who earned All-America recognition in 2013.

Seymour was the head goalkeeper coach for the Cal-South ODP program from 2002-11, and was a member of the goalkeeping staff for the Region IV ODP program where he trained and helped develop over a dozen youth national and regional team members. He also won three national titles with his teams.

Seymour has had a strong presence on the club scene as well, working with Beach FC, Santa Clarita United, Santa Monica United and the Westside Breakers. He also coached the soccer team and serves as an associate professor in the kinesiology department at Santa Monica College.

After a two year junior college career, Seymour transferred and played at Chico State from 1997-99 and graduated in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in political science. He went on to earn in his master's degree in exercise science in 2010.

Jenny Jaggard

Assistant Women's Soccer Coach

jjaggard@csuchico.edu

Chico State

Division 2

Jaggard is in her fifth year as part of the Chico State women's soccer coaching staff. Jaggard has helped guide the Wildcats to the first round of the NCAA playoffs in 2017 ranking fourth in the West region.  In  2014 and 2015 helping to take the wildcats to CCAA Championship Tournament appearances. 
 
Jaggard joined Kim Suttons staff following a six-year stint coaching at her alma mater, Douglas High School in Minden, Nev. Jaggard logged five seasons leading the junior varsity squad before taking over as the Tigers varsity head coach in 2013. She was part of the Douglas High coaching staff that guided the program to back-to-back Nevada 4A state championships in 2010 and 2011.
 
As a player, Jaggard excelled at Douglas High, earning the Sierra League MVP and Sierra League Defender of the Year honors. She was a First Team All-Golden Valley Conference selection for Lassen College in 2003, and was twice named First Team All-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo.
 
Jaggard holds a masters degree in sports and recreation science with an emphasis in coaching soccer from Ohio University.

Kevin McCarthy

Coach

kbmccarthy@csusm.edu

Cal State - San Marcos

Division 2

Kevin McCarthy was hired in the fall of 2017 to serve as an assistant coach for the Cal State San Marcos mens soccer team.
 
McCarthy arrived at CSUSM after several coaching stints at the collegiate level. McCarthy served four years as an assistant for the Frostburg State mens soccer team, one year as the mens and womens assistant coach at Ave Maria University, and one year as assistant coach at Manhattanville College. During his time, he was responsible for tasks such as recruiting, scouting, helping with team academics and assisted in event management.
 
McCarthy received his first collegiate assistant position at William Smith College in the spring of 2011. He designed and assisted with training sessions for the womens soccer team.
 
While at Ave Maria, McCarthy also served as the head coach of the Florida Fire Juniors, an under 11 boys soccer team.
 
A May 2011 graduate of Hobart College, McCarthy served as team captain and led the Statesmen to a 52-15-12 overall record with three appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament. He was a three-time Liberty League All-Academic honoree and garnered All-Liberty League second team honors as a senior in 2010.
 
In 2013, McCarthy served as team captain while playing for the Cape Coral Hurricanes of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL).
 
While on the coaching staff at Frostburg State, McCarthy completed his MBA.
 
McCarthy received his NSCAA Advanced National Diploma in January 2014.

Kate McArthur

Assistant Coach

kmcarthur1@csub.edu

Cal State-Bakersfield

Division 1

Kate McArthur, Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at California State University Bakersfield, has a  total of 12 years of collegiate coaching experience. Entering her fourth season at CSUB, she previously spent four seasons as Head Coach over the women's soccer team at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. McArthur helped turn the Big Blue around, leading the squad to an 8-8-1 record in 2016, its best performance since 2010.


Before Millikin, McArthur was the Associate Head Coach at Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa. The squad went 4-14 in her first year but finished 9-9-1 at the end of her third and last season with the Warriors.

McArthur got her collegiate coaching start at Bemidji State in Minnesota, where she was an assistant coach. She was also a Club Trainer for the Valley Soccer Academy in West Virginia. McArthur holds an NSCAA Premier Diploma and an NSCAA Goalkeeper 1 and 2 License.

During her summers, McArthur has been a member of the Senior Staff at the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy. She also was a founder of the Rising Star Soccer Camp, which she co-owned her with brother.

Before earning a Master of Science in Sport Studies from Bemidji State, McArthur graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Davis and Elkins College with Magna Cum Laude honors. While playing at D&E, she earned All-Conference honors three times and was named the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year in 2005. She resides in Bakersfield with her wife Kristi, and their four dogs.

Sami Feinstein

Assistant Coach

sfeinstein2@csudh.edu

Cal State-Dominguez Hills

Division 2

Sami Feinstein is in her third season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Cal State Dominguez Hills women's soccer program in 2019. 

Feinstein played her whole collegiate career as a Toro from 2011-16, She was a four-year team captain from 2013-16, and saw action in 63 games. She earned All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) honorable mention accolades as a senior in 2016.

As a Toro, Feinstein was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and served as the organization's vice president in her senior year. In 2015, Feinstein was awarded the CSUDH Athletic Department's Mike Sharp Most Inspirational Female Athlete of the Year Award.

Even before hanging up the cleats, Feinstein had a extensive coaching resume. She had assistant coaching stints at Palos Verdes Peninsula HS (2017-18), Windward HS (2014-17) and South Torrance HS (2012-14). Along with coaching at the high school level, Feinstein coached youth soccer for Beach FC from 2013-18. 

A native of Costa Mesa, Feinstein received her bachelors degree in kinesiology and her masters degree in education, both from CSUDH. 

Katie Smith

Associate Head Coach -- Women's Soccer

kns@cpp.edu

Cal Poly Pomona

Division 2

Katie Smith enters her second season in 2017 as the Broncos' women's soccer assistant coach under head coach Jay Mason. 

Smith most recently served as a graduate assistant coach at Cal State Bakersfield, where she completed a Masters Degree in Sociology.

Before accepting the position at Bakersfield, Smith spent four years playing at the highest levels in Europe. She played in the Icelandic Urvalsdeild League, the French Feminine Division 1, and the German Bundesliga. Prior to playing in Europe, Smith played and graduated from Arizona State University. In her senior season, the Sun Devils Womens Soccer team was ranked #20 in the NCAA standings and attended the NCAA Division I Tournament. Smith also served as a club and high school coach before joining the Roadrunner staff.

A native of Yorba Linda, Calif., Smith played for Laguna Hills Eclipse at a youth level under well-known head coach Abner Rogers. At U18s, Smith and her team Eclipse won a National Championship in 2005.

Andre Luciano

Assistant Coach

andre.luciano@nau.edu

Northern Arizona

Division 1

Luciano holds an all-time record of 121-128-42 overall including a 52-41-17 mark in the Big Sky Conference through 15 seasons. He possesses a wealth of coaching experience from the intercollegiate level to club soccer coupled with a successful collegiate career at Indiana University that resulted in two conference championships and a NCAA Final Four appearance.
Luciano epitomizes the commitment to the student-athlete relationship, and his philosophy has produced success on the field and in the classroom. The 2014 and 2015 seasons brought about a combined 9 All-Big Sky selections, 25 Big-Sky All-Academic Team selections, one NSCAA Scholar All-Region Team selection, two NSCAA All-Pacific Region selections, one CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 13th straight year in 2015. NAU also captured its most recent Big Sky Conference Championship title in 2014, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in school history.
Through 14 years leading the program, Luciano developed 98 All-Big Sky performers while 128 players have been named to the Big Sky All-Academic Team, and 251 have been recipients for the Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award that recognizes academic and athletic success.
In 2013, the womens soccer team had 11 Big Sky All-Academic honorees, which tied for the most of all fall-Lumberjack teams, while nine players were named to the All-Big Sky conference teams. Thirty-three of the 39 players on the 2013 roster received the Golden Eagle Award.
Luciano also earned his 100th win in the last regular season match against Eastern Washington with a 2-0 win in Cheney, Wash. over the Eagles in 2013. The postseason accolades piled in for Luciano and the Lumberjacks as sophomore Cierra Gamble and senior Alana DOnofrio earned NSCAA All-Pacific Region Honors as Gamble was named second team and DOnofrio was third team. DOnofrio, senior Lauren Weaver and junior Diane Buzzard were named to the 2013 NSCAA Scholar All-West Region team for their achievements on the field and in the classroom. For his coaching on the field in 2013, Luciano was named the College Sports Madness Big Sky Coach of the Year.
In 2010, Luciano guided his squad to their first-ever regular season Big Sky title, but ultimately fell short of their third straight NCAA Womens College Cup appearance when they were defeated by Sacramento State 1-0 in the Big Sky Conference final. NAU finished the 2010 season with a 12-4-3 overall record and 6-0-1 during the conference regular season, their first unbeaten conference record in program history. The 12 wins matched the school record for wins in a season set in 2008 and their .711 winning percentage set a new school record. The Lumberjacks also posted a school record 12 game unbeaten streak, one shy of the Big Sky mark, and a school and conference record six game shutout streak that covered a span of 569 minutes and 2 seconds.
In 2010, Lucianos reputation of producing quality student-athletes was at its highest. Kristi Andreassen, the 2010 Big Sky Defensive Most Valuable Player and three-time All-Big Sky first team selection, was selected as the ESPN Academic All-American of the Year in the womens soccer University divison. She was also named to the CoSIDA/ESPN All-District Academic Team along with senior Brandy Carr, as well as NSCAA Womens College Scholar All-Americans with senior Tori Howe and junior Tori Rocke. To cap off Andreassens illustrious career at NAU, she was selected as the Female Scholar Athlete of the Year at the annual Golden Eagle Awards and the Female Athlete of the Year at the all-sports banquet.
In 2009, Luciano led the Lumberjacks to the Big Sky Championship final, where they would defeat Idaho State, 4-0, to advance to their second-consecutive NCAA Tournament and face No. 1 Stanford. NAU finished with a 10-9-2 overall record, including a 4-3 regular season Big Sky record and two wins in the Big Sky Championship to claim the conference title. The Lumberjacks shattered the Lumberjack Stadium attendance record when 2,187 fans witnessed NAU draw with Arizona, 2-2, on August 28. Juniors Andreassen and Rebekah Schmidt were CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine All-District Academic selections with Andreassen going on the earn All-American Academic Honors.
In 2008, Luciano led the womens soccer team to its first Big Sky Conference Championship in the programs 12th year of Division I competition. NAU was an automatic qualifier for the 2008 NCAA Womens College Cup-its first appearance in school history. The women were defeated by No. 2 Portland in the opening round, but went 12-7-3 overall setting a school record for wins in a season (12) and best winning percentage (.614). The Lumberjacks set or tied 16 school and stadium records and broke two Big Sky Conference records for assists in a game (14) and points (32).
In addition, Luciano mentored future Hall of Fame selection Cee Cee Odorfer to Big Sky Co-Offensive Player of the Year honors and her third straight All-Big Sky first team selection. Odorfer broke school records for points in a season (28), career assist (18), and game-winning goals (13). Also in 2008, Luciano tutored freshman Jenna Samora to Big Sky Newcomer of the Year honors.
In 2007, goalkeeper Elizabeth Winkelblech received the NSCAA/adidas Scholar Athlete Award for excellence as a student-athlete. Under Lucianos guidance, Winkelblech set six combined school records and finished in the top five in seven other statistical categories in her first year as a full-time starter. The Lumberjacks earned the best record in school history to date with a 7-7-5 overall mark, a winning percentage of .500. All five ties were 0-0 finishes which set an NCAA Division I Womens Soccer record for most 0-0 ties in a single season. NAU opened the year with a 5-2-3 record, the best start to a season through 10 matches in school history.
During the 2006 season, Luciano led NAU to a 7-10-1 record finishing sixth in the Big Sky Conference. The Lumberjacks placed nine players on the All-Big Sky All-Conference team, with three student-athletes earning first team honors. Six other Lumberjacks were recognized as All-Big Sky honorable mention. In addition to the brilliant performances on the field by Lumberjacks, Luciano mentored 10 players to All-Big Sky All-Academic recognition.
Luciano placed two players on the NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-West Region Team. Lindsey Carey and Odorfer both posted breakout seasons under Lucianos wing. Carey totaled a career-high four goals and ranked second on the team in goals scored. Odorfer led NAU in scoring for the second straight year with 15 points on six goals and three assists. The 15 points tied her for sixth in the Big Sky in 2007 for total points. Odorfer ranked in the top ten in shots, goals, and game-winnings goals.
In 2005, Luciano directed the Lumberjacks to a 10-11-0 record, their best finish in his first five years with the program and the most wins in program history. NAU went 4-2-0 in conference play, tying Lucianos best finish in the Big Sky while at NAU prior to the 2008 season in which the Lumberjacks were 4-1-2 in the Big Sky. The women played to a second-place finish at the Big Sky Conference Championships and posted a number of offensive records including most goals, assists and points in a season. The postseason berth marked Lucianos second appearance in the Big Sky tournament and his first showing in the finals.
Also in 2005, Luciano placed 10 athletes on the All-Big Sky All-Conference teams, which was the most in school history at the time and has since been equaled in 2008 and 2010. He added seven more selections to the All-Academic All-Big Sky team.
During the 2004 campaign, Luciano earned two impressive non-conference wins against Illinois State (1-0) and Western Illinois (1-0, OT) out of the Missouri Valley Conference and Summit League, respectively. The Lumberjacks finished 5-11-2, but could easily have gained several more victories as three matches went to double overtime.
In the 2003 season, the Lumberjacks posted a school-record four consecutive league wins en route to the best conference start in school history. NAU advanced to the Big Sky Championships for the first time since 2000. Under Lucianos direction, eight players earned All-Big Sky honors in 2003 including the leagues first-ever two time offensive MVP, Sierra Cristiano.
In his first two seasons, Luciano led the Lumberjacks to a pair of historic wins. In his inaugural season in 2001, the Lumberjacks upset in-state rival Arizona State 1-0. In 2002, NAU upended Big Sky foe Montana, a feat equaled again in 2003 and 2005.
A native of Las Vegas, Nev., Luciano has built the NAU program with a Southwest influence with the majority of the roster from Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and California. Luciano has since expanded his recruiting net to include prep players from Canada, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington. His 2007 recruiting class received critical acclaim from notable soccer publications. The class became the first in NAU history to be nationally-ranked in the Soccer Buzz Top 100. The 2008 class was equally as strong ranking 33rd in the West Region.
Luciano came to Flagstaff from Tucson, Ariz., where he spent two seasons as an assistant for the Arizona program. Luciano joined the Wildcats staff in 1999. In 2000, he served as recruiting coordinator for a rebuilding Arizona team. Luciano has also worked with the Washington, Arizona and Nevada Olympic Development Programs (ODP), and was an assistant coach for the Utah State womens program in 1998. Prior to Utah State, Luciano was an assistant coach with the Washington State women for the 1995 and 1996 seasons and also coached in the Washington East ODP during that time. Before heading back west, Luciano served as a co-head coach for the girls program at McCauley High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was the coach of Team Acceleration, an under-17 girls club program.
As a player, Luciano began his career at Yavapai Community College in Prescott, Ariz. He was named the ISAA/adidas Goalkeeper of the Year and the NJCAA Tournament Most Valuable Goalkeeper after leading Yavapai to the NJCAA championship in 1990. In 2011, he was inducted into the NJCAA Soccer Hall of Fame.
Luciano transferred to Indiana for his final two seasons and became one of the top goalkeepers in the country at the Division I level. He helped the Hoosiers to Big Ten championships in 1991 and 1992 and back-to-back NCAA berths. The squad advanced to the Final Four in 1991 and the Elite Eight in 1992. Luciano was selected Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year in 1991 and finished in the top-10 in the nation both seasons in goals against average.
Luciano stayed on with the Hoosiers during the 1993 season, serving as an undergraduate assistant coach while completing his degree. He graduated from Indiana in 1993 with a degree in American history. Luciano and Lori Kutch were married May 23, 2009 in Pittsburgh.
3 Big Sky Offensive MVP awards (Cee Cee Odorfer 2008; Sierra Cristiano 2002, 2003)
Big Sky Defensive MVP award (Kristi Andreassen 2010)
4 Newcomer of the Year (Chelsea Bednarz, Jenna Samora, Cee Cee Odorfer, Jesyca Rosholt)
102 All-Big Sky selections
143 players named to Big Sky All-Academic Team
288 Golden Eagle Award Recipients
13 straight NSCAA Team Academic Awards (2003-15)
10 NSCAA All-Region selections (Lindsey Carey, 2005, 2006; Cee Cee Odorfer, 2006, 2008; Kristi Andreassen 2010; Alana DOnofrio, 2013; Cierra Gamble, 2013; Diane Buzzard, Sarah Tarver, Haley Wingender 2014)
4 Golden Eagle Top Scholar Athletes (Lindsey Carey 2006; Elizabeth Winkelblech 2007; Kristi Andreassen 2010, Diane Buzzard 2014)
10 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 (Cee Cee Odorfer: 1st Team 2005, 2006; Lindsey Carey: 1st Team 2006, 2nd Team 2005; Kristi Andreassen: 1st Team 2009, 2010; Rebekah Schmidt: 3rd Team 2009; Brandy Carr: 3rd Team 2010; Elinor Priest, 1st Team 2012, 2nd Team 2013; Haley Wingender, 1st Team 2015)
ESPN Academic All-American of the Year (Kristi Andreassen 2010)
2 CoSIDA Academic All-American (Kristi Andreassen: 1st Team 2010, 2nd Team 2009)
NSCAA All-Far West (Sierra Cristiano 2003)
3 NSCAA All-West (Kristi Andreassen 2010; Tori Howe 2010; Tori Rocke 2010)
4 NSCAA All-Scholar Team (Sierra Cristiano: 3rd Team, 2003; Kristi Andreassen: 1st Team, 2010; Tori Howe: 3rd Team, 2010; Tori Rocke: 3rd Team, 2010)
2 NAU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Lindsey Carey 2006; Kristi Andreassen 2010)
6 Golden Axe Award (Lindsey Carey 2006; Kristi Andreassen 2010; Anna Clark 2011; Tori Howe 2011; Ally Cwiekowski 2012; Diane Buzzard 2015)
Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete (Elizabeth Winkelblech 2007)

Chris Wells

Assistant Coach

wellschristo@seattleu.edu

Seattle

Division 1

Seattle University women's soccer hired Chris Wells as an assistant coach for the 2018 season. Wells most recently served as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Highline College for the last five years.

Wells helped Highline to a Northwest Athletic Conference title in 2017, as the team went 19-0-1. The Thunderbirds won at least 14 games in each of Wells five seasons with the team, including 3 top 20 national rankings.

As head coach of the Seattle Stars last season, Wells was named 2017 Northwest Premier League Coach of the Year after guiding the Stars to a 9-1-0 record and a regular season title. Prior to that stint, Wells was a volunteer assistant with the Seattle Reign for three seasons. The Reign won two National Womens Soccer League Shields in his tenure.

JJ Wozniak

Assistant Coach

joseph.wozniak@unlv.edu

Nevada-Las Vegas

Division 1

This upcoming Fall 2019 season will be J.J. Wozniak's 5th season with the UNLV Women's Soccer Program.  Prior to the start of the Fall 2017 season, J.J. was promoted to the position of Associate Head Coach.  Coach Wozniak has helped the Rebels enjoy a good deal of success on the field since he got onto campus in August 2015.  The Rebels won the Mountain West Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships in 2016 and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament.  The team lost a hard fought match (0-2) at Nationally Ranked BYU but got back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2006 season.  Since his arrival, UNLV has accumulated an overall record of 51 wins, 27 losses, 6 draws and have consistently been Regionally Ranked in the 2016, 2017, and 2018 seasons. 


Wozniak has been involved in coaching soccer on either the collegiate or club level since 2000, when he started out as an Assistant Coach and the Goalkeeper Coach for the Fresno State Men's Program.  He was also the top Assistant Coach for the Men's team at Belmont University from August 2011 to February of 2014, and handled numerous duties including: organizing and conducting practices, game day preparations, film analysis, travel, recruiting and he was also in charge of all summer and winter camps.  From June 2001 to August 2011 and from March 2014 to August 2015, Wozniak was the Director of Coaching for California Odyssey Soccer Club based out of Clovis/Fresno, CA.  From August 2015 to June 2017, he was the Director for Downtown Las Vegas Soccer Club.  Currently, J.J. works for Heat FC, as both a Staff Coach and College Recruiting Coordinator.
 

Michaela Supple

Assistant Coach

supplem@unm.edu

New Mexico

Division 1

Mick Supple begins her first season as the University of New Mexico women's soccer director of operations.

Supple comes to UNM after graduating as Valedictorian at Arkansas State in the spring, completing her degree in exercise science with a 4.0 GPA.

She came to Arkansas State to play goalkeeper, but after being named medically exempt due to concussions, she served as an undergraduate assistant coach for the program during the rest of her tenure. She worked for the program interpreting the information on the players' Polar heart rate monitors while helping perform day-to-day operations during practice and on the road. In her final season, she served as the goalkeeper coach for the team with the starting keeper being named second-team all-conference.

Supple also interned for the Arkansas State strength and conditioning program in spring of 2017, served on the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for four years, was a Student Athletic Advisory Committee Member in spring of 2016 and the Dean Student Advisory Committee in spring of 2017.

Supple is an Albuquerque native and attended Albuquerque Academy, where she helped the Chargers to five consecutive girls soccer state championships as an all-state goalkeeper. 

Ben Parman

Assistant Coach

ben.parman@gcu.edu

Grand Canyon

Division 1

Ben Parman enters his 5th season with the Grand Canyon women's soccer team in 2023, having been hired in January 2018. Parman joins the Lopes after a three-year stint with fellow WAC member New Mexico State.
 
A goalkeeper in his playing days, Parman works primarily with the goalkeepers, team travel, scouting and day-to-day operations.

In his five seasons at GCU, Parman has helped coach a pair of GCU goalkeepers that ranked in the top three in saves in the WAC. In 2018, redshirt senior Abby Burton led the WAC with 103 saves and was the only goalie in the conference to reach the century mark in saves that season while earning three WAC defensive player of the week honors. In, 2019 Parman coached freshman Lauren Garthwaite to First Team All-WAC honors, a first for the GCU program. Garthwaite finished with 93 saves, the seventh most by a freshman in Division I and set a GCU single game record with 16 saves against California Baptist.

At New Mexico State, Parman again coached goalkeepers to WAC honors. In 2017, New Mexico State freshman Dmitri Fong, had a break out year finishing the season with a 1.28 goals against average and five shutouts earning Second Team All-WAC honors. In 2016 Parman coached Ashley Martin who recorded 88 saves which was good for second most in program history.
 
Prior to New Mexico State, Parman served as the head coach at Lyon College from 2011-2014 at the NAIA level. Parman left the program winningest coach with a 34-34-3 record. His teams also earned National Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards every year he was at the helm.
 
Parman coached junior Ana Waldman to NAIA All-American honors after she broke the schools single-season records in goals (21) and points (46) in 2014. Parman also coached a conference player of the year, freshman of the year and a total of six all-region players. In his four years, the Scots tallied 18 all-conference honorees including nine first-teamers.
 
Prior to his time at Lyon, Parman spent three seasons (2008-10) as an assistant for both the mens and womens program at Division II Hendrix College in Conway, Ark coaching the goalkeepers. Parman played a crucial role in turning the womens team around from being the worst team in conference to being  in the top-half of conference.
 
During his time in Arkansas, Parman also worked with the states Olympic Development Program as one of the head coaches and the programs official goalkeeping coach.  He was also the director of goalkeeping for the Arkansas Rush Soccer Club.
 
Parman is a 2008 graduate of Luther College where he received his bachelors degree in business management with an emphasis in sports management.  He was a four-year starter at goalkeeper and finished his career ranked fifth all-time in program history with a 1.08 goals against average. In four seasons he only allowed 23 goals in over 1,900 minutes played while accumulating 113 saves and eight shutouts.
 
Parman is an active member of the NSCAA and holds numerous licenses and diplomas, including an NSCAA National Diploma and NSCAA Goalkeeping Licenses.

Tim Barrera

Head Coach

tim.barrera@unco.edu

Northern Colorado

Division 1

Barrera enters 2016 with a 220-188-34 record in his 23rd career as a head coach, and bolsters a 159-143-32 record at the helm of UNC. He has more than doubled the previous Northern Colorado record for wins by a soccer head coach and now has more wins than the rest of the UNC soccer coaches combined. In 2015, Barrera led the Bears to a 13-8-2 overall record, 7-2-1 mark in conference and a Big Sky Championship title after defeating the University of Idaho in penalty kicks. Barreras first conference title earned the Bears a NCAA tournament berth, where they faced the PAC-12s Arizona Wildcats. Barreras talented squad didnt go unnoticed last season. In total, five UNC players collected post-season honor. Madeline Chase and Kassy Castillo made the NSCAA All-West Region team, and both picked up Big Sky Conference awards along with Adrienne Jordan, Mariel Gutierrez and Brooke Braden. Thirteen players were given Big Sky All-Academic honors. Jordan also became the Berras first National Womens Soccer League (NWSL) draftee, going in the fourth round to the Chicago Red Stars. She has since signed to play with Swedens Ostersund. In his 18th season leading the Bears, he is the longest-tenured head coach at Northern Colorado. Barrera and the Bears made a trip back to the Big Sky Championships for the fourth time in 2014 after finishing with a 5-2-2 record in conference play in 2015. No team was able to come into Greeley and leave with a win, as the Bears finished 4-0-3 at Jackson Stadium. The team also was recognized for the fourth straight year for academic performance by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. After the 2014 campaign, seven student-athletes were honored to the Big Sky All-Conference team while Natalie D'Adamio earned Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, her second consecutive award. Thirteen were also named to the Big Sky All-Academic team. Following a banner 2011 season, Barreras team got off to a strong start in 2012, going 3-0 to open Big Sky Conference play and earning a ranking in a national poll before falling shy of qualifying for the conference tournament via a fourth-place tiebreaker with Weber State. The Big Sky recognized eight members of the team to the All-Conference teams that year, including DAdamio, who was named Goalkeeper of the Year.  Twelve soccer student-athletes were named to the Big Skys All-Academic team. Led by a number of gifted seniors, 2011 was one of Barrera's best with the Bears as he helped lead Northern Colorado to a share of its first Big Sky Conference Soccer championship. The Bears finished the season with an 8-7-5 (4-1-2 Big Sky) record and tied with Portland State for the best conference record in the Big Sky. Since the Bears defeated Portland State earlier in the year, they earned the right to host their first Big Sky Women's Soccer Championship. Eventually, Barrera saw his team's season end in a penalty-kicks loss to Montana in the tournament semifinals. Barrera's 2010 campaign was a success, as he led the Bears to a 10-6-3 overall mark and a fourth-place finish in the Big Sky. The team qualified for its second trip to the Big Sky Conference Tournament after the season. In 2009, coach Barrera led his young team to a 6-10-1 overall mark while finishing in a tie for sixth place in the conference.  The season was marked by the coming-out of sophomore sensation, Ariel Cook, who became the Bears' leading scorer. In his tenth season with the Bears, Barrera led his squad to a 7-13-0 overall record.  The team struggled to compete on the road, but finished the season with a 6-4 mark at home.  Barrera's team finished in seventh place in the Big Sky with a 2-5-0 record. In 2008, Barrera, who led the Bears to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments at the Division II level, helped Northern Colorado through the reclassification process, which the athletic department completed prior to the 2007 school year. To go along with his most recent Big Sky championship, Barrera has also led Northern Colorado to a pair of North Central Conference Championships (1999 and 2001) and a pair of Division II NCAA Tournament berths (2001 and 2002). His squads have also won six NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) Team Academic awards, four NSCAA Team Ethics awards, set or tied 15 school records and won 13 or more games four times. In his first year at the helm of the Bears' program in 1999, Barrera was named NCC coach of the year for his efforts. In 2007, Barrera led the Bears to the Big Sky Conference Championship game in their first year of postseason eligibility since the reclassification . It was the first time in school history that any sport had accomplished such a feat.   In total, Barrera has coached 13 all-region and 52 all-conference selections at Northern Colorado. Barrera helped Northern Colorado's Mandy Nilsen become a two-time All-American in 1999 and 2001. She was the only Division II athlete to make the NSCAA/adidas All-American Scholar first-team, and she graduated from Northern Colorado holding virtually every Bears scoring record. Before joining the Northern Colorado staff, Barrera served as head coach at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. In five years there, he led the Soaring Eagles to five consecutive winning seasons, posting a 58-31-3 (.647) record overall. During Barrera's tenure, Elmira earned its first NCAA and Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) postseason appearances (1997 and 1998). In the process, Barrera produced six NSCAA Regional All-American performers and six NSCAA All-Academic Scholars, while his squads received team academic and ethics awards from the NSCAA in 1997 and 1998. While at Elmira, Barrera was also active in the governance of collegiate women's soccer, as he served as the chairman of the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletics Association (NYSWCAA) Soccer Committee. He was also a member of the New York Regional Ranking Committee. Prior to arriving at Elmira, Barrera spent one year (1993) as head women's coach at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., one year as director of player development at the Northeast Attack Soccer Club (in Wilkes-Barre) and one year as a student assistant coach at Virginia Tech. He holds a B License from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and a premier diploma from the NSCAA. Barrera earned his bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech in 1986 and his master's degree from Elmira College in 1998. While at Virginia Tech, he was a four-year starter (1981-84) and graduated as the program's all-time leading scorer with 19 goals. He was named to the Virginia All-State team as a senior (1984) and was also honored as the team's most valuable player after helping the Hokies to an 8-8-2 record under legendary coach Jerry Cheynet (238 career wins). Barrera, who was born in Ithaca, N.Y. but raised in Freehold, N.J., serves as Northern Colorado's director of soccer camps, and also works with the Northern Colorado Soccer Club and is a member of the Colorado State Youth Soccer Association (CSYSA) State Olympic Development Program staff.


Tim Barrera
Head Soccer Coach




Tim Barrera enters 2016 with a 220-188-34 record in his 23rd career as a head coach, and bolsters a 159-143-32 record at the helm of UNC. He has more than doubled the previous Northern Colorado record for wins by a soccer head coach and now has more wins than the rest of the UNC soccer coaches combined. In 2015, Barrera led the Bears to a 13-8-2 overall record, 7-2-1 mark in conference and a Big Sky Championship title after defeating the University of Idaho in penalty kicks. Barreras first conference title earned the Bears a NCAA tournament berth, where they faced the PAC-12s Arizona Wildcats. Barreras talented squad didnt go unnoticed last season. In total, five UNC players collected post-season honor. Madeline Chase and Kassy Castillo made the NSCAA All-West Region team, and both picked up Big Sky Conference awards along with Adrienne Jordan, Mariel Gutierrez and Brooke Braden. Thirteen players were given Big Sky All-Academic honors. Jordan also became the Berras first National Womens Soccer League (NWSL) draftee, going in the fourth round to the Chicago Red Stars. She has since signed to play with Swedens Ostersund. In his 18th season leading the Bears, he is the longest-tenured head coach at Northern Colorado. Barrera and the Bears made a trip back to the Big Sky Championships for the fourth time in 2014 after finishing with a 5-2-2 record in conference play in 2015. No team was able to come into Greeley and leave with a win, as the Bears finished 4-0-3 at Jackson Stadium. The team also was recognized for the fourth straight year for academic performance by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. After the 2014 campaign, seven student-athletes were honored to the Big Sky All-Conference team while Natalie D'Adamio earned Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, her second consecutive award. Thirteen were also named to the Big Sky All-Academic team. Following a banner 2011 season, Barreras team got off to a strong start in 2012, going 3-0 to open Big Sky Conference play and earning a ranking in a national poll before falling shy of qualifying for the conference tournament via a fourth-place tiebreaker with Weber State. The Big Sky recognized eight members of the team to the All-Conference teams that year, including DAdamio, who was named Goalkeeper of the Year.  Twelve soccer student-athletes were named to the Big Skys All-Academic team. Led by a number of gifted seniors, 2011 was one of Barrera's best with the Bears as he helped lead Northern Colorado to a share of its first Big Sky Conference Soccer championship. The Bears finished the season with an 8-7-5 (4-1-2 Big Sky) record and tied with Portland State for the best conference record in the Big Sky. Since the Bears defeated Portland State earlier in the year, they earned the right to host their first Big Sky Women's Soccer Championship. Eventually, Barrera saw his team's season end in a penalty-kicks loss to Montana in the tournament semifinals. Barrera's 2010 campaign was a success, as he led the Bears to a 10-6-3 overall mark and a fourth-place finish in the Big Sky. The team qualified for its second trip to the Big Sky Conference Tournament after the season. In 2009, coach Barrera led his young team to a 6-10-1 overall mark while finishing in a tie for sixth place in the conference.  The season was marked by the coming-out of sophomore sensation, Ariel Cook, who became the Bears' leading scorer. In his tenth season with the Bears, Barrera led his squad to a 7-13-0 overall record.  The team struggled to compete on the road, but finished the season with a 6-4 mark at home.  Barrera's team finished in seventh place in the Big Sky with a 2-5-0 record. In 2008, Barrera, who led the Bears to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments at the Division II level, helped Northern Colorado through the reclassification process, which the athletic department completed prior to the 2007 school year. To go along with his most recent Big Sky championship, Barrera has also led Northern Colorado to a pair of North Central Conference Championships (1999 and 2001) and a pair of Division II NCAA Tournament berths (2001 and 2002). His squads have also won six NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) Team Academic awards, four NSCAA Team Ethics awards, set or tied 15 school records and won 13 or more games four times. In his first year at the helm of the Bears' program in 1999, Barrera was named NCC coach of the year for his efforts. In 2007, Barrera led the Bears to the Big Sky Conference Championship game in their first year of postseason eligibility since the reclassification . It was the first time in school history that any sport had accomplished such a feat.   In total, Barrera has coached 13 all-region and 52 all-conference selections at Northern Colorado. Barrera helped Northern Colorado's Mandy Nilsen become a two-time All-American in 1999 and 2001. She was the only Division II athlete to make the NSCAA/adidas All-American Scholar first-team, and she graduated from Northern Colorado holding virtually every Bears scoring record. Before joining the Northern Colorado staff, Barrera served as head coach at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. In five years there, he led the Soaring Eagles to five consecutive winning seasons, posting a 58-31-3 (.647) record overall. During Barrera's tenure, Elmira earned its first NCAA and Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) postseason appearances (1997 and 1998). In the process, Barrera produced six NSCAA Regional All-American performers and six NSCAA All-Academic Scholars, while his squads received team academic and ethics awards from the NSCAA in 1997 and 1998. While at Elmira, Barrera was also active in the governance of collegiate women's soccer, as he served as the chairman of the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletics Association (NYSWCAA) Soccer Committee. He was also a member of the New York Regional Ranking Committee. Prior to arriving at Elmira, Barrera spent one year (1993) as head women's coach at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., one year as director of player development at the Northeast Attack Soccer Club (in Wilkes-Barre) and one year as a student assistant coach at Virginia Tech. He holds a B License from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and a premier diploma from the NSCAA. Barrera earned his bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech in 1986 and his master's degree from Elmira College in 1998. While at Virginia Tech, he was a four-year starter (1981-84) and graduated as the program's all-time leading scorer with 19 goals. He was named to the Virginia All-State team as a senior (1984) and was also honored as the team's most valuable player after helping the Hokies to an 8-8-2 record under legendary coach Jerry Cheynet (238 career wins). Barrera, who was born in Ithaca, N.Y. but raised in Freehold, N.J., serves as Northern Colorado's director of soccer camps, and also works with the Northern Colorado Soccer Club and is a member of the Colorado State Youth Soccer Association (CSYSA) State Olympic Development Program staff.

Taylor Houck

Assistant Coach

thouck@caltech.edu

Cal Tech

Division 3

The Caltech Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation has named Taylor Houck as the inaugural Head Coach for the new women's soccer program.

Houck joins Caltech with two seasons of Division III coaching experience along with professional playing experience overseas. She spent two years as an assistant coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio following four years of playing experience at Division I Villanova University and a stint in the highest-level league in Finland. With Houck's assistance, Oberlin posted its first winning record in 25 years and earned its first-ever NSCAA regional ranking while being recognized with the NSCAA Academic and Silver Ethics Awards. She was also responsible for managing the social media channels of the Heisman Club, an organization composed of Oberlin letter-winners interested in the well-being of Oberlin Athletics.

A two-time Team MVP and All-BIG EAST selection at Villanova, Houck earned her bachelor's degree in sociology and has completed her USSF 'E" National License along with NSCAA Goalkeeper Levels 1, 2 and 3 Diplomas. She has also coached at various youth clubs, including the Excalibur Soccer Club in North Olmstead, Ohio; Pallokissat Youth Team in Finland; and FC Bucks in Hollands, Pa.

Jaime Acuna

Assistant Coach

jacuna11@yahoo.com

Occidental

Division 3

Acuna started working with both the men and women goalkeepers at Occidental College in 2006. He is now entering his 18th season at Oxy, working both with goalkeepers and field players on the women's side. Acuna has trained and helped Oxy's Robin Fieldman earn SCIAC Goalkeeper of the Year honors in 2011, and Sydney Tomlinson earn United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American in 2018.

Cole Schmit

Assistant Coach

cschmit@uw.edu

San Diego State

Division 1

Cole Schmit enters his sixth season as an assistant coach at San Diego State.

In his four seasons with the Aztecs, Schmit has helped guide SDSU to the programs tenth and 11th Mountain West championships and earned a spot in the NCAA tournament in 2017.
While on Montezuma Mesa, 14 Aztecs earned All-Mountain West recognition, seven of which were first-team honors and included a pair of first-team honors for midfielder Chloe Frisch. Frisch was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year in 2020 and, in addition, Anna Toohey (2020) and Laura Fuentes (2018) have garnered Mountain West Newcomer of the Year honors. Six student-athletes, Frisch and Mia Root (2017), Fuentes (2018). Rachelle Elve (2019), and Toohey and keeper Alexa Madueno (2020) earned inclusion on the leagues All-Newcomer Team.

He has guided four players to United Soccer Coaches All-Region distinction, Frisch and Fuentes (first and second teams in 2020, respectively) and Stacie Moran and Alyiah Utush (first and second teams in 2017, respectively). In the two Mountain West tournaments the Aztecs have participated in in his time on The Mesa, seven players have earned All-Tournament Team selection.  Eight times SDSU players have garnered the Mountain West Player of the Week Award.

Schmit arrived at San Diego State from Santa Barbara where he was a womens soccer assistant coach at Westmont College, which is an NAIA institution that competes in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC). In two seasons, he helped the Warriors to a 32-8-4 record, a pair of league titles and two trips to the NAIA tournament.

In his first season on the Westmont campus, Schmit and the Warriors won the 2015 GSAC regular season and tournament championships en route to an NAIA quarterfinal appearance. One season later, Westmont advanced to the Round of 16. In addition to the team success, Schmit helped the Warriors collect two GSAC Player-of-the-Year awards, three All-America accolades and eight all-conference honors.

Prior to his time at Westmont, Schmit, who owns a USSF E License and an NSCAA Goalkeeping 1 Diploma, was a mens soccer volunteer assistant coach at Pacific in 2014. In his one season in Stockton, he helped the first-year program become what is now considered a contender in the West Coast Conference.

Schmit played collegiately at California Baptist where he helped the Lancers to a 58-21-4 record after scoring 10 goals and logging nine assists in 83 games (59 starts). In his time at CBU, the Lancers won the NCCAA Division I national championship in 2011 and 2012 and won the 2011 Pacific West Conference title. Individually, Schmit was an NSCAA/NCCAA Division I first-team All-American and an All-PacWest first-team midfielder in 2012. His success on the field translated in the classroom as he earned a spot on the All-PacWest academic team three times and was recognized as an NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.

Schmit graduated cum laude with a bachelors degree in marketing from California Baptist in 2014.

Kerry Smith

Assistant Women's Soccer Coach

kerry.smith@ucr.edu

Cal-Riverside

Division 1

Former Women's Premier League player and Division I head coach Kerry Smith joined the UC Riverside coaching staff in March of 2018.
 

Smith comes to the Highlanders following four years as the head coach at Washington College. In each of her first two years there, she led the Shorewomen to set the school record for the fewest goals allowed in a season. The team would go on to post its best non-conference record in program history the following year. During Smith's tenure, the Shorewomen also excelled in the classroom. In 2015-16, they posted the fifth-highest grade-point average among the nation's collegiate women's soccer teams.
 

In 2013, Smith served as an assistant coach for Temple University, helping the program achieve one of its most successful seasons in the American Athletic Conference in recent memory. Not only was Temples 4-0 start to the season its best ever, but the Owls' scoring output increased by over 70% from the 2012 season.
 

Smith also served several two-year stints as an assistant coach at Jacksonville State, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and Virginia Military Institute. In 2011, as a graduate assistant at JSU, she coached the teams offense, resulting in the Gamecocks tripling their scoring output. The following year, Jacksonville State accomplished its first winning season in nine years, going 10-8-2. Smith helped steer academics significantly, the Gamecocks achieved the highest grade-point average out of all the Ohio Valley Conference teams, being awarded the NSCAA Academic Team Award.
 

At UMBC, she recruited one of the programs strongest incoming classes in history, which included two American East Conference All-Freshman Team selections. During her time, Smith cut the goals allows by nearly 50%, and received an NSCAA Academic Team Award.
 

As an assistant coach at VMI, Smith helped the Keydets have their most successful season in program history and doubling its wins from 2007 to 2008. Smith coached the team's goalkeepers to VMI's lowest goals-against average and most shutouts in program history. Recruited and coached the Virginia State Rookie of the Year, the Big Souths leading goal-scorer, and the Big South Freshman of the Year. Academically, VMI earned the NSCAA Academic Team Award.
 

Smith's coaching experience also includes time at the club and Olympic Development Program (ODP) levels with Plantation Eagles Soccer Club in Florida, Freestate Soccer Alliance in Maryland, Fusion Soccer Club in Alabama, and the Alabama Olympic Development Program.
 

A four-year letter-winner at Nova Southeastern University, Smith has played for the Leeds United Ladies, the Doncaster Belles of the Women's Premier League, and with the Miami Kickers of the Women's Professional Soccer League in 2007.
 

From Leeds, England, Smith has earned a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing from Nova Southeastern in 2006 and completed an M.S. in Emergency Management at Jacksonville State. She holds an NSCAA Advanced National Coaching License and an NSCAA National Goalkeeper License. She is also a 2009 graduate of the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy.

Tyler Schatz

Assistant Coach

schatztw@vcu.edu

Virginia Commonwealth

Division 1

Schatz returns to the sidelines for his fourth season as an assistant with the Rams for the 2018 season after serving as a graduate assistant for two seasons. Schatz primarily works with the goalkeepers at VCU who only gave up 15 goals in 2017 (.71 GAA). Schatz also works with Richmond United ECNL as the Head Goalkeeper Coach. Prior to his time in Richmond, Schatz spent time playing in southern Spain with the CD Cieza Professional Team. His playing career including a two-year stint as the starting keeper for Kenyon College, where he helped the program earn a national ranking and its first NCAA Tournament berth in over a decade. He earned his degree in history and statistics from Kenyon in 2012 and his Master's in Sport Leadership from VCU in 2014.

Scott Krotee

Assistant Coach

scottkro9@comcast.net

Saint Joseph's (PA)

Division 1

Scott Krotee enters his fifth season as a volunteer assistant coach on the Saint Josephs mens soccer staff in Fall 2018. Krotees primary responsibility is working with SJUs goalkeepers.

From 2016-17, Krotee coached goalkeeper Greg O'Connell to three Philadelphia Soccer Six Defender of the Week honors and two Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week honors in a pair of seasons in which O'Connell recorded nine wins and seven shutouts in 34 appearances. Under Krotee's direction and in just two seasons as SJU's primary goalkeeper, O'Connell broke into SJU's all-time top ten in career goals against average (1.54), career saves (150, through 35 career matches), and career shutouts (7).

From 2014-15, Krotee coached goalkeeper Bobby Edwards to 2014 Philadelphia Soccer Six All-Rookie Team honors, as well as six weekly accolades between the A-10 and Philadelphia Soccer Six. Additionally, Krotee coached O'Connell to Philadelphia Soccer Six Defender of the Week honors after the sophomore's first collegiate appearance in 2015.

Previously, Krotee played professionally for four years. In 2015 and 2016, he was ranked among the "Top 100 American Goalkeepers Prospects for the 2018 World Cup."

Most recently, he was the goalkeeper for the Harrisburg Heat out of the Major Arena Soccer League. In 2015-16, he played 10 matches totaling 194 saves in 578:55 for a .721 save percentage. In 2014-15, Krotee played one full match, making 13 saves, before suffering a season-ending injury.

Prior to the Heat, Krotee signed with MLS's Columbus Crew USL Pro affiliate club Dayton Dutch Lions on June 2, 2014 and appeared in one match over the course of that season.


From 2013-14, Krotee competed for the Pennsylvania Roar of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In nine games with the Roar, he posted a .706 save percentage in 346:34 to earn MISL All-Rookie Team accolades.

In 2012, Krotee made appearances with Reading United AC, the MLSs Philadelphia Union player-development partner, in the Premier Development League, with whom he posted a 0.55 goals-against average in 165 minutes in net.

Krotee enjoyed a decorated four-year career as a Division I goalkeeper at Gardner-Webb University from 2008-12. Krotee ranked fifth nationally in total saves (107) and sixth nationally in saves per game (5.94) in his senior season and led the Big South in shutouts as a junior. He graduated with school records for lowest career goals-against average (1.39) and lowest single-season goals-against average (1.10).

A 2012 College Sports Madness All-Big South Preseason Second Team selection, the senior captain was twice named to the Soccer For A Cure All-Tournament Team and earned 2011 Big South Conference Championship All-Tournament Team honors. In 2008, he received the inaugural Wilson Soccer Alumni Association Scholarship and was a member of the Disney Soccer Showcase National Championship squad.

Krotee spent three seasons with Reading United AC U-20 from 2006-09. Prior to that, he was a member of the Olympics Development Program First Team (USA EPYSA) from 2002-04.

Krotee earned his masters degree in international marketing from Saint Joseph's University in Fall 2015.

Womens 2016 - Regular Season Champions - 40th in Nation - A10 All Rookie Team GK Cameron Perrot - A10 All Championship Team GK Grace Bendon

Daniel Palmer

Head Women's Soccer Coach

dpalmer@oberlin.edu

Oberlin

Division 3

Dan Palmer completed his sixth season as the head women's soccer coach at Oberlin College in 2018.

In six seasons he has completely revamped the program, raising the team's level of play and competitiveness while creating a culture of winning. In 2014, the Yeowomen tied a school record with 10 wins after combining for 10 wins in the three seasons prior (2011-13). The 2014-2017 seasons were the most succesful four year stretch in program history.

The Palmer File
In 2014 he led the Yeowomen on a nine-matching winning streak en route to a 10-8 season and 3-5 mark in the NCAC
Has led the team to the best four-year stretch in program history (2014-17)
Instructed four-time All-NCAC selection Gwennie Gardiner. Gardiner earned United Coaches All-Great Regional First-Team honors and was the first  NCAC Offensive Player of the Year in school history. 
Mentored All-NCAC First-Team Selection Gwennie Gardiner (2016, 2017) and Second-Team honoree Maddi Kimball (2015, 2017) and has coached eight other All-NCAC players over his first five years
Teams have been honored for academic excellence by the USC (NSCAA) each year of Palmer's tenure
Helped 2015 graduate Kate Frost set the school record for shutouts in a season (5) and career (12). She also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors in 2013
His 2013 Yeowomen team was also one of 26 teams in the country to earn the Nation Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Gold Award for Ethics and Sportsmanship. Oberlin totaled 1,637 minutes on the pitch without receiving a red or yellow card
Came to Oberlin after a successful nine-year tenure as the head men's soccer coach at nearby Case Western Reserve University where he compiled a record of 87-65-16 while leading the Spartans to two University Athletic Association Championships and two NCAA Tournament appearances
Two-time UAA Coach of the Year, Palmer's teams were ranked in the nation's top-20 three times, including as high as second in 2007. During his time with the Spartans, he also mentored numerous All-Americans and Scholar-All Americans.
Served as the head men's soccer coach at Hiram for two season (2002-03).  Previously, he worked as the head women's soccer coach at William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri, from 1996-01 - compiling a 70-47-6 record - before also taking over its inaugural men's program from 1997 to 2001. 
A 1981 graduate of North Central College (Illinois), Palmer got his start in coaching at his alma mater where he served as the head men's coach from 1984 until 1989. He also earned a master's degree from Northeastern Illinois University in 1989

Chris Moraga

Assistant Coach

cmoraga@andrew.cmu.edu

Carnegie Mellon

Division 3

Christopher Moraga was hired as a full-time assistant coach for the Tartans women's soccer program in March 2018.

"Chris will be an excellent addition to our staff," said Struble. "He is a believer in Division III athletics and knows the national landscape of D3 women's soccer. We had an excellent group of candidates for the position but feel Chris is the one that will help us take the next step in achieving our team goals."

With more than 10 years of coaching experience, Moraga will join the Carnegie Mellon coaching staff after a five-year stint at Whittier College in Whittier, California. Moraga served as an assistant coach at Whittier, helping to lead the Poets to the NCAA tournament for just the second time in school history after winning the 2017 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC).

Additionally, Moraga has experience as a club and high school coach, as he got his start with the Crusaders Soccer Club in San Diego, California. While at Whittier, Moraga also worked as a staff coach and college advisor for the Fullerton Rangers, and as a staff coach for U.S. Youth Soccer.

"I would like to thank head coach Yon Struble for giving me this amazing opportunity to be a part of a world class institution that strives for excellence in the classroom and on the field," said Moraga. "During my interview process I was blown away by the passion and pride the administration and players have for Carnegie Mellon; I knew instantly that CMU is the institution that I wanted to call my next home and can't wait to be part of the Tartan family!"

Moraga holds his National C and National Youth License coaching certifications from the United States Soccer Federation, received his Premier Coaching Diploma from United Soccer Coaches and was a 30 Under 30 Program selection in 2016.

Martin Desmarais

Head Coach

mjd@mit.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Tech

Division 3

Martin Desmarais, a five-time NEWMAC Coach of the Year honoree and three-time United Soccer Coaches New England Regional Coach of the Year, enters his 14th season at the helm of MITs Womens soccer program in 2022 coming off four straight NEWMAC Tournament Championship titles and five straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

Desmarais first joined the program as an assistant coach in 2005. He became head coach in 2008, since then, he has led MIT to four NEWMAC Championship titles, seven consecutive regular season crowns and eight NCAA tournament appearances, making it to the Sweet Sixteen in 2012 for the first time in program history and again in 2017. Desmarais, who has totaled 153 wins over that span, became the first coach in program history to reach 100 career wins after his squad defeated Worcester State on September 6th, 2016.

Desmarais led the Engineers to their best seasons in program history over five straight years beginning in 2016. In that span, MIT posted an overall record of 96-14-9 and a mark of 45-2-3 in NEWMAC play. The Engineers took home five NEWMAC Regular Season titles, four NEWMAC Championship crowns and made five appearances in the NCAA Tournament with their best finish coming in 2021 when the team reached the Elite for the first time in program history. 

With a career record of 195-52-34, Desmarais is the programs all-time leader in wins and winning percentage (.800) and has the most postseason victories with 25.

Desmarais came to MIT from Framingham State University where he served as an assistant womens soccer coach. Prior to joining Framingham State, Desmarais worked as a media relations assistant for the Boston Breakers of the Womens United Soccer Association.

A 1997 graduate of Stonehill College in North Easton, Mass., Desmarais was a member of Stonehills ice hockey team. He went on to earn a masters degree in media studies from The Pennsylvania State University in 1999.

Desmarais has his NSCAA Advanced National Diploma, NSCAA National Diploma, NSCAA Advanced Regional Diploma, as well as NSCAA State and Regional Goalkeeping Diploma.

Amanda Hamilton

ahamilt3@bates.edu

Bates

Division 3

A graduate of St. Lawrence University, 2017 marks Amanda Hamilton's second year on the Bates coaching staff. She played four years of varsity soccer at St. Lawrence and was part of the program that saw its first NCAA championships appearance since 1989 as well as two consecutive Liberty League finals appearances.

Hamilton earned All-Academic Liberty League honors all four years at St. Lawrence and interned with the SLU department of athletics in a variety of roles.

Hamilton was a coerver coach for four years with the Lake Placid Soccer Centre working with internationally renowned players and coaches. She was an assistant and a head club coach for U12, U14 & U16 Girls FC Freeze teams out of Canton, N.Y. She is currently a head coach for Seacoast United Maine u11 White Premier and assists with their junior academy development program. 

Brooke Lincoln

Head Coach

blincoln@apu.edu

Azusa Pacific

Division 2

The 2018 season will be Brooke Lincoln's first at Azusa Pacific. She was named the fifth head coach for the Azusa Pacific women's soccer program history in January.

Lincoln has served as the head coach at Asbury University (Ky.) for the past five seasons. During her tenure with the Eagles she has tallied a 51-40-5 overall record. She had a decorated tenure at the NAIA school. She won three regular season River State Conference titles (formerly the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), two league tournament titles which earned two berths into the national tournament. Lincoln was named the conference Coach of the Year on two occasions. In addition, she coached three Conference Players of the Year and 17 all-conference players.

Lincoln went to Asbury after serving as a graduate assistant at Belhaven University in Jackson, Miss. During the 2012 season Lincoln helped Belhaven reach the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament for the first time in its third season in the league. The Blazers finished eighth in the  conference that had the top seed in the NAIA National Tournament. During Lincoln's two years with the Blazers, she handled recruiting in the south region as well as in the state of Mississippi. Although a graduate assistant, Lincoln was the only assistant coach on staff and often ran training sessions. She was also charged with coordinating summer camps, bringing in more than 400 campers during the course of the summer as well as 10 teams.

Prior to joining the staff at Belhaven, Lincoln was the head girls' soccer coach at Terry High School in Terry, Miss., for two years. At Terry, Lincoln guided the squad to the state Final Four for the first time in school history and garnered a ranking as high as No. 6, finishing the year at No. 12.

She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Mississippi College. Lincoln has a Master's Degree in Sports Administration from Belhaven University.

Breann Nelson

Assistant Coach

breann_nelson@redlands.edu

Redlands

Division 3

Breann Puchalski was tabbed the first full-time assistant women's soccer coach for the University of Redlands' highly acclaimed program in August 2016.  She returned to Redlands as a familiar face to the Bulldogs, having competed for Head Coach Suzette Soboti for four years and previously worked as an assistant coach for the Maroon and Gray.

Prior to joining Bulldog Athletics, Puchalski served as the head coach of the Murrieta Surf Soccer Club and successfully led her team to the championship game in seven out of eight tournaments. During the 2015 season, she coached her squad to a second-place finish in Flight 2 of the Southern California Development Soccer League.

Puchalski also brings solid coaching experience from her time as an assistant coach with the Pateadores IER (Inland Empire Region) Club Team and as the head coach of the freshman and junior varsity soccer teams at Redlands East Valley High School. From 2010 to 2013, she guided the Wildcats to the CIF Division II Junior Varsity Championship.

While previously coaching at Redlands, she served as a co-director of the collegiate ID camps in 2012 and 2013, before helping the Bulldogs make their first NCAA appearance since her playing days.

As a student-athlete, Puchalski made significant contributions to the program that resulted in a conference title in 2008 and a pair of NCAA appearances in 2008 and 2010.  As a sophomore, she landed on the All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) First Team, before earning First-Team All-Region honors. In 2010, she was instrumental in the Maroon and Gray's exciting run that resulted in Redlands' best postseason finish in program history with a third-round showing at the NCAA Division III Championships.  She graduated with a degree in Biology and a minor in Physical Education.

Puchalski entered college competition having gained more than 10 years of experience while playing at Redlands East Valley High School and with Los Gauchos Soccer Club.  

She brings an abundance of knowledge of soccer techniques, game strategy, and leadership skills. Puchalski prides herself on her ability to develop customized training sessions for a single player or the entire team. She strives to pinpoint a players strengths and weaknesses, and will work to develop and improve their game to produce better results in the future.

Outside of her soccer knowledge, she also offers two years of experience of working at Physiotherapy Associates in Loma Linda as a rehabilitation aide.

Puchalski currently resides in Angelus Oaks with her dogs Cyan and Rylee. 

Fred Delgado

Assistant Coach

fred.delgado@dixie.edu

Dixie State

Division 2

Freddy Delgado is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Trailblazer Women's Soccer program.

Coach Delgado comes to Dixie State after spending several years coaching at the NCAA Division I level, most recently as the head coach at New Mexico State University for four seasons from 2014-17. Prior to his arrival in Las Cruces, he served as head coach at Arkansas-Little Rock from 2008-12, where he helped lead the Trojans to pair of Sun Belt tournament appearances and to the 2009 SBC tournament title game.

Delgado also spent seven seasons as an assistant at Louisiana-Monroe from 2001-07, at which he played an integral role in the Warhawks success from day one. During his time at ULM, he helped produce 26 all-conference selections, four Academic All-Americans and helped the Warhawks to a school record 14-6-2 season in 2004.

He was a standout collegiate soccer player at RMAC member Regis University from 1993-97. Delgado then began his coaching career at his alma mater, where in four years as an assistant coach (1997-2001) he helped guide the women's program to the 1999 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular-season championship and a conference tournament title in 2000.

During his time at Regis, Delgado also served on staff of the Colorado Olympic Development Program from 1997-2001.

Delgado gained additional experience as the head coach of the Colorado Rush U-16 boys team from 1999-2001, and served as the club director of the NELSA Soccer Association from 2001-2008. In 2005, Delgado also has his United States Soccer Federation "A" license, the highest certification offered for collegiate soccer coaches.

Mike Archuleta

Coach

marchul4@uccs.edu

Colorado-Colorado Springs

Division 2

Mike Archuleta

GOALKEEPER COACH

Michael Archuleta is a UCCS Alumni that returned to UCCS for the 2017 Fall Season. Archuleta brings club, high school and collegiate coaching experience to the UCCS coaching staff.
 
Archuleta was the head coach of the mens soccer team at Palmer High School from 1999 to 2007. During that time, he also coached at the club level with Pikes Peak Rush. In 2012, Archuleta was named as the Goalkeeping Director of Coaching for Pride Soccer Club. He continued to coach Pride teams while running the goalkeeper training program. Archuleta eventually entered into the collegiate arena when he was brought in as the goalkeeper coach for the US Air Force Womens soccer team. He coached at the USAFA for 3 seasons before joining the UCCS coaching staff for 2017.
 
Archuleta had a long playing career including 4 seasons as a Mountain Lion from 1997 2001. After graduating from UCCS, Archie continued his playing career with the Colorado Springs Stampede/Ascent in the PDL, the Colorado Lightning and the Denver Dynamite, both in the Professional Arena Soccer League.
 
Archuleta currently holds his NSCAA National Diploma, NSCAA Goalkeeper 1,2 and 3 and USSF C License. 
 

Elizabeth Howard

Interim Assistant Women's Soccer Coach

ehoward002@regis.edu

Regis (CO)

Division 2

Elizabeth "Izzi" Howard joins the women's soccer program as the graduate assistant women's soccer coach in 2018.

Howard earned her degree from Montana State University-Billings where she was a two-year member of the women's soccer team. While there, she was presented the Quest for Excellence Award for demonstrating teamwork, hard-work, dedication, discipline and passion on the women's soccer team. Prior to MSU-Billings, she spent her freshman and sophomore seasons at Arkansas State University, being named to the Academic Honor Roll in 2013 and 2014.

Her coaching experience includes stints as the head coach for the Magic City SC during the spring of 2016. She also served as the assistant women's soccer coach at Montana State University-Billings in the spring of 2016. Additionally, Howard was the Academy Coach at Challenger Sports in Sacramento/Los Angeles in the fall of 2016 and in Denver during the fall and spring of 2017.

Howard hails from Bristol, England and will pursue her Master's of Education in Secondary Education.

Brent Reis

Assistant Coach

breisgktraining@gmail.com

Hope Int'l (CA)

NAIA

My name is Brent Reis and Im an assistant at Hope International University. I am a GK coach at Hope as well. 

I have coached at University California Irvine and Chapman University in the past. Along with coaching college I have coached 9 years on the club side, 6 years at several High schools, and currently own a GK training business called Different Breed Goalkeeping where I am the head trainer as well. 

Hope is looking for a Gk that will be confident  in all aspects of the position, esp with communication, playing out of the back, and tactical awareness. 

Josh Gibbs

Assistant Coach

joshua.gibbs@arizonachristian.edu

Arizona Christian

NAIA

Josh Gibbs is currently the assistant womens soccer coach at Arizona Christian university and has been since 2018. Before ACU he was an assistant coach for both the mens and womens teams at Benetictine university-mesa where he helped start the program in 2015. 
Josh also spent one year as an assistant coach at mesa community college in mesa AZ. 

Gibbs has 16 years of coaching experience at the club, high school and junior college level in the Phoenix-area, having started his coaching career in 2000.

He is currently the head varsity girls coach at Sandra Day OConnor high school in Phoenix Az. He has been at OConnor for 8 years. 

Gibbs also coaches at Phoenix Rising FC where he currently coaches U-14-U-17 state and ECRL girls teams.

Tim Marchisotto

Assistant Coach

tmarchisotto@gmail.com

Benedictine Mesa

NAIA

Head Coach Tim Marchisotto, joined the men's soccer staff as Associate Head coach for the inaugural season beginning in 2016 before transitioning to the NAIA in 2017. He became Head Coach for the men's program in 2020 and Head Coach for the women's rogram in 2018. He successfully led the mens program to the California Pacific Conference playoffs in their first three years in NAIA play and women in their second year.

He currently manages the Phoenix Lights Football Club that fields mens and womens teams. Additionally, Coach Marchisotto serves as a coach for Arizona's Olympic Development Program.

Marchisotto served as the General Manager and Coach for Sporting AZ FC, a member of the United Premier Soccer League, where he led them to a Conference Championship in 2017 & 2018, along with a spot in the UPSL National Championship game and 3rd round of US Open Cup. 

Marchisotto was as an assistant coach at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Ariz.) until 2015. He helped the Eagles to a 12-5-1 overall record and a 9-2 record in the California Pacific Conference and to the Championship game. The Eagles returned to the conference playoffs again the following year.

Marchisotto was a long time assistant mens and womens coach at Grand Canyon University during the 2000s and started his college coaching on the east coast at Bowdoin College and Stevens Institute of Technology.

Josh Juarez

Assistant Coach

josh.juarez@biola.edu

Biola

Division 2

Biola University Women's Soccer Assistant Coach. 

Jesse Olivas

Assistant Coach

jolivas@lasierra.edu

La Sierra

NAIA

Coach Olivas enters his seventh year as Head Men's Soccer Coach at La Sierra University in Riverside, California after serving a year as Associate Head Coach for the Golden Eagles. Prior to coming to La Sierra he served as the assistant Men's and Women's soccer coach for three years at his alma-mater, University of the Southwest (Hobbs NM). Olivas helped lead the Mustangs to three straight Conference tournaments, and the women's program to the national tournament (2006). Coach Olivas is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and is licensed through the United States Soccer Federation.

Jesse Olivas graduated with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Human Development from the University of the Southwest. He currently is a candidate for a Masters in Mental Health Counseling.

As a player he Captained the Mustangs to their first playoff appearance in school history, he also received a number of awards including Red River All-Conference and Honorable mention All-American.

Jim San-Martin

Head Coach

jsanmartin@usk.edu

Saint Katherine

NAIA

University of Saint Katherine, Director of Soccer, Head Men's and Women's Soccer Coach, in San Marcos, California(North County San Diego)

Coach Jim San-Martin has enjoyed a long coaching career.  He has coached college soccer now for 12 years, 7 at the Division 1 level at both San Diego State and Loyola Marymount University.  His personal coaching mentors include, Los Angeles Galaxy Head Coach Sigi Schmid and former Colorado Rapids Assistant Coach and US Soccer Federation Instructor Rene Miramontes.  

This will be Jim's second season at the University of Saint Katherine and continues to build the Firebirds into a high level competitive small school soccer program.  USK is a very small University with a 9:1 student to professor ratio, with many majors, most prominent in Kinesiology, Sciences, Business and Liberal Studies.  We are looking for student athletes that would like to receive an incredible education and help to build a soccer program into one the of the top small school soccer programs in the nation.

I'm looking forward to watching each and every one of you play and getting to know all of you!  Good luck and work hard!

Mike Gentry

Assistant Women's Soccer Coach

mgentry6@yahoo.com

San Diego-Miramar

Junior College

Mike Gentry is in his Eleventh season with the Miramar Womens Soccer Team. The first 9 years he was the Asst. Coach / Goalkeeper Coach and the  last 2 years as the Head Coach.

Coach Gentry has been in the San Diego soccer community for over 30+ years. He has specialized in training goalkeepers for the last 20+ years.  During his tenure at Miramar, the goalkeepers have been named Goalkeeper of the Year twice, achieved four 1st team and four 2nd team All-PCAC awards, and have been named PCAC Player of the Week (all sports) four times. 

Coach Gentry has been involved in all aspects of the San Diego soccer scene since 1986 (coach, referee and player).  His coaching experience comes from elite clubs such as Colorado Rush (3 years), San Diego Soccer Club (11 years), 12 years of local high school coaching, 20+ years of soccer camps and on the USYF Futsal Western Region and National Coaching staffs (since 2011).

Coach Gentry earned his US Soccer National "C" license in 2000, US Soccer Goalkeeper license in the inaugural course of 2006, and an NSCAA Goalkeeping Diploma in 2011 and USYF Futsal license in 2015.