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Brian Dunleavy was hired as an assistant coach on July 16, 2019 after spending six seasons as the head coach at Georgia Southern.
Dunleavy works primarily with States defenders. In his first season, MSU allowed just 12.5 shots per game, which ranks fourth in program history. The Bulldogs have now allowed fewer than 13.0 shots per game in three straight seasons and four of the last five years.
His defenders posted 12 points in 2019, including two players who scored their first career goals.
During his tenure at Georgia Southern, the Eagles won 41 matches, making him the second-winningest head coach in program history. Dunleavy led the Eagles to the Sun Belt Conference semifinals in 2014 and 2017 and was an assistant when GSU won the Southern Conference tournament in 2012.
His 2014 squad posted the programs best record and highest conference finish since 2002, going 11-6-2 and finishing third. That season, Dunleavy also guided the Eagles to their highest standing in the final RPI while two players earned first-team all-conference honors and one made the leagues second team.
As a head coach, Dunleavy oversaw teams that earned five all-conference selections and four NCSAA/United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards. Before he was promoted in 2013, he spent two seasons as an assistant for the Eagles.
In that time, the Eagles made their first conference tournament appearance since 2007, won their first conference title, made their first NCAA Tournament appearance and posted their first winning season since 2002. While serving as an assistant, Dunleavy also worked as a staff coach with the Georgia Olympic Development Program.
Dunleavy spent two years coaching at Division II Saint Leo University in Dade City, Florida where he worked with the mens soccer program. While at Saint Leo, the Lions, posted a 15-15 overall record. Dunleavy was responsible for opponent scouting and the teams conditioning program.
Before his time with Saint Leo, Dunleavy was the head mens soccer coach at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, an NCAA Division III institution in the Bronx, New York, where he spent a year directing the Dolphins.
Dunleavy enjoyed a four-year playing career at Hofstra University (1999-02). Following his playing career, he joined the staff at his alma mater as an assistant coach in 2003. He helped the program win back-to-back Colonial Athletic Association Championships which garnered the team NCAA Tournament appearances in 2004 and 2005.
He holds an NSCAA National Coaching Diploma and graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in English and American Literature from Hofstra University.
John Roman is in his sixth year as Florida's goalkeeper coach and will coach the Gators quad of goalkeepers.
Before joining the Gators in January of 2016, Roman enrolled in the University of Florida's graduate school to study performance psychology. He received his Masters degree in 2017, and is graduating in 2021 with a doctorate through the University of Florida's 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.
Gwilliam returns to Tech after coaching the Hokies for three seasons from 2007-2009. He will serve as a goalkeepers coach, assist with recruiting efforts and help with many other aspects of the program. Gwilliam most recently served as an assistant coach at Colorado College, where he primarily worked with goalkeepers and defenders, as well as playing a role in the recruiting efforts. In his two seasons with the Tigers, he helped coach the team to 20 shutouts and 156 saves. In 2013, the Tigers were the Conference USA regular season and tournament champions and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. During his two seasons at Colorado College, Gwilliam coached five NSCAA Scholar All-Americans, one NWSL draft pick, five all-region players and multiple CUSA and Mountain West all-league players. Prior to his time at Colorado College, he was the head coach at Temple University from 2011-2012. While heading the Owl program, Gwilliam recruited and coached two All-Atlantic and 10 A-10 all-freshman team members. The team had the highest statistical ranking in school history in goals against and save percentage He has also been an assistant at Virginia Tech, Marshall and The Citadel. The Quakertown, Pennsylvania, native was an assistant with the 2009 Tech team that advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first-time in program history. During his first stint in Blacksburg, the program achieved its then-highest-ever finish in the ACC in 2009, coupled with an ACC Tournament finals appearance in 2008 and a semifinals appearance in 2009. In 2008, the womens program set a school record for shutouts and fewest goals against and in 2009, matched the feat again. Also, the teams goalkeeper was named, for the first time in school history, to numerous national awards, including Soccer America National Team of the Week, and ACC All-Tournament teams. Gwilliam was a goalkeeper at Elizabethtown College during his college years from 1997-2000, where he earned his bachelors degree in social studies education. He was first-team All-Middle Atlantic Conference selection and earned all-academic honors all four years. He helped the Blue Jays win a conference championship and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Gwilliam has received an NSCAA premier diploma and national goalkeeping diploma. He returns to Blacksburg with his wife Krista and his two sons, Benjamin and Jackson.
Dustin Stein enters his fifth season as assistant coach for the Pitt womens soccer program.
Stein has been integral to the turnaround of the Panthers program in his two seasons in Pittsburgh. Last year, Pitt snapped a three-year winless streak (0-25-3) in ACC play with a 2-1 overtime win over Boston College that was followed by a 2-1 win over NC State, who advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.
With head coach Randy Waldrum and associate head coach Ben Waldrum, the staff secured one of the largest and most talented recruiting classes in program history for 2019 in what their first official recruiting class. As one of the nations youngest programs in the country, Pitt had nine freshmen combined to start 92 matches in the season. Forward Amanda West earned a spot on the All-ACC Third and Freshmen Teams, the first Panther to earn All-ACC honors, and defenders Athalie Palomo and Mackenzie Edwardsboth started in every game played.
Stein came to Pitt after five seasons as head coach of Eastfield College, where he was the winningest coach in program history.
While at Eastfield, his teams tallied 14 or more wins in each of his last three seasons, and boasted a record of 42-12-3 in that stretch. Eastfield was amongst the top 10 NJCAA programs in each of the last three seasons as Stein was named the 2015 NJCAA Region 5 Division 3 Coach of the Year and the Metro Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
Stein coached two NJCAA All-Americans, two NJCAA Region 5 MVPs, 13 All-Conference first team honorees and 15 All-Conference second team honorees.
A certified athletic trainer, Stein joined the FC Dallas staff in 2012 as a member of its medical team. In 2016, he was promoted to associate head coach of the FCD Women, working alongside Ben Waldrum in the semi-professional womens soccer league.
Stein and his wife, Alyssa, reside in Cranberry Township with their son Brecken.
Andre Reis, enters his fourth season with the Brown University womens soccer program in 2021-22 as a volunteer assistant coach with an emphasis on goalkeeping.
Reis a key part of the 2019 United Soccer Coaches East Region Staff of the Year helped guide the Bears to a historic season in 2019 in which the team earned its first Ivy League title and NCAA appearance since 1994. Brown set program records for wins in a season (14), home wins in a season (11), and shutouts in a season (13).
In 2019, the Bears posted an overall record of 14-2-3 alongside an undefeated 6-0-1 mark in Ivy League play, finishing the year unbeaten in conference play for the first time since 1994. Brown notched an 11-0-1 mark at home, including an 11-0-0 record during the regular season. The Bears advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament after topping Monmouth in a penalty kick shootout, 4-1.
The Bears distinguished themselves as one of the top defensive teams in the country, ranking second in the NCAA in goals allowed (eight), third in save percentage (.890), and fourth in GAA (0.40). Over the course of 2019, Brown tallied six All-Ivy selections (including the Ivy League Rookie of the Year), five All-Region choices, 10 Ivy League weekly awards, four selections to Top Drawer Soccers Team of the Week, four All-New England picks, two Scholar All-Americans, the ECAC Rookie of the Year, and the teams first All-American since 2000. In the final national rankings, Brown stood at No. 11 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll, No. 13 in the NCAA RPI, and No. 23 in the United Soccer Coaches poll. Browns 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.
During his first year with the team in 2018, the Bears concluded the season with 29 goals, marking their highest goal total since netting 37 goals in 2006. He coached five All-Ivy selections, including First Team All-Ivy honoree Abby Carchio 20 and Ivy League Rookie of the Year Rebecca Rosen 22. Goalkeeper Christine Etzel 19 earned a spot in the NEWISA Senior Bowl.
A native of Fall River, Mass., Reis played at Durfee High School and at the collegiate level at Massasoit Community College and UMass Dartmouth. He then trained with SC Paiense in Portugal and currently plays with Saint George Futsal in the National League of Professional Futsal.
Reis has a USSF C license and completed his Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma from United Soccer Coaches in 2019.
Burns is in his 8th season as an Associate Head Coach for Texas A&M-Commerce, bringing with him over 25 years of coaching and teaching experience. The program is coming off a 9th consecutive winning season, finishing In the top half of the conference. During the last 8 years the team have been selected to the NCAA national tournament 4 straight years and advanced to the sweet 16 two times. The program has numerous conference titles, individual All-Americans and Scholar All-Americans throughout this time. For 2022 the Lions athletic programs will move to NCAA Division 1 and begin competition in the Southland Conference.
Burns spent the previous 17 seasons as the head coach at Austin College in Sherman, building the Kangaroo program from scratch. He compiled a 176-117-26 (.592) record while leading Austin College to three NCAA tournament berths, the 2000 American Southwest Conference championship and four-straight east division titles.
During his time in Sherman, Burns' players accounted for over 100 All-Conference and Academic All-Conference honors. He helped guide the 'Roos to 14-straight winning seasons as well as success in the classroom as his teams consistently boasted a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Prior to starting the program at Austin College, Burns spent one season at Stephen's College in Columbia, Missouri, where he also started the Stars' soccer program. He holds his "A" License from the United States Soccer Federation as well as his premier license from the National Soccer Coaches of America.
Burns earned his undergraduate degree in Sports and Recreation Studies from Staffordshire University in the United Kingdom. There he was an accomplished player, helping lead Staffordshire to the National Finals. Burns went on to earn his master's degree in Health and Exercise Science from the University of Missouri.
Burns' wife Holly is a curriculum coordinator for Sherman ISD and the couple have two children, Jade and McKinlee. He remains active on the pitch, competing in the Dallas Men's Outdoor Premier Soccer League.
Paul Burns
Associate Head Soccer Coach
At Ranger, Rigney served as the head women's soccer coach and assistant men's coach in the fall of 2017. She was also the interim men's head coach in the spring of 2017. Before taking over the reins as women's head coach for the 2017 campaign, she was the women's assistant coach for the 2016 season.
Rigney also served as the assistant varsity soccer coach at Glenvar High School (Va.) in 2015. Additionally, her experience on the pitch includes numerous clubs, clinics and private instruction from 2010-2014.
As for her own playing career, Rigney lettered three seasons at Tennessee Temple University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology in 2014. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and was the Psychology Department Graduate of the Year.
Rigney holds a Level "E" coaching certificate from the Virginia Youth Soccer Association, as well as a Level 1 Coaching Certificate from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Preston Wiruth is an assistant coach at Oral Roberts University.
In 2024, Solberg enters his first season as the head coach at Gardner-Webb after four seasons as the head coach at the University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff (UAPB).
At UAPB (2020-2023), Solberg steadied a program after being named the Golden Lions sixth different head coach in an eight-year span. By his third season in Pine Bluff, Solberg led UAPB to a 9-11 overall record, its best season since 2016, and a 4-4-1 conference record, the programs best record in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play since 2015. The 2022 season opened with a 1-0 victory over Arkansas State University, the programs first win over a Division I foe outside of conference play since 2011.
In 2023, the Golden Lions again finished with nine wins, completing the programs best two-year stretch since 2010-2011. This past season, Solbergs Golden Lions led the SWAC in scoring, finishing 18th-nationally in total goals (49) and 20th-nationally in goals per game (2.33).
During his tenure at UAPB, Solberg coached 12 all-conference players, including a SWAC Offensive Player of the Year (2022), Defensive Player of the Year (2023), and Freshman of the Year (2022), with eight SWAC Player of the Week recognitions.
Solberg is the only head coach in UAPB history to lead his team to four consecutive SWAC Tournament appearances. In each of Solberg's four seasons at UAPB, the Golden Lions outperformed their preseason ranking.
Prior to Pine Bluff, Solberg was the head coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University for one season (2019), where he led the Rangers to a 7-10-1 record, doubling their win total from the previous season and posting the programs highest win total since becoming a full NCAA Division II member. Four of Solbergs players earned all-conference recognition, including the Newcomer of the Year, as Northwestern Oklahoma posted its highest point total in conference play since 2004.
Solberg brings eight years of head coaching experience to Boiling Springs, having previously spent three seasons at Division III East Texas Baptist University (2016-2018), where he went 27-21-7. In 2017, Solberg led the Tigers to a program-record 13 wins, including an upset victory over NCAA Division I Alcorn State University. Under his leadership, two Tigers earned all-region honors and 17 players were named all-conference selections, including the American Southwestern Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year.
Prior to his time at East Texas, Solberg was an assistant coach at East Central University (2014-2015). He also served one season as a volunteer assistant at Nicholls State University (2013).
A native of Arlington Heights, Ill., Solberg was a student-athlete at the University of Mississippi, competing at the varsity level on the track and field and cross-country teams and scoring for the Rebels at the 2009 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Cross Country Championships. He was named to the SEC Honor Roll for the 2009-10 season and, during a season of graduate eligibility at Southeastern Louisiana University, was named to the Southland Conference Honor Roll.
Solberg is the seventh head coach in Gardner-Webb program history. He holds a bachelors degree in liberal studies from Ole Miss (12) and a Masters of Education with a concentration in sports administration from East Central (15). Solberg and his wife Shelby have two sons.
Head Coach
Alcorn State
Division 1
Kevin Larry was tabbed the head womens soccer coach at Alcorn State University in May 2020. A product of Vicksburg, Mississippi, he began his coaching career at the collegiate level as a volunteer assistant at Alcorn in 2012.
Most recently, Larry served as assistant coach at Jackson State in 2019. He helped the Tigers register a 7-3 conference record as the team finished the regular season on a six-game winning-streak without allowing a single goal.
Prior to JSU, Larry worked four seasons at Shaw University as assistant mens and womens coach from 2015-18.
In 2013, Larry worked at North Carolina at Chapel Hill during World Cup champion Crystal Dunn's senior year. He served as a volunteer assistant breaking down game footage for future training purposes with the match analysis team.
At UNC, Larry worked for Anson Dorrance, one of the most successful head coaches in soccer history with 21 national championships and a U.S. Womens World Cup title in 1991 in China.
Larry's club experience is with Raleigh area clubs Triangle Futbol Club and North Carolina FC as well as mens amateur club Triangle Brigade FC. In 2014, Brigade FC captured the Southeast Regional Championship of amateur soccer and in doing so, qualified for the 2015 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.
Brigade FC also competed in the TASL Mens Open A Division, Raleigh North Carolinas top mens amateur division. With the Brigade, Larry had the privilege of working with players who competed as Division I players and in the professional ranks in the U.S., South America and Europe.
Larry holds a National Coaching license from NSCAA, Raymond Verheijen Football Periodization Certificate and State Diploma. He graduated from Shaw with a bachelors degree in interdisciplinary studies: history/mass communications. Coach Kev has two amazing daughters: Kamille and Klaire.
Head Women's Soccer Coach Jeremy Fontenot enters his second season leading the Lady Jaguars.
Fontenot finished last year with 3-14 and making to the SWAC for the first time since 2014. Under his guidance, Fontenot helped produced two All SWAC performers in Sophia Zavala (2nd team, 2017) and Victoria Mendez (2nd team, 2017).
Prior to his arrival, Fontenot earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources at Upper Iowa University.
Fontenot coached the Lady Eagles at Parkview Baptist for three seasons and leading the team to the playoffs every year. He was named district coach of the year in his final season. Fontenot produced a handful of All-District players and two All-Metro players during his tenure at Parkview.
Coach Fontenot has been married to his beautiful wife Ashley for 5 years, and reside in Baton Rouge with their three daughters, Jordyn (5) Jaedyn (3) and Jaicee (3).
Brian Bronowski enters his fifth season with Air Force women's soccer in 2022. He is the Falcons Goalkeeper coach after joining the program in January 2017.
A Colorado Springs native, Bronowski has spent the last 32 years working with youth soccer clubs in Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana. Before his return to Colorado Springs, Brian was the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) director at Carmel United Soccer Club in Carmel, Indiana. Additionally, he was an Assistant/GK coach with the College of William & Mary women's program, an Assistant/GK coach with the Hampton Roads Mariners, and has also worked with the Columbus Crew.
Bronowski has also worked with the Olympic Development Programs in Virginia, Ohio South & Indiana has taught coaching courses in Kentucky, Indiana & Ohio South, and was a staff & head coach in Region II for 10 years. Brian holds US Soccer 'A', National Youth License, NSCAA Premier, and Goalkeeping Level II Diploma.
Dylan Harrison 02 will enter his sixth year as head coach of the Trinity womens soccer team during the 2021 fall season.
Appointed in 2016, the former Tiger mens soccer standout has amassed a record of 86-9-2, for a winning percentage of .896 over the last five seasons.
Coach Harrisons teams have also posted an undefeated 55-0-0 mark in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). The Tigers have captured five SCAC Championships with Coach Harrison at the helm - including the 2019 season - and have advanced each year to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Tigers would have qualified for the 2021 spring season but the winter championships were canceled due to COVID-19. Respected by his peers, Coach Harrison was elected the SCAC Coach of the Year for the three times in a row.
Due to the pandemic, the Tigers competed in a condensed season during the spring of 2021. Trinity finished with an unblemished 10-0 record and took home SCAC championship honors. En route to being crowned the conference champions, the Tigers poured in nine goals to defeat Schreiner in the conference quarterfinals on Apr. 17 and set a SCAC record for most goals scored in a single match. The Trinity University womens soccer team was voted the no. 1 team in the nation by the United Soccers Coaches in the final poll but was unable to play in the NCAA Tournament due to COVID-19 cancelling fall sport championships.
Coach Harrison and his assistant coaches were also elected the 2019 NCAA Division III West Region Staff of the Year by United Soccer Coaches. Sharing the honor were Assistant Coaches Spencer Valdespino, Claire Edwards '08, and Jeremiah Narvaez.
Trinity completed the 2019 season with a 17-4-1 overall record, an 8-0-0 mark in the SCAC, and a #20 ranking by D3soccer.com. After securing the conference regular-season title, the Tigers headed to the SCAC Tournament at Georgetown, Texas, as the top seeds, and defeated the University of Dallas (TX) in the Semifinals. Trinity and host Southwestern (TX) University battled to a 0-0 regulation tie in the Championship Game. The Pirates edged the Tigers 5-4 in penalty kicks and claimed the SCAC title.
However, Trinity received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament, marking the Tigers 11th consecutive appearance in the postseason event. The Tigers traveled to Abilene, Texas, for the first two rounds and defeated Pacific Lutheran (WA) University in the opener. Trinity then beat 19th-ranked host Hardin-Simmons (TX) University in the second.
The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 for the first time since 2016, during Coach Harrison's first year at the helm. The Tigers headed to Grantham, Pennsylvania, where the top-ranked host Messiah (PA) College prevailed in the third-round matchup.
Senior Kristen Canepa was elected to the United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team for the second year in a row, and earned a slot on the D3soccer.com All-America Second Team. Canepa was honored as the SCAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight occasion.
Coach Harrisons squads have produced six All-Americans, three Academic All-Americans, eight Scholar All-Americans, and 13 All-West Region honorees. Chelsea Cole was awarded a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship following the 2018 season while Lindsey Peng earned the same prestigious award after the 2021 spring season.
Since 2016, seven Tigers have been elected the SCAC Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year. A total of 35 Trinity players have been tabbed for the All-SCAC Teams during Coach Harrisons tenure.
The 2018 Tiger team completed the campaign with a 17-2-1 overall record and a #18 ranking by United Soccer Coaches. Trinity hosted the SCAC Championship and defeated Southwestern (TX) University to capture the conference title for the 10th consecutive occasion. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship and claimed a decision over Occidental (CA) College in the opening round at Abilene, Texas. The third-ranked host Hardin-Simmons (TX) University beat Trinity in the second round.
The 2017 Tigers finished with a 19-2-0 record and a #13 ranking by d3soccer.com. Trinity won the SCAC Championship with a victory over Texas Lutheran University. Heading to the NCAA Championship, the Tigers shut out the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX) in the first round, and were eliminated by Hardin-Simmons in a tightly played second-round matchup.
Coach Harrisons charges chalked up a 23-1-0 mark in 2016 and went undefeated in the regular season. The .958 winning percentage was the best in Division III. D3soccer.com ranked Trinity fifth in the nation in the final poll of the season.
The Tigers won the SCAC title by defeating Southwestern and opened the NCAA Division III Championship with a win over Mount Union (OH) College. Hanover (IN) College fell to Trinity in the second round. The Tigers returned home to take out Penn State (PA) Berks in the third round of the tournament. The eventual national champion, Washington University in St. Louis (MO) eliminated Trinity in the quarterfinals.
Harrison was a key member of the Tigers mens team from 1998-2001. Under the guidance of Head Coach Paul McGinlay, the former defender and team captain earned All-SCAC Second Team accolades in 2000 and 2001. During Coach Harrisons playing days the Tigers advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals in 1998 and 1999 and to the third round in 2000.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 2002.
Prior to joining the Trinity staff, he held the head womens soccer position at Nicholls State (LA) University from 2009-2016. The NCAA Division I program made great strides under his leadership, as the Colonels set a school record for single-season victories (2013) and was the sixth-most improved team in the nation that season.
Nicholls State advanced to the Southland Conference semifinals in 2014. His teams also produced two National Soccer Coaches Association of America (now United Soccer Coaches) All-Region Players and a Southland Conference Player of the Year.
Coach Harrison holds the distinction of having the most career womens soccer victories at the school, located in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He earned a masters degree in business administration at Nicholls State.
An excellent teacher of the sport of soccer, Coach Harrison mentored the 97 Louisiana Girls Olympic Development Team from 2012-2015. Three of the players attended national camps, and Coach Harrison was elected the 2014 Louisiana Soccer Association Coach of the Year.
From 2006-2008, Coach Harrison led the DIII womens program at Sewanee: The University of the South (TN). He guided seven players to All-SCAC recognition. The versatile Coach Harrison was also an assistant track & field coach, focusing on sprinters and jumpers.
He began his coaching career in 2003 at San Antonios University of the Incarnate Word, and oversaw all travel logistics and game-day operations. UIW was a member of the NCAA Division II at that time.
A native of Napoleonville, Louisiana, Coach Harrison is married to the former Kristen Fillmore, a Nicholls State graduate, soccer standout, and assistant womens coach. She is Trinitys Associate Athletic Director for Recreation and Sports Camps.
McKinnon Pennell C'18 is in his third season with the University of the South women's soccer program. Making his second stint with the program, he also served as an assistant with the program for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
He recently served as Director of Soccer Operations for Old Dominion University (Va.) during the 2021 campaign. During his time with the Monarchs, he was a part of a conference regular season and tournament championship with Conference USA (C-USA). Additionally, he was a part of a coaching staff that was named the C-USA Coaching Staff of the Year. He was a part of research, scouting and evaluation of prospective student-athletes and opponents. Additionally, he was responsible for player performance technology and analytics.
Off the pitch, he maintained the program's social media channels and administrative day-to-day operations of travel, equipment and budgets.
He has also served as an Academy Coach for Virginia Beach City FC.
Pennell was also a former four-year letterwinner with the Sewanee men's soccer team, and he was named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll.
Pennell earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a History minor from the University of the South, and he is expected to complete his Master's of Education with a Sport Management concentration in 2022 from the University of Texas at Austin.
Assistant Coach at Dallas Baptist University.
I'm the assistant coach at Texas Womans University in Denton, TX. I played my 4 years at Washington State University. Immediately following graduation, I accepted a position with Pac-12 Networks as an on-air analyst. I decided after only a season with the networks how much I missed the sport and decided to get into coaching. Come February 2020, I interviewed for the assistant position at TWU and began in March of 2020- I've been at TWU for over a year and a half now. Looking forward to meeting all of you!
I played Division one for the University of North Texas as a goalkeeper for 4 years. In my time their we won 6 Conference USA titles, 3 regular season titles and 3 conference tournament titles. I was a team leader and helped guide the team to our victories.
I have now worked for the North Texas Celtic Futbol Club as a goal keeper coach for the past 5 years. I coach kids from the age of 9 that are in Elementary School all the way to High School kids at the age of 18.
I am the current Graduate Assistant for Texas Woman's University soccer team. This past season we had a record breaking season and made school history.
Former Midwestern State standout Ryan Spence begins his fifth season at the helm of the women's soccer program in 2022.
In his best season since taking the reigns, Spence led the Mustangs to a 12-5-3 record. MSU finished second in the Lone Star Conference with a 9-1-3 ledger advancing to the NCAA Postseason for the first time since 2017 falling in the first round to Colorado School of Mines. MSU was led by D2CAA All-South Central Region performers Kelly Cannistra (8 goals) and Nicole Marsolek.
The Mustangs battled their way to a 2-7-1 record during the pandemic shortened season in the spring of 2021. MSU claimed an opening round win over UT Tyler in the opening round of the LSC Postseason Tournament behind the efforts of first-team all-conference performers Valentina Carvajal and Reece Wildt.
In 2019, the Mustangs finished 4-12-2, including a 3-9-1 record in Lone Star Conference play. The four wins marked a two-win improvement from Spence's first season.
Spence guided the Mustangs to a 2-13-3 overall record and a 1-9-2 mark in Lone Star Conference play, earning a trip to the quarterfinals in the LSC Postseason Tournament in his first season with the Maroon and Gold. Junior defender Imani Morlock became Spence's first first team all-conference performer.
MSU Texas welcomed home Spence as the program's fifth women's soccer coach in May of 2018.
In his first season as a head coach, Spence led Eastern New Mexico to a strong finish in 2017 which included a pair of victories over his alma mater including a regular season 2-1 win and 4-0 shutout in the opening round of the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament. He posted a 5-9-6 overall mark in his first season as head coach.
Spence served the 2016 season assisting for the men's and women's programs for Claudio Arias at Texas A&M International.
Playing Career
Spence enjoyed a storybook playing career as a three-time All American from 2008-11. He helped the Mustangs amass a 64-10-6 record advancing to the NCAA Division II playoffs in each of his four seasons on the field. MSU reached the Final Four in 2010 following a run to the national quarterfinals in 2008.
His play at center back proved key in aiding the Mustangs to top five national showing in each of his three seasons as a starter. Midwestern held the opposition to goals against averages of 0.43, 0.58 and 0.54 with 35 shutouts during the run.
Spence also competed in the Premiere Development League (PDL) with the DFW Tornados, St. Louis Lions and Springfield Synergy before starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant under his mentor Doug Elder for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
He helped the Mustangs to two more NCAA tournament appearances before earning his Masters of Education in Sports Administration from MSU in 2016.
Personal
Spence and his wife Haylee reside in Wichita Falls. They have two sons, Davis and Keller.
I am Sadé Boswell. I am the assistant womens soccer coach at Midwestern State University.
I began my coaching career at University of Sioux Falls in SD where I was a graduate assistant from 2013 to 2015. After USF, I moved to Midwest City, OK where I coach at Rose State College as an assistant from 2015-2019. In 2019, I served as the assistant coach for a season with Drury University. Shortly after the 2019 season, I transferred to Texas where I currently am, coaching at MSU as the assistant womens soccer coach.
Jorden Smith is in her first season as an assistant coach at Midwestern State University. She previously spent three years with Sam Houston State University.
Before Sam Houston, she served as the inaugural head coach of both mens and womens soccer teams at Blinn College, helping build those programs from the ground up in 2018. The Blinn mens squad reached the NJCAA Region XIV Tournament during its inaugural season.
Before Blinn, Smith spent two seasons as the head assistant for the Angelina College men's and women's soccer programs, which she helped establish in 2016. The womens team reached the NJCAA Region XIV Tournament each year during her tenure.
Brandon Badgeley joined the Howard Payne athletic department as the head women's coach in the spring of 2016. Brandon was recently named the 2021 American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year!
Before HPU, Brandon Badgeley spent the two seasons as the head girls coach at Cedar Hill High school in Cedar Hill, Texas. There he increased the teams win total by seven games and achieved first double digit win season for Cedar Hill in last four years.
Before Cedar Hill, Badgeley spent two seasons at Haltom High School in Haltom City, Texas where he led the program to its first double digit win season in 17 years, only the 2nd in the programs 25 year history. He also grew program from 40 student-athletes to nearly 70 in two years.
A 2009 graduate of Howard Payne, as a student he was an initiator assisting the administration in the creation of the first intercollegiate soccer programs at Howard Payne University. He was assigned the task of developing a business plan that was presented to the HPU Board of Trustees that initiated HPUs first Division III intercollegiate men's and women's soccer programs.
He served as a student assistant coach at Howard Payne to both the men's and women's teams under Sam McCutcheon and Kevin Wright in the programs first three seasons.
After graduating from HPU in May of 2009 with a Bachelors of Business Administration, he worked one year as a teacher in Midlothian ISD and as a volunteer coach with the Midlothian soccer program. He then spent two years working for the Hurst Euless Bedford ISD as a teacher before taking the head soccer position at Haltom High School.
Brandon holds a NSCAA National Level 2 Goalkeeping Certificate, and ISPAS Applied Match Analyst certificate. He is married to Lindsay and they have four children Ainsley, Beckham, Coleton, and Darby.
Associate Head Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
Hardin-Simmons
Division 3
Louisiana Soccer first-year head coach Lance Key announced, on Friday, Feb. 15, the hiring of Stephen Salas as Assistant Soccer Coach and Recruiting Coordinator making Coach Salas, Coach Keys first new addition to his staff as the program begins to make strides towards the 2019 season.
Stephen epitomizes the type of human being that every parent would desire their son or daughter to be led by throughout their collegiate experience," said Coach Key. "As we focus forward on building champions, in life, in the classroom, and on the soccer field, he will be integral in facilitating that growth, as he is a champion himself.
Coach Salas has evolved as a coach under great leadership and mentorship at his previous two stops, and I have great respect for the coaches that poured into him during those tenures. Stephen played an integral role in helping to transform a program into an NCAA Division I Tournament side in his most recent position, which we are aspiring towards here.
I am confident that Stephens influence on our program, institution, and community at-large will be profound. We are very blessed to be adding Stephen.
Coach Salas has spent the previous six seasons as the Associate Head Womens Soccer Coach at Abilene Christian. During his time at ACU (2013-18) Salas, whos specialty was coaching the goalkeepers, was a key part of the coaching staff that helped lead the Wildcats to what was the best season in program history, a 15-6-1 2018 season that saw the Wildcats win its first-ever Southland Conference Championship.
The Wildcats rode their conference championship to a berth in the NCAA Tournament which was not only the first appearance for the soccer program but the first time an ACU athletic program has ever appeared in a NCAA Tournament at the Division I level. During ACUs historic run to the NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats ripped off seven-straight wins to finish the season, during a stretch where ACU outscored its opponents 15-2.
Prior to his time at ACU, Salas spent six seasons as a player and eventually assistant coach at his alma mater Hardin-Simmons. He was the Cowboys' goalkeeper from 2008 to 2011 and helped his squad win the 2009 American Southwest Conference Tournament and reach the NCAA Championships' Sweet 16 behind an overall record of 12-3-6.
Salas eventually became an assistant and goalkeeping coach on the HSU womens soccer team, joining the staff prior to the start of the 2011 season, and in two years he helped lead them to 38 wins, a pair of conference regular season and tournament championships, and an appearance in the 2012 NCAA Sweet 16. His goalkeepers also allowed just eight goals (0.36 GAA) in each season and combined for 33 shutouts as HSU extended its regular-season conference unbeaten streak to a NCAA-record 157 matches.
During Salas' two years on the Cowgirls' bench, HSU finished with a No. 12 national ranking in 2011 by the NSCAA, seventh in 2012, and received two NSCAA/adidas team academic awards. The program also produced a national player of the year, five all-Americas, four academic all-Americas, 11 all-region selections and 14 all-conference honorees.
Salas' additional experience includes working at the Texas A&M and University of Texas summer soccer camps and coaching the Region III (girls) Olympic Development Program. He also served as the Director of Coaching, Academy Director, and Head Coach for the Abilene Soccer Club along with being the area director for FC Dallas WTX in Abilene, Texas.
Salas did have a professional career as well, playing two summers for the DFW Tornados of the USL Professional Development League. He received his Bachelors of Behavioral Science in Education from Hardin-Simmons in December of 2012.
In her first season as an assistant (2019), the War Hawks won a program-best 12 games, including their first ever ASC Tournament game. Ramos aided in coaching six all-conference honorees as well as three All-Region players. The War Hawks had five more players selected for all-conference in Spring 2021.
Ramos has a strong knowledge of the American Southwest Conference, as her last stint was as an assistant coach at University of the Ozarks. The Arlington, Texas native also lettered four seasons at LeTourneau, where she was named a three-time distinguished scholar athlete for soccer and participated in the NCAA Sports Forum in Indianapolis in 2014.
Ramos has coached in a number of capacities, including staff coach roles for Oklahoma State University's ID and Residential camps and Exact Sports. She was also the Youth Director and Head Coach at the Arkansas Valley Soccer Association from 2016-19, developing players from U8-U16.
In addition to her four seasons as assistant coach for the Eagles, Ramos also spent two years as the fitness center director, one year working as an assistant sports information director and a short stint as the interim head competitive cheer coach. She also worked as the Southeast Wrestling Conference Commisioner from Nov. 2018 to Aug. 2019.
Ramos graduated from LETU with a degree in business management and related coursework in Kinesiology. She is CPR/First Aid certified, Bigger, Faster, Stronger certified and holds a US Soccer Federation "F" license.
Im from Southampton England I played for them growing up the moved to Austin Texas to play for St.Edwards University. I was an all-American at college level and have been coaching Concordia for 3 years.
Driggs comes to St. Mary's after five years at West Texas A&M University as an assistant coach, spending his last season as the associate head coach. During his time in Canyon, Driggs was instrumental in helping WT become one of the top programs in the Lone Star Conference and South Central Region.
In 2018, Driggs helped guide the Lady Buffs to the program's second regional championship along with winning the Lone Star Conference Championship and a program-best 14 game unbeaten streak.
Prior to West Texas A&M, Driggs served as the Girl's Academy Director for the New Mexico Rush Soccer Club from 2008-2015.
Driggs holds a Master's degree in counseling from New Mexico Highlands. He also holds a USSF "A" License and a US Soccer NY License.
St. Mary's (TX)
Division 2
Dreyer made the 2015 season, her first at Ozarks, a memorable one as she led the program to its first-ever American Southwest Conference post-season tournament appearance. Hired in 2014 (December), Dreyer immediately went to work and brought in a talented recruiting class that boosted the program to historic heights. Dreyers presence on the sidelines helped Ozarks clinch a playoff spot behind three consecutive conference wins in October, including a signature win against league power Texas Dallas. Dreyers team posted its most conference wins (4) since 2009 and the team had its highest conference finish since 2002. Dreyers team also set a new program record with five shutouts. Under the direction of Dreyer, Ozarks had six players earn All-Conference honors in 2015 and the team was awarded the programs seventh NSCAA Team Academic award. Dreyer was promoted to Senior Woman Administrator and Compliance Office in 2016.
Prior to Ozarks, Dreyer spent five years as the assistant womens coach at Central Methodist University (CMU) in Fayette, Mo., helping the program to a 46-33-12 record during that span. Additionally, 12 players earned All-Conference honors and 13 more achieved conference Scholar-Athlete status during her tenure. Dreyer, a native of St. Charles, Mo., helped guide CMU to four straight winning seasons, highlighted by a school-best 14-3-2 record in 2011. Dreyer holds a D coaching license from the United States Soccer Federation and a National Level Coaching Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. She worked as the assistant coach for the Missouri 1997 Olympic Developmental Program from 2012-2014 and was the 1999 assistant ODP coach. Dreyer also served as an assistant coach at Boonville High School (Mo.) and was a resident camp coach at the University of Missouri.
She was a standout player at CMU, serving as a three-year captain, while earning All-Conference honors three times. A four-year starter, Dreyer was a two-time conference Player of the Week. Dreyer received her bachelors degree in Education from CMU in 2010. She also has a masters degree in Education from CMU.
Dreyer and her husband, Andy, were married in 2013.
Ritters coaching experience spans across all levels of competitive soccer which include stints at NCAA D1, NJCAA, NAIA, Club, and high school programs.
Prior to joining the MSSU Staff, Ritter spent two seasons as an assistant for the Southern University Jaguars of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). During his time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he helped lead a defensive unit that reduced goals allowed in one season by 54% (2018) on top of setting program records for goals allowed and goals allowed average on top of holding opponents under 2.0 goals per game to close out the 2018 season; the only time in program history.
Before testing the Division I soccer landscape, Ritter coached in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as the assistant mens coach at the University of Saint Mary for the 2016 season. The team went on to registered the programs best overall record of 7-9-2 (.444) since going 10-7-2 overall 13 years earlier in 2003 and best conference record of 4-5-2 (.454) since the early 2000s.
His defense also shined by setting a record for fewest goals allowed in school history and helped the squad in ending nine year losing streaks to Tabor College and McPherson College. Three members of the defensive unit went on to become All-Conference selections while two of them gained NAIA Scholar Athlete recognition.
The native kick started his college coaching journey at the Junior College level as mens assistant at Western Wyoming CC for the 2011 season as he assisted the team to the school record for most wins in a season and leaded eight players to the all-region squad and ten of them to the Academic All-Conference team as well before switching over to assume the head coaching role of the womens soccer program that summer.
Over the course of his three seasons as head coach from 2012 to 2014, Ritter developed the schools only NCAA D1 transfer, National Offensive Players of the Week, a goalkeeper to top-three status nationally in save statistics, five All-Region players, and 30 Academic All-Region recipients along with leading the womens program to the most conference victories in school history, including the programs first victory in the post-season play.
Upon leaving WWCC, Ritter returned to his alma mater of Dakota Wesleyan in Mitchell, South Dakota to volunteer throughout the off season while working for the U-18 and U-16 Dakota Alliance Soccer Club teams and for Olympic Development Program in 2015.
Ritter completed his Masters of Education in Sports Administration at USM in 2018 and received a United Soccer Coaches National Diploma in 2014 after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics at Dakota Wesleyan University in 2011 and taking home an Associates of Science degree from Western Wyoming Community College in 2009.
Jon Hussak was named head coach in January of 2020.
A native of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Hussak brings with him over a decade of coaching experience. He comes to TAMIU from the University of West Florida, one of the most successful womens soccer programs at all levels of the NCAA. At UWF, Hussak served two years under legendary coach Joe Bartlinski as an assistant. While there, he helped lead the Argonauts to a 12-5-1 record this past season and to a 20-1 record in 2018 with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. During his time in Pensacola, Hussak developed a reputation as a tireless recruiter with ties all over the country and internationally.
Additionally, Hussak has prided himself on building student athletes who are successful in the classroom, as well as on the pitch. One of his major responsibilities at UWF was the monitoring of all academic-related requirements, where he helped guide the program to a team GPA near 3.5.
Delgado is the current head coach at Paul Quinn College. He was a player at Howard Payne University and also coaches at the club level at Barca 99.
My name Robert Williams. I started my coaching career in Bermuda at the U11 level. I gradually worked my way up to the U19 level while obtaining my BFA coaching certification. I later had a brief stint as a woman's coach in Bermuda.
In 2015 I became the assistant women's soccer coach at Brookhaven College. During my time there I have helped transform a losing program to one of the top division 3 JuCo's in the country. I pride myself on the development of young talent.
Kendall serves as the assistant womens soccer coach at Navarro College. Prior to coming to Navarro, she served as the assistant soccer coach at Cisco College.
After graduation, Kendall spent two years playing professionally in Greece where she also served as the sports psychologist for the AO Trikala professional mens soccer team, was head goalkeeper coach for the Ambilakia club team, and was the assistant coach for the U11 boys club team.
Kendall graduated with a bachelors degree in Sociology from Louisiana Tech University in 2017 and was awarded her masters degree in Exercise and Sport Psychology from the University of Thessaly in 2019.
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Entering 3rd year as Head Womens Soccer Coach
Previously spent 2 years as the Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach at Howard Payne University
Played 4 years at Howard Payne University as a goalkeeper
Holds a USC Level 2 Goalkeeping License and a USSF D License
Women's soccer coach at Coffeyville Community College. NJCAA D1 program.
13+ years experience at this level. 20-21 kjccc men's coach of the year 2017 women's NJCAA region 6 Runner up.
Coach Chadderton comes to Neosho from Drury University, where he worked with the men's and women's soccer programs.Chadderton served as a graduate assistant and goalkeeper coach for both teams, working with three All-Conference selections in 2019 and five All-Conference Selections in 2021. Chadderton started his coaching career at Mary Baldwin University as a Graduate Assistant. However, after their head coach was fired 5 weeks into the 2019 season, Coach Chadderton took the reigns and was promoted to interim Head Coach.
Coach Chadderton was born in Manchester, England and played for Manchester United's youth team for eight years. He also played for Barnsley FC for two years before making the move over to the United States. He played two seasons at Fort Lewis in Colorado and was twice named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week. He transferred to Chowan University in North Carolina and was a two-time all-conference performer in the Conference of the Carolinas. In 2018, he set a program record with a 0.88 goals against average.
Shaun Soderling joined the Kansas soccer staff in January 2024.
Soderling most recently served as the head coach of the womens soccer program at NAIA Brescia University in Owensboro, Kentucky from 2020-23. Prior to Brescia, Soderling worked at Division II Alderson Broaddus University as the recruiting coordinator for the mens team and a scout for the womens team from 2014-20.
In addition to coaching, Soderling was the director of operations for the mens soccer team at Evansville from Jan. 2013 to July 2014. He operated the teams networking efforts, coordinated community service opportunities for elementary schools in the area, and assisted in the daily operation of team activities.
Before becoming a coach at the collegiate level, Soderling worked at three high schools, including Vincennes Lincoln High School (Ind.), Henderson County High School (Ky.) and North Knox High School (Ind.). In addition to coaching at the collegiate and high school levels, Soderling has 20 years of coaching at the club level that dates back to 2003. He most recently coached with Racing Louisville's Youth Academy.
Scott Toups is beginning his 15th season as one of the women's soccer coach at Dallas College Richland. Toups has continued the Thunderduck's winning way by adding a national championship in 2009 and 2018 to the Richland trophy case which also won in 2004 and 2006. His 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 teams have finished 4th, 5th, 2nd and 5th respectfully.
Women's soccer coach at SW Assemblies of God University.
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.
Aubri Williamson joined the SMU Womens Soccer staff as an assistant coach in February of 2020.
Williamson comes to the Hilltop after spending a year at the University of Miami as a volunteer assistant coach. There, she worked one-on-one with student-athletes, focusing on wellness, the psychological aspect of the game and player development. She also assisted with on and off-campus recruiting, creating travel itineraries, building scouting reports and executing ID and youth camps. During practices, Williamson helped coach the technical and fitness portions.
Before joining the Hurricanes, Williamson spent a summer playing with Einherji in Vopnafjordu, Iceland, where she was also recognized as the associate head coach. In her role, she planned training sessions and made game time decisions and substitutions, helping to lead the program to its best season in club history. In her time competing on the pitch, Williamson finished with a club records 19 goals and 13 assists, while being named to the leagues top-11.
As a student-athlete, Williamson led the Florida Institute of Technology as a three-year captain, while earning both Fall Sunshine State Conference honor roll and FIT honor roll recognition five times from 2013-2017. Playing in 38 games and notching 25 starts, she closed out her collegiate career with 20 goals and 11 assists, scoring a team-leading 14 goals as a sophomore. During her sophomore campaign, Williamson tallied six game-winners and earned All-SSC Second Team honors.
During the 2017 season, she joined the FIT staff as a volunteer graduate assistant, leading the Panthers to their first Sunshine State conference championship. In her role, she marketed and organized registration for ID camps, coordinated away trips and kept the teams social media pages up to date and interactive.
Prior to enrolling at FIT, she played for the Weston Football Club and Archbishop McCarthy High School team.
A native of Davie, Fla., Williamson graduated from Florida Institute of Technology in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree in sports management and a minor in athletic coaching, before earning her Masters in Business Administration in 2017.
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Stephen F. Austin State
Division 1
Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
Stephen F. Austin State
Division 1
Michael O'Hare is in his first year at Sam Houston State after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at Oklahoma State the previous three seasons.
Oklahoma State won the Big 12 regular-season championship in 2017 and 2019, picking up 16 wins in both seasons with O'Hare on staff. The Cowgirls' program was also recognized as having the 2019 United Soccer Coaches Midwest Staff of the Year.
O'Hare holds national "B," "C," "D" and "E" licenses from the United States Soccer Federation and also Goalkeeping Level I-III licenses from the National Coaches Association of America. He also is an Olympic Development Program Region III Staff coach.
A six-year member of the coaching staff at Stillwater High School, O'Hare helped lead the Pioneers to four state tournament appearances, including a Class 6A state runner-up finish in 2017. He served as an Oklahoma High School All-State coach in 2011 and 2016.
A native of Oklahoma City, O'Hare graduated from Oklahoma State with a psychology degree in May 2015. He is also a graduate of Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School where he played on three district championship teams and a state title winner as a prep and was named an all-state goalkeeper in 2010.
The Cowgirls are led by head coach Drew Fitzgerald who enters his eigth season at the helm in 2023.
In 2021 the Cowgirls tied the single season win record for the program (13) on the way to a 9-2-1 conference record.
In 2019 the Cowgirls set a new team record for consecutive wins (7) on their way to their third 10+ win season in a row. They also earned a spot in the Southland Conference Tournament semi-finals for the second time in his tenure.
In 2018, the program set a new record for most wins in a season (13), including a victory over SEC Power, Arkansas. The 2017 campaign tied the previous all-time record of 12 wins as the Cowgirls earned a 12-5-2 record, marking the first time in program history the Cowgirls earned eight conference victories on the way to breaking numerous school records and finishing runner-up in the SLC.
The 2017 campaign followed up a strong inaugural season for Fitzgerald's Cowgirls where the team won a Southland Conference tournament match for the first time since 2008. The squad finished 6th after being tabbed to finish 11th and earned numerous postseason awards. The team wrapped up the season with three All- SLC selections, one SLC All-Tournament team selection and two SLC All-Academic Honors.
Fitzgerald returned to Lake Charles in 2014 and was a key factor in helping revamp a program that had scored one conference victory a season prior to his arrival. Under his guidance, McNeese tallied six league wins for a fourth place finish that helped propel them to an appearance in the 2014 Southland Conference Tournament.
In four seasons at Missouri State, Fitzgerald helped lead the Bears to multiple Missouri Valley Conference Tournament appearances as well as developed the programs first professional draftee, Nia Williams, who was selected by FC Kansas City in the fourth round of the 2012 NWSL draft.
In his first season with the Bears, he helped the program to a 12-5-2 overall record and a second-place finish and a MVC Tournament finals appearance. Along the way, he assisted for a team that went unbeaten in 11-straight matches, had a seven-match win streak and won four-straight 1-0 shutouts, all firsts in team history.
Fitzgerald began his career at McNeese spending four years (2005-2008) as an assistant coach under then head coach Scooter Savoie. During his previous tenure, Fitzgerald helped McNeese to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2006 and a Southland Conference Championship in 2007. He also aided the team in reaching the Southland Conference Tournament finals in 2008. Fitzgerald helped develop the programs first McNeese Hall of Famer, Kamryn Koch who became the all-time leading scorer as well as being named 2008 Louisiana and Southland Conference Player of the Year. She was also recognized as an NSCAA/Adidas Scholar Team member.
Fitzgerald began his career as the head coach of the Texas A&M mens club soccer team before landing at McNeese. As head coach of A&Ms club team from 2004 until 2005, he led them to the NIRSA National Championship and an undefeated season in his second year at the helm.
Fitzgerald earned a B.S. Degree in Journalism (2001) and his masters in Sport Management (2005) from Texas A&M. He holds the United Soccer Coaches Advanced National diploma.
Daniel O'Hare is entering his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Arkansas State women's soccer team.
O'Hare serves as the Red Wolves goalkeeper coach and guided his group to the best single-season goals-against-average in school history at 0.85 in 2017. A-State rotated among two primary goalkeepers in Kelsey Ponder and Megan McClure. The pair combines to allow just 15 goals on the year and had six shutouts and nine victories.
Ponder took over as the teams primary keeper late in the year and was named as an All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team selection after she set numerous school records during the year. She broke her own record by collecting five shutouts on the year and currently possesses the lowest single-season goals-against average in the programs history at 0.57. She also owns the record for most wins by a goalkeeper in a career at 14 finished the year ranked in the top-five in saves.
His duties at Arkansas State will include serving at the goalkeeper coach and assisting with the day-to-day operations of the team.
O'Hare graduated Tennessee Wesleyan with his bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance. He also graduate with his master's degree in Business Administration at Arkansas State in 2019.
Cable serves as the Colonels' recruiting coordinator -- with specific focus in Louisiana and Texas -- and also as the team's video coordinator. She handles coaching responsibilities on the defensive side of the pitch while also assisting the remainder of the staff in the day-to-day activities of the program.
Prior to joining the Red & Gray, Cable acted as the graduate assistant at Northwestern State, helping the squad to its second Southland Conference Tournament berth in three seasons and a 10-win campaign. In addition to arranging practice schedules and her usual coaching duties, Cable managed video operations for the Lady Demons and assisted with social media.
Before taking over the GA position with Northwestern State, Cable competed for two seasons at the University of North Texas (2015-16), logging 34 appearances with 12 starts before a knee injury cut her senior season short. As a career center back, she contributed to a defense that posted 20 combined shutouts over her two years in Denton, Texas, and even managed to rack up three assists as well. On the pitch, the Mean Green put together two strong seasons, notching back-to-back Conference USA championships and a NCAA Tournament berth.
The Double Oak, Texas native spent her first two collegiate campaigns with the Southland rival Southeastern Louisiana (2013-14), bolstering the Lady Lions to a 2013 Southland Conference Tournament title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Statistically, she notched her only career goal during her freshman season, adding two assists as well, and compiled 40 starts with 43 total appearances.
Cable received a Bachelor of Science in Integrative Studies from the University of North Texas in May 2017 and a Master of Science in Health & Human Performance from Northwestern State in May 2019.
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.
Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at Fort Hays State University, a DII institute from Hays, KS who compete in the MIAA Conference.
Vanhorn comes to Oglethorpe after completing her Master of Sports Management at the University of West Georgia. While at UWG she was a graduate assistant helping in all aspects of the womens soccer program. VanHorn competed collegiately at Division II University of North Georgia where she played for Anania in her first season in Dahlonega. In four years, VanHorn was a two-time All-Southeast Region performer and was named All-Peach Belt twice as well. In her career, she scored 31 goals and recorded 17 assists while setting the career penalty kicks record, converting five goals on five attempts.
Off the field, Vanhorn excelled as she was named PBC All-Academic Team three seasons and was a three-time selection to the PBC Presidential Honor Roll. Additionally, Vanhorn was awarded the NCAA Womens Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship and was a nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year. At UNG, she was the recipient of the UNG LeeAnn Noble Nighthawk Service Award and the Women of UNG Leadership Award.
Coach Maria Sturluson is the Men's and Women's Assistant Soccer Coach at UA Rich Mountain. She came to UARM after having spent her first three years in the coaching world as the Graduate Assistant for University of Central Arkansas' women's soccer program. During her time at UCA, she helped lead the Bears to a Conference Championship in 2021 and coached several All-Conference Players during the 2019, 2020, and 2021 seasons.
Sturluson was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. She came to the U.S. in 2014 to pursue a degree while playing collegiate soccer. Prior to coming to UCA, Maria played at Lewis & Clark Community College, then transferred to Missouri Southern State University where she graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor's Degree in Health Promotion and Wellness. She most recently graduated from UCA with a Master's Degree in Exercise Science in the Spring of 2022.
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
Over 1,000 different college coaches have attended EXACT's events and will receive access to game video from camp. See below for just a few that attended recent events in this region. As they're announced, coaches will be added to the Confirmed College Coaches section.
Assistant Coach
Oklahoma
Division 1
Brandi Vega joined the Oklahoma soccer coaching staff as a volunteer assistant starting in the 2015 season and completed her first year as an assistant coach in 2016.
In 2016, Vega aided the Sooners to arguably the best season in program history, which featured a school-record 14 wins and the program's first-ever victory in the NCAA Championship. The Sooners accumulated multiple awards on the season, including a program-record six All-Big 12 accolades.
Vega enjoyed a successful collegiate career at Washington State from 2009-12, playing under now-OU head coach Matt Potter for three of those seasons. She finished in the top 10 of a variety of career statistical categories for the Cougars, including games played (tied for third with 80), game-winning goals (third with eight), points (sixth with 55), career goals (sixth with 21) and assists (eighth with 13).
Some of Vegas awards include NSCAA All-Pacific Region team (second team in 2011, third team in 2012), All-Pac-12 honors (first team in 2011, second team in 2012), Inland Northwest Soccer News 2012 Womens Second Best XI and 2010 Pac-10 honorable mention.
Vega played professionally for the Vancouver Whitecaps, Bay Area Breeze and most recently with the Premier Leagues Oviedo Moderno in Spain.
A Carson City, Nev., native, Vega was a four-time First Team All-Sierra League selection at Carson High School. She led the team in assists all four years and was the leader in goals for her junior and senior seasons. Vega holds the Nevada 4A state record for assists and goals and was named the 4A Sierra League Player of the Year four times.
Assistant Volunteer Coach
Oklahoma State
Division 1
Returning to the Oklahoma State coaching staff for his second year as a volunteer assistant in 2018 is Michael OHare.
In his first season with the program, OHare was part of a Cowgirl staff that was honored as the United Soccer Coaches South Region Staff of the Year after the helping OSU claim a Big 12 regular season championship and post 16 wins.
A native of Oklahoma City, OHare graduated from Oklahoma State with a psychology degree in May 2015.
OHare has several years of coaching experience at the club and high school levels in his home state. He has helped coach multiple teams in the Stillwater Soccer Club since 2012, and he joined the Oklahoma Olympic Development Program Staff in 2016 as a Region III state team coach.
Also a six-year member of the coaching staff at Stillwater High School, OHare helped lead the Pioneers to four state tournament appearances, including a Class 6A state runner-up finish in 2017. He served as an Oklahoma High School All-State coach in 2011 and 2016.
OHare holds National "B", C, D and E licenses from the United States Soccer Federation and also Goalkeeping Level I-III licenses from the National Coaches Association of America.
A graduate of Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, OHare played on three district championship teams and a state title winner as a prep and was named an all-state goalkeeper in 2010. He was also a part of the OFC 92 program.
Assistant Coach
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.
Assistant Volunteer Coach
Mississippi State
Division 1
Allison Whitworth joined the Bulldog soccer program on March 4, 2019, after serving as head womens soccer coach at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, since 2016. She moved into the senior woman administrator role in December 2017.
The Birmingham, Alabama, native had an impressive athletic and academic career at Auburn University before becoming the first Tiger drafted into a professional league.
Whitworth set the Tigers career record with 356 saves, which still ranks second in school history. Her 132 saves in her senior season led the SEC and still stands as Auburns single-season record. She collected 22 career shutouts, which is second in school history, including eight in each of her final two seasons on the way to All-SEC selections as a junior (Second Team) and senior (First Team).
For her career, she won six SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors and saw the field in 73 matches with a 1.13 career goals against average. She was Auburns womens sports nominee for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship presented to the leagues top scholar-athlete. She graduated summa cum laude in 2007 with a degree in psychology and minor in exercise science before completing her masters degree in health promotion.
Prior to her time at Spring Hill, Whitworth served as the lead assistant and goalkeeper coach at Ohio and was the Bobcats recruiting coordinator. In her three years at Ohio, Whitworths keepers recorded 322 saves and 10 shutouts. In 2014, she served on staff with the Region II Olympic Development Program.
Whitworths recruiting led to the signing of MAC All-Freshman Team selection Steph Rowland who led the team in five offensive categories in her freshman season while setting the Bobcats freshman record with five goals. She also drew Vanessa Cordoba to Athens. Cordoba won a gold medal at the Bolivarian Games in 2015 as the goalkeeper for the Colombian U-20 National Team.
She began her coaching career at Middle Tennessee where she was an assistant for two seasons. The Blue Raiders went 24-14-1 in that span while recording 14 shutouts and claiming a share of the 2012 Sun Belt Conference regular-season championship. The 2012 squad finished with the second-best record in program history. At Middle Tennessee, Whitworth recruited goalkeeper Kelsey Brouwer who finished her career holding school records for wins and shutouts. Brouwer was second in school history in career saves and won the C-USA Spirit of Service Award in 2013.
Whitworths professional career included three seasons in the Womens Professional Soccer League. She was drafted in 2009 by FC Gold Pride as the 54th overall pick before playing with both the Atlanta Beat and Chicago Red Stars.
Assistant Coach
Auburn
Division 1
Former Professional Soccer Player with a demonstrated history of working in the sports industry. Skilled in Soccer, Sports Management, Coaching, and Athletics. Strong media and communication professional with a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) focused in Kinesiology and Fitness Studies from Penn State University.
Assistant Coach
Illinois
Division 1
Freeman just finished his thirteenth season overall with the Fighting Illini and sixth as the soccer programs Associate Head Coach in 2023. In 2019 Freeman was also named the program's recruiting coordinator. Illinois has reached at least the second round of the NCAA Tournament in three of the years he has been on staff, highlighted by a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2013. Freeman helped to coach standout Vanessa DiBernardo earn a pair of All-America honors and saw Jannelle Flaws lead the country and break the school record for goals scored.
The Illini have turned in two of the top four single-season goal totals in school history during Freemans tenure in Champaign. The Orange and Blue netted 54 goals in 2013 and 53 goals in 2011, which rank third and fourth, respectively, on the all-time list. UI boasts an overall record of 71-23-9 over the past six seasons with four NCAA Tournament appearances, a Big Ten Tournament title in 2011 and a Big Ten Tournament runner-up finish in 2012.
In 2014, Illinois finished with a 10-8-2 record on the season. With Freemans assistance, Illini redshirt senior Jannelle Flaws was named Disney Soccer/NSCAA National Player of the Week, the first Illini to ever earn the recognition. Flaws continued on to be named the unanimous Big Ten Forward of the year for the second-straight season. She led the Big Ten and tied for 12th in the NCAA with 17 goals, also being tabbed a third-team NSCAA All-American.
In 2013, Freeman helped guide the Illini to their fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen in school history, as they finished 11-9-3 overall. He coached Big Ten Forward of the Year Jannelle Flaws to a school-record 23 goals, which was tied for the most in the NCAA. Vanessa DiBernardo, who became Illinois highest drafted player in school history following the season, completed her decorated career No. 3 on the all-time list with 43 goals, with Freeman coaching her during three of four seasons.
In 2012, Freeman served as the interim head coach for the non-conference portion of the schedule while Rayfield was coaching with U.S. Soccers U-20 National Team at the World Cup. Freeman helped coach the Illini to the NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the second round after knocking off neighbor-state rival Missouri. Freeman also helped guide the Illini to their fifth Big Ten Tournament title game. In addition, Freeman took the reigns of the Illini program for the first seven games of the season against one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country. Illinois finished 10-9-4 on the year.
In 2011, Freeman was integral in the process of implementing the formation changes that led the Orange and Blue to a 17-5-2 overall record, the most wins in a single season in school history and a Big Ten Tournament title victory over No. 11 Penn State. Freeman worked with both the offensive and defensive units throughout the season, also serving as a key contributor to the Illinois recruiting efforts while performing additional administrative and travel-related duties.
Freeman brought a wealth of experience and tactical expertise to Champaign, Illinois, after serving as a member of the University of Miami (Fla.) womens soccer staff from 2004-10, including the final three years as the associate head coach. He played a prominent role in Miami earning conference and national recognition with top-25 rankings and back-to-back appearances in the 2007-08 NCAA Tournaments.
Freeman joined the Hurricanes staff after serving as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Missouri State, for four years. The Bears goalkeeping units earned Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Defensive Player of the Year and conference tournament MVP honors in addition to weekly MVC defensive accolades under Freemans tutelage, while Missouri State won the MVC crown and earned its first NCAA Tournament appearance with Freemans guidance.
As a student-athlete at Missouri State, Freeman earned academic all-conference recognition as a goalkeeper with the Bears and was a member of the 1997 squad that made the programs first NCAA Tournament appearance after earning a top-10 national ranking and the MVC regular season title.
Freeman, who earned a bachelors and masters in education from Missouri State, is accredited as a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) `A Licensed Coach and holds a NSCAA Advanced National Diploma. He has served as a clinician at the USC (NSCAA) Conventions from 2014-2019.
Assistant Volunteer Coach
Clemson
Division 1
Miles Maynard joined the Clemson University Womens Soccer coaching staff prior to the 2018 season and is entering his second season as Volunteer Assistant Coach in 2019. Since joining the staff, the tigers have had a 23-16-2 record. In 2018, the Tigers reached the semi-finals of the ACC conference tournament and a trip to the NCAA tournament. In 2019, the Tigers made it to the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament and to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
He also has coaching experience, working as Head Coach of C.C. Griffin Middle School girls soccer in 2014.
Maynard played goalkeeper at Pfeiffer University during the 2013 season. There the team reached the semifinals of the Conference Carolinas Conference Tournament. He then transferred to the University of South Carolina-Aiken for the 2014 & 2015 season. In 2014, the Pacers were runners up in the Peach Belt Conference Championship. The Pacers made the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in program history and finished with the best record in program history 14-6-1. In 2015, the Pacers made it to the Quarterfinals of the Peach Belt Conference Tournament.
The Suwanee, Georgia native played club soccer at United Futbol Academy and attended Lambert High School. In 2012, the boys soccer team at Lambert won the GHSA 4A State Championship going 23-0-0. The 2012 team was also named NSCAA (USC) National Champions. Maynard won the Most Improved Player Award in 2013.
Maynard graduated from Clemson University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and is completing a Master of Science degree in Athletic Leadership from Clemson University graduating in August of 2020.
Maynard holds a United States Soccer Federation D License and a United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeping Level 1 Diploma.
Assistant Coach
Florida
Division 1
John Roman is in his sixth year as Florida's goalkeeper coach and will coach the Gators quad of goalkeepers.
Before joining the Gators in January of 2016, Roman enrolled in the University of Florida's graduate school to study performance psychology. He received his Masters degree in 2017, and is graduating in 2021 with a doctorate through the University of Florida's 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.
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Pittsburgh
Division 1
Riley Butler joined the University of Pittsburgh women's soccer staff in July 2018 after spending the previous four seasons as the assistant men's soccer coach at Radford University.
I would like to thank Randy Waldrum for the opportunity to join his coaching staff and work with one of the best coaches in the game, Butler said. I am excited to be welcomed by the Pitt family and I am looking forward to working with the student athletes and competing in the ACC.
Butler helped lead the Highlanders to an overall record of 50-17-11, leading squads that were ranked in the top 25 in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Big South Tournament champions in 2016 and regular season champions in 2014, 2015 and 2016 earned NCAA berths in both 2015 and 2016 under Butlers tutelage.
Since July 2014, Butler has also served as the Director of Youth Development and Director of Academy of the New River United Soccer Association. In addition to his club coaching experience, Butler served as the assistant boys coach at Episcopal School of Jacksonville (2012-14) and Fletcher High School (2008-12).
Following his collegiate career (2005-09) at Jacksonville University, Butler played three seasons for Jacksonville United and helped the squad to a NPSL National Championship in 2010. A Division I Scholar-Athlete at Jacksonville, he played an integral part in the Dolphins 2007 regular season Atlantic Sun Championship, 2008 A-Sun conference tournament title and second round appearance in that seasons NCAA College Cup.
A 2009 graduate of Jacksonville University, Butler earned a bachelors degree in marketing and management.
Assistant Coach
North Texas
Division 1
Daniel Dobson finished his fifth season as the top assistant on John Hedlunds coaching staff in 2018. He serves as the top recruiting assistant and also coaches the field players. Dobson started out as a volunteer assistant at North Texas in 2012 and moved into a full-time position in 2014.
Since Dobson joined the Mean Green, he has helped lead North Texas to nine championships (five regular-season & four conference tournament championships) and four trips to the NCAA Tournament. He also helped lead North Texas to a school record in wins with 19 (2015) and a Conference USA record for shutouts in a season with 16 shutouts (2015).
In 2018, the Mean Green were the Conference USA Regular Season and Tournament champions and boasted a conference-best nine all-conference players including junior All-American Dominique James who was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year and overall Player of the Year.
In 2017, Dobson helped lead the Mean Green to another Conference USA championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fifth time in school history. North Texas finished with a 14-4-4 record, the program's 23rd consecutive winning season and featured the conference's top defense that allowed just .8 goals per match and had one of the country's most potent offense's, scoring the eighth most goals (49) in the country.
The Mean Green had three players earn all-conference nods, including first-team selectee Dominque James.
The Mean Green improved their NCAA-best undefeated home conference unbeaten streak to 44 by positing a 4-0-1 record in home conference matches in 2017. North Texas hasn't lost a home conference match since Oct. 31 2008 and are 41-0-3 during the streak.
In 2016, Dobson helped lead the Mean Green to their third straight Conference USA regular-season conference title. The Mean Green went 9-1 in conference play, only the second time that a North Texas team has won nine league games. North Texas earned the No. 1 seed in the Conference USA Championship but ultimately lost in the semifinals.
In 2015, Dobson helped coach the Mean Green to what might go down as the best team in program history. North Texas won a school-record 19 games, en route to winning back-to-back regular season titles. The team won its first Conference USA Championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in school history. The 2015 team was ranked as high as No. 3 in the central region and received votes in the national poll throughout the season. North Texas also beat TCU, 1-0, on the road.
Dobson mentored nine all-conference players, including C-USA Co-Offensive Player of the Year Rachel Holden, Midfielder of the Year Karla Pineda and first-team all-conference goalkeeper Jackie Kerestine.
The 2014 team won its first Conference USA regular-season title behind a record of 16-5-1 and 14 shutouts. Rachel Holden, Karla Pineda and Jackie Kerestine received all-conference honors for their play in 2014. North Texas also defeated Oregon State (Pac 12) at home.
In 2013, North Texas defeated two Big 12 teams: at TCU (2-0) and at Oklahoma (5-0). North Texas finished second in C-USA and advanced to the conference finals. Dobson helped coach the 2013 C-USA Offensive Player of the Year (Rachel Holden) and 2013 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year (Kelsey Hodges). Hodges went on to sign a professional contract with the Seattle Sounders Women in 2014 and a Division I team in Sweden.
As a player, Dobson was a standout for Memphis from 2001-04. He was named team captain for his senior year and led the Tigers win a C-USA regular season and tournament championship. That year, Memphis was ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation, the highest-ever ranking for Memphis. He became the first Memphis product to sign a Major League Soccer contract, and spent time with both the Kansas City Wizards and Chivas USA.
After his playing career, Dobson has spent 12 years coaching club, academy, high school and collegiate soccer squads throughout the Metroplex. This will be his seventh season with the Mean Green program.
Dobson is a graduate of Naaman Forest High School in Garland, Texas. He and his wife, Casey Fields Dobson, have two sons, Luke and Casen.
Associate Head Coach
Texas A&M-Commerce
Division 2
Burns is in his 8th season as an Associate Head Coach for Texas A&M-Commerce, bringing with him over 25 years of coaching and teaching experience. The program is coming off a 9th consecutive winning season, finishing In the top half of the conference. During the last 8 years the team have been selected to the NCAA national tournament 4 straight years and advanced to the sweet 16 two times. The program has numerous conference titles, individual All-Americans and Scholar All-Americans throughout this time. For 2022 the Lions athletic programs will move to NCAA Division 1 and begin competition in the Southland Conference.
Burns spent the previous 17 seasons as the head coach at Austin College in Sherman, building the Kangaroo program from scratch. He compiled a 176-117-26 (.592) record while leading Austin College to three NCAA tournament berths, the 2000 American Southwest Conference championship and four-straight east division titles.
During his time in Sherman, Burns' players accounted for over 100 All-Conference and Academic All-Conference honors. He helped guide the 'Roos to 14-straight winning seasons as well as success in the classroom as his teams consistently boasted a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Prior to starting the program at Austin College, Burns spent one season at Stephen's College in Columbia, Missouri, where he also started the Stars' soccer program. He holds his "A" License from the United States Soccer Federation as well as his premier license from the National Soccer Coaches of America.
Burns earned his undergraduate degree in Sports and Recreation Studies from Staffordshire University in the United Kingdom. There he was an accomplished player, helping lead Staffordshire to the National Finals. Burns went on to earn his master's degree in Health and Exercise Science from the University of Missouri.
Burns' wife Holly is a curriculum coordinator for Sherman ISD and the couple have two children, Jade and McKinlee. He remains active on the pitch, competing in the Dallas Men's Outdoor Premier Soccer League.
Paul Burns
Associate Head Soccer Coach
Assistant Coach
Texas State
Division 1
Head Coach
Houston Baptist
Division 1
Dodd, enters his second season as an assistant coach for the men's and women's soccer programs. Working primarily with the goalkeepers in 2014, he helped the Huskies' women's team allow just over a goal a game and post seven shutouts last season, as HBU won its first Southland Conference championship and earn its first automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to joining the HBU coaching staff, Dodd trained and rostered with the Houston Dynamo Reserves in 2011. After trials in the MLS and Spain, Dodd eventually signed a professional contract to play for FC Korsholm in Finland in 2013 where he was their starting goalkeeper.
Dodd was a four-year letterwinner from 2007-10. He is the program leader with 21 wins, is second with 11 shutouts, and third with 187 saves. As a sophomore Dodd tied the single season shutout record with 6 and earned 1 st team ASC All-Conference honors.
Dodd graduated from HBU in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Studio Art. He has his National Personal Training certification through the NCSF and his Goalkeeper Coaching license through the NSCAA.
He grew up in Boise, Idaho, where he played for the Boise Nationals Soccer Club, winning seven state championships. Chris captained his high school team to three District and two State championships.
Assistant Coach
Northwestern St (LA)
Division 1
Steffen Gawor finished his first season as graduate assistant with the NSU soccer program.
The Lady Demons made their second postseason appearance in three seasons after not making the tournament since 2008.
NSUs 10 wins is its second double-digit victory total since 2011.
Gawor worked with a midfield group that produced 12 goals and eight assists on an offense that ranked 30th nationally with 2.10 goals per game.
He also had recruiting and facilities management duties.
The German native was a student manager with the Baylor womens soccer team from 2015-18, graduating with a Master of Divinity degree in sports ministry from Baylors George W. Truett Thelogical Seminary in 2018.
The Lady Bears won the Big 12 Tournament and advanced to the NCAAs Elite 8 in 2017.
Gawor helped with organizational preparation for game days, supporting the director of operations, supporting the nutrition staff and aiding with scouting reports among other duties.
Gawor interned with organizations such as Ambassadors Football, Chicago Eagles and Bridges FC.
Hes worked soccer clinics around the world, from the United States (Ohio, Washington, Oregon Illinois and Texas), to Europe (Germany, Northern Ireland, England and Czech Republic) to Asia (India).
Director of Recruiting
Oral Roberts
Division 1
Preston Wiruth is an assistant coach at Oral Roberts University.
Associate Head Coach
Grambling State
Division 1
Jazmyne Lewis will be entering her second year as an assistant coach with the Grambling State University womens soccer program.
Shes a good young coach who really helps the team a lot both on and off the field to keep things running smoothly, Grambling State head coach Justin Wagar said. We're happy to have her working with our team again this year as a valuable member of our coaching staff."
Lewis, a four-year letterman at Grambling State from 2013-17, served as a team captain during her junior and senior seasons. She graduated in 2017 with a bachelors degree in Sports Management and is currently working to complete a masters of science degree in Public Administration at Grambling State.
Prior to coming to Grambling State, Lewis, a native of Atlanta, graduated from Northgate High School in 2013. While attending Northgate, Lewis competed as a varsity defender from 2009-2013. For club ball, she represented the Concord Fire, Southern Soccer Academy and West Georgia Soccer Academy during. Her Concord Fire team captured the state cup during her senior year.
Assistant Coach
Louisiana Tech
Division 1
Last season Head Coach Kevin Sherry had a 75.5 win % at Louisiana Tech University, reaching the C-USA Final Four. Sherry was named the Louisiana Coach of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) that season for a second time in his career, leading the Techsters to a 13-6-3 record. These firsts were a culmination of the hard work and determination which carried over from year one in C-USA, a season which produced a solid 9-10-1 record and four league victories despite having a roster of 18 freshmen. The story was mostly the same in 2012 in what was the final year in the Western Athletic Conference with LA Tech being picked last in the preseason. The Techsters responded with a 12-5-4 overall record, including an 11-game unbeaten streak and a 1-1 tie with No. 19-ranked Denver, to finish in fourth in the league while setting records by allowing only 15 goals and recording 12 shutouts along the way. For that year as well, Sherry was named Coach of the Year for the state of Louisiana. Of course the passion has not only been seen on the soccer field, but in the classroom as well. Since the native of Grantham, England arrived in Ruston, LA Tech has consistently been recognized for its excellence in education as they were awarded the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Adidas Team Academic Award for eight consecutive school years. The award recognizes teams that have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or better. Most recently, the team had a league-best 28 student-athletes that were recognized by being named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll during the 2015-16 academic year, maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. Of those student-athletes, 11 also received the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal which is given to those who achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better. The third pillar -- respect -- has been acknowledged through their sportsmanship as the team has been awarded multiple times with the NSCAA Ethics/Sportsmanship Award. The award recognizes teams with less than five yellow cards throughout the season. The biggest impact of the program most often comes from the fourth pillar - Service. Community service has been demonstrated year-round in Sherry's nine years as head coach. At the inaugural Techspys, the soccer team took home the SAAC award for the team that best represents the commitment to promoting a positive image in the community. In 2010, Sherry's Lady Techsters finished with a record of 15-6 overall, a school record for most wins in a single season, and a third-place finish in the WAC. That same year, LA Tech qualified for the WAC Tournament for the first time in the program's young history with the event held at the Lady Techster Soccer Complex. In a season with so many great accomplishments, Sherry recorded a personal one of his own. With an 8-0 win over Grambling State on Sept. 1, 2010, Sherry won the 100th game of his NCAA coaching career. In 2009, after winning their first 11 games, Sherry led Tech to a 12-7-1 record, including the program's first-ever league win. Tech scored the most goals (54), assists (45) and points (153) ever in a single season. In 2008, the Techsters were recognized for their significant improvement from their 2007 campaign when they went 2-14-1. Sherry and Co. posted a 10-5-5 record, an eight game improvement that the NCAA recognized along with three other schools, as one of the most improved teams in the nation. Shortly after the conclusion of the 2008 season, Sherry was selected to serve as U.S. Youth Olympic Development coach. Sherry was given the responsibility of coaching the Louisiana U-16 team and was also selected to instruct a coaching clinic for all high school coaches in the state of Louisiana. In his nine years at LA Tech, he has coached eight players who were selected All-Conference, two of which also earned Louisiana Player of the Year honors. Sherry spent 2005 and 2006 as head coach at Western Illinois. He inherited a program that was 24-111-7 over its history, having never experienced a winning season. Between the two seasons, he compiled a 20-13-4 record, and the program was recognized as one of the NCAA's most improved. He led Western Illinois to its first Mid-Continent Championship finals in 2006. Even though the Westerwinds lost the conference championship, they finished with an 11-7-1 record. Their 11 wins were the most victories in a season in school history. Sherry turned around another losing program as head women's soccer coach at Graceland University. Prior to his arrival, the Yellowjackets never had a winning season in its history. That changed as well. He coached Graceland to records of 12-7-1 and 16-2-3 before he led the team to an 18-0-5 record in his final season. Their success equated to the school's first undefeated season, the school's first-ever Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) Championship, an appearance in the NAIA Final Four and its highest national ranking of seventh by the NSCAA. For Sherry's efforts, he was named NSCAA Central Region NAIA Women's Coach of the Year. While being head coach at Graceland, Sherry also served as head coach of the Des Moines Menace U-15 Boys Super Y League and worked with the Iowa Olympic Development program. Sherry has international coaching experience as well as he was the head men's soccer coach at Nagoya Gakuin University and the Aichi F.C. Nagoya junior youth head coach in Japan prior to his four-year stint at Graceland. He also worked as the director of soccer coaching and player youth development for the Al Nahda national schools organization in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 1992-93. Sherry got his first-ever head coaching job at Burlington Danes High School in London in 1987. During his five years at the institution, the school won the West London Area Cup at every age level and also won the prestigious London Championship two straight years. One of his former players, Danny Dichio, formerly played for the MLS club Toronto FC from 2007-09. Sherry also headed the West London Schools F.A. select teams from 1989-92. He served as the head coach for the U-16 select team from 1991-92 and the U-15 select team from 1989-90. As a student-athlete, Sherry played for the West London Institute of Higher Education and won the British National College Championship in 1987. He was selected to play for the FISEC Great Britain U-18 team and went on to play for Bangor City in the United Kingdom and Morning Star in Hong Kong. Sherry earned degrees in physical education/sports science and sociology from Bangor University in Wales, along with his master's from Leicester University in England. He possesses the United States Soccer Federation's "A" license and the U.E.F.A. "International" coaching license from England. Louisiana Tech University Athletics Mission is to embody excellence in everything we do. Develop student-athletes to maximize their potential in mind, body and spirit. Bring pride, admiration and loyalty to the University family, community and state. Win with integrity.
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Incarnate Word
Division 1
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Assistant Coach
Louisiana-Monroe
Division 1
Fyffe comes to ULM after a success five seasons at Tusculum College, her primary job will be to coach our goalkeepers, but will also be heavily involved in recruiting, video breakdown, and technical field sessions.
While at Tusculum, Fyffe has helped coach her team to five births in the South Atlantic Conference, playing in two semi-final games and three quarterfinal games.
Fyffe has had her players earn multiple awards, at the national, regional, and conference levels. Over her five years, Fyffe has seen seven players with NCAA Division II honors, three academic all- district players, and fifteen players named to the All-South Atlantic Conference team, among other awards.
In 2016, Fyffe and the Pioneers earned the title of South Athletic Conference Champions, in addition to holding the school record for best goals against average.
Fyffe, a native of Bellbrook, Ohio, is a 2010 graduate of Tusculum, earning a bachelor of arts degree in sport management with a minor in coaching. In her playing career, she played 22 games and compiled a 9-6-1 record with a 1.18 goals against average. Her career goals against average ranks as the seventh-best in program history.
Assistant Coach
McNeese State
Division 1
Kylee Hathaway is in her second season as a Cowgirl assistant coach and comes to McNeese from Texas Southern University, where she spent three seasons as an assistant coach, primarily training the goalkeepers.
In her first season for the Cowgirls, helped the team record the most wins in school history (13) with a record of 13-7-1, first win over an SEC opponent (Arkansas), highest RPI ranking in school history, and first ranking in the Midwest United Soccer Coaches ranking (#7 in week 3). Hathaway also helped Goalkeeper Emma Roccaforte record 2 Southland Conference Goalkeeper of the Week nominations, Hero of the Week and an All-Conference Honorable Mention.
At Texas Southern, Hathaway helped the Lady Tigers to three record setting seasons. Her players set multiple school and individual records and two back-to-back winning seasons with a historical 11-6-1 record in 2016. Her goalkeepers also received Goalkeeper of the Week recognitions and a SWAC Freshmen of the Year award. She has mentored 6 all-conference players, including the 2015 Conference Freshman of the Year, who held the top save percentage (.81 SV%). Hathaways conference record at TSU concluded with a 20-8-2 record and three conference tournament appearances.
From 2015-2018, Hathaway also worked with the U.S Soccer Olympic Development Program developing youth soccer in South Texas. She was also a technical trainer for Lamar Soccer Club and Club Administrator for the Total Football Club in Katy, Texas.
Hathaway earned her Business Management degree from Alabama State University in 2015 and her Masters degree in Business Administration from Texas Southern in 2017.
While at ASU, Kylee was the starting goalkeeper all four years. She was named to the SWAC All-Conference second team in 2012, the SWAC All-Conference first team in 2013, and the NCAA Division I Senior CLASS Award Second Team in 2014. Throughout her playing career, she was named SWAC Conference Player of the Week and College Sports Madness Player of the Week multiple times. She was named SWAC Defensive player of the Year in 2013 and helped the team reach many momentous achievements over her career.
Her primary responsibilities at McNeese will include training goalkeepers, recruitment, team travel, film analysis and fundraising.
Head Coach
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Division 1
Assistant Coach
Central Arkansas
Division 1
Joined University of Central Arkansas since 2018, I was playing in Sweden for 2 years before hand.
Helped winning Missouri Valley Conference regular season title and Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Also, helped our program advanced to NCAA National tournament first round. We received MSV coaching staff of the year award. I was able to help increasing cleansheets for 2018 season.
Assistant Coach
Arkansas State
Division 1
Daniel O'Hare is entering his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Arkansas State women's soccer team.
O'Hare serves as the Red Wolves goalkeeper coach and guided his group to the best single-season goals-against-average in school history at 0.85 in 2017. A-State rotated among two primary goalkeepers in Kelsey Ponder and Megan McClure. The pair combines to allow just 15 goals on the year and had six shutouts and nine victories.
Ponder took over as the teams primary keeper late in the year and was named as an All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team selection after she set numerous school records during the year. She broke her own record by collecting five shutouts on the year and currently possesses the lowest single-season goals-against average in the programs history at 0.57. She also owns the record for most wins by a goalkeeper in a career at 14 finished the year ranked in the top-five in saves.
His duties at Arkansas State will include serving at the goalkeeper coach and assisting with the day-to-day operations of the team.
O'Hare graduated Tennessee Wesleyan with his bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance. He also graduate with his master's degree in Business Administration at Arkansas State in 2019.
Head Coach
Nicholls State (LA)
Division 1
Free was also a Director of Coaching and Director of Communications at Chesterfield United FC and the Virginia Soccer Association. Free began his coaching career as a Football in the Community Coach for his hometown team Doncaster Rovers FC in 2009. After graduating from Appalachian State University in 2014, he took on the role as a Director of Coaching at Chesterfield United FC in Virginia. His main roles included the running the Goalkeeping program while also specializing in the clubs PR and Marketing scheme. His role also included coaching and developing several boys and girls youth teams from the ages of U8-U18. Free would go on to take up a similar role at the Virginia Soccer Association. While at Chowan University, Free was part of the coaching staff that saw a huge turnaround in the program's fortunes. Going 1-14 the year previous, the Hawks won a program record amount of games going 12-8 in their first year under the new coaching regime. Free's goalkeepers kept 6 clean sheets during their record breaking season. Free also coaches with the Louisiana Olympic Development Program. While coaching the '99 Girls team, six of his players made the Region III ODP pool in 2016. He has also coached several goalkeepers that have gone on to play NCAA D1 and D2 soccer and also represented US youth national teams. Free started his playing career as youth player at Leeds United FC before enjoying a five-year spell at professional English Championship club Barnsley FC. After signing a youth contract in 2007, He was a regular for their youth and reserve teams during his time there and earned the Barnsley FC Supporters Club Young Player of the Year award in his final season. In 2010, Free traveled to Boone, N.C. where he was a four-year starter for the Appalachian State University Mountaineers. Over his career he started in all of his 52 appearances recording exactly 200 saves with a 0.99 goals against average. A 1st team All-Southern Conference selection in his junior year, he finished his career with the Mountaineers as a team captain in 2013. Free played for Chesterfield United FC in 2014 and VSA U23's in 2015 in the NPSL. Free currently holds a USSF "C" License, English FA Level 2 License, USSF National Youth License and NSCAA GK Level 1 and 2 License Free graduated from Appalachian State with a bachelors degree in Communications (focus in journalism), while minoring in Health Education. He is a lifelong fan of his hometown team Doncaster Rovers FC and currently resides in New Orleans.
Vol. Assistant Coach
Air Force
Division 1
Brian Bronowski enters his fifth season with Air Force women's soccer in 2022. He is the Falcons Goalkeeper coach after joining the program in January 2017.
A Colorado Springs native, Bronowski has spent the last 32 years working with youth soccer clubs in Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana. Before his return to Colorado Springs, Brian was the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) director at Carmel United Soccer Club in Carmel, Indiana. Additionally, he was an Assistant/GK coach with the College of William & Mary women's program, an Assistant/GK coach with the Hampton Roads Mariners, and has also worked with the Columbus Crew.
Bronowski has also worked with the Olympic Development Programs in Virginia, Ohio South & Indiana has taught coaching courses in Kentucky, Indiana & Ohio South, and was a staff & head coach in Region II for 10 years. Brian holds US Soccer 'A', National Youth License, NSCAA Premier, and Goalkeeping Level II Diploma.
Assistant Coach
Troy
Division 1
Hogan Vivier enters her second season as an assistant coach for the Troy women's soccer team. Vivier arrived at Troy after enjoying a playing career at Brown University in Providence, RI., where she was a Division I defender in the Ivy League for four years. She also has youth coaching experience at The Wheeler School.
Vivier, a Rhode Island native, graduated from Brown in 2016 and began coaching at her former elementary and high school, The Wheeler School, while still in college. After graduating with a degree in education with a focus in human development, she continued to work at The Wheeler School as assistant varsity coach for the girls soccer, basketball, and lacrosse teams.
Vivier has a USSF "E" license. She has worked at Brown women's soccer clinics and as an ACT at Region 1 camp coaching and evaluating players to be selected for the Regional Team.
Assistant Coach
Grand Canyon
Division 1
Ben Parman enters his 6th 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.
Assistant Coach
Massachusetts-Lowell
Division 1
Joshua Schirmer enters his first season as an assistant coach with UMass Lowell womens soccer in 2018.
An English FA Level 1, NSCAA Advanced National, USSF C and UEFA B license holder, Schirmer most recently coached for the Sparta Prague professional womens team. He led the team to a Czech First Division championship, Czech Womens Cup, and UEFA Womens Champions League qualification as a seeded team.
Before that, Schirmer was on the womens soccer staff at the University of North Florida, where the teams win total increased each season after his arrival.
He has also worked at Eastern Florida State College, first serving as an assistant coach of the mens team and later as associate head coach of the womens team. He helped the mens team to a fifth-place finish in the NJCAA and the womens team to third and second-place finishes in 2014 and 2015.
The Jacksonville, Fla., native played at Tennessee Wesleyan College, graduating magna cum laude in 2004 with a bachelors degree in business finance and an economics minor. He was a two-time NAIA Scholar All-American and a three-year member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
After graduating, he played professionally for one season in Hong Kong and spent seven years in Japan, including with the Urawa Reds from 2009-2012.
He is currently finishing his masters degree in educational leadership from the University of North Florida.
Head Coach
Trinity (TX)
Division 3
Dylan Harrison 02 will enter his sixth year as head coach of the Trinity womens soccer team during the 2021 fall season.
Appointed in 2016, the former Tiger mens soccer standout has amassed a record of 86-9-2, for a winning percentage of .896 over the last five seasons.
Coach Harrisons teams have also posted an undefeated 55-0-0 mark in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). The Tigers have captured five SCAC Championships with Coach Harrison at the helm - including the 2019 season - and have advanced each year to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Tigers would have qualified for the 2021 spring season but the winter championships were canceled due to COVID-19. Respected by his peers, Coach Harrison was elected the SCAC Coach of the Year for the three times in a row.
Due to the pandemic, the Tigers competed in a condensed season during the spring of 2021. Trinity finished with an unblemished 10-0 record and took home SCAC championship honors. En route to being crowned the conference champions, the Tigers poured in nine goals to defeat Schreiner in the conference quarterfinals on Apr. 17 and set a SCAC record for most goals scored in a single match. The Trinity University womens soccer team was voted the no. 1 team in the nation by the United Soccers Coaches in the final poll but was unable to play in the NCAA Tournament due to COVID-19 cancelling fall sport championships.
Coach Harrison and his assistant coaches were also elected the 2019 NCAA Division III West Region Staff of the Year by United Soccer Coaches. Sharing the honor were Assistant Coaches Spencer Valdespino, Claire Edwards '08, and Jeremiah Narvaez.
Trinity completed the 2019 season with a 17-4-1 overall record, an 8-0-0 mark in the SCAC, and a #20 ranking by D3soccer.com. After securing the conference regular-season title, the Tigers headed to the SCAC Tournament at Georgetown, Texas, as the top seeds, and defeated the University of Dallas (TX) in the Semifinals. Trinity and host Southwestern (TX) University battled to a 0-0 regulation tie in the Championship Game. The Pirates edged the Tigers 5-4 in penalty kicks and claimed the SCAC title.
However, Trinity received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament, marking the Tigers 11th consecutive appearance in the postseason event. The Tigers traveled to Abilene, Texas, for the first two rounds and defeated Pacific Lutheran (WA) University in the opener. Trinity then beat 19th-ranked host Hardin-Simmons (TX) University in the second.
The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 for the first time since 2016, during Coach Harrison's first year at the helm. The Tigers headed to Grantham, Pennsylvania, where the top-ranked host Messiah (PA) College prevailed in the third-round matchup.
Senior Kristen Canepa was elected to the United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team for the second year in a row, and earned a slot on the D3soccer.com All-America Second Team. Canepa was honored as the SCAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight occasion.
Coach Harrisons squads have produced six All-Americans, three Academic All-Americans, eight Scholar All-Americans, and 13 All-West Region honorees. Chelsea Cole was awarded a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship following the 2018 season while Lindsey Peng earned the same prestigious award after the 2021 spring season.
Since 2016, seven Tigers have been elected the SCAC Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year. A total of 35 Trinity players have been tabbed for the All-SCAC Teams during Coach Harrisons tenure.
The 2018 Tiger team completed the campaign with a 17-2-1 overall record and a #18 ranking by United Soccer Coaches. Trinity hosted the SCAC Championship and defeated Southwestern (TX) University to capture the conference title for the 10th consecutive occasion. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship and claimed a decision over Occidental (CA) College in the opening round at Abilene, Texas. The third-ranked host Hardin-Simmons (TX) University beat Trinity in the second round.
The 2017 Tigers finished with a 19-2-0 record and a #13 ranking by d3soccer.com. Trinity won the SCAC Championship with a victory over Texas Lutheran University. Heading to the NCAA Championship, the Tigers shut out the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX) in the first round, and were eliminated by Hardin-Simmons in a tightly played second-round matchup.
Coach Harrisons charges chalked up a 23-1-0 mark in 2016 and went undefeated in the regular season. The .958 winning percentage was the best in Division III. D3soccer.com ranked Trinity fifth in the nation in the final poll of the season.
The Tigers won the SCAC title by defeating Southwestern and opened the NCAA Division III Championship with a win over Mount Union (OH) College. Hanover (IN) College fell to Trinity in the second round. The Tigers returned home to take out Penn State (PA) Berks in the third round of the tournament. The eventual national champion, Washington University in St. Louis (MO) eliminated Trinity in the quarterfinals.
Harrison was a key member of the Tigers mens team from 1998-2001. Under the guidance of Head Coach Paul McGinlay, the former defender and team captain earned All-SCAC Second Team accolades in 2000 and 2001. During Coach Harrisons playing days the Tigers advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals in 1998 and 1999 and to the third round in 2000.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 2002.
Prior to joining the Trinity staff, he held the head womens soccer position at Nicholls State (LA) University from 2009-2016. The NCAA Division I program made great strides under his leadership, as the Colonels set a school record for single-season victories (2013) and was the sixth-most improved team in the nation that season.
Nicholls State advanced to the Southland Conference semifinals in 2014. His teams also produced two National Soccer Coaches Association of America (now United Soccer Coaches) All-Region Players and a Southland Conference Player of the Year.
Coach Harrison holds the distinction of having the most career womens soccer victories at the school, located in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He earned a masters degree in business administration at Nicholls State.
An excellent teacher of the sport of soccer, Coach Harrison mentored the 97 Louisiana Girls Olympic Development Team from 2012-2015. Three of the players attended national camps, and Coach Harrison was elected the 2014 Louisiana Soccer Association Coach of the Year.
From 2006-2008, Coach Harrison led the DIII womens program at Sewanee: The University of the South (TN). He guided seven players to All-SCAC recognition. The versatile Coach Harrison was also an assistant track & field coach, focusing on sprinters and jumpers.
He began his coaching career in 2003 at San Antonios University of the Incarnate Word, and oversaw all travel logistics and game-day operations. UIW was a member of the NCAA Division II at that time.
A native of Napoleonville, Louisiana, Coach Harrison is married to the former Kristen Fillmore, a Nicholls State graduate, soccer standout, and assistant womens coach. She is Trinitys Associate Athletic Director for Recreation and Sports Camps.
Goalkeeper Coach
Emory
Division 3
Mike Wentzler joined the Eagles coaching staff prior to the 2011 season, and currently serves as the teams goalkeeper coach.
His efforts in his seven seasons with the team have led Emory to produce one of the top defenses in the country during that stretch, with his keepers allowing just 88 goals in 137 games. Recently during the 2015 season, Wentzler guided Liz Arnold to a All-UAA Honorable Mention, her third straight All-UAA honor. Her .818 goals-against average during the campaign was the 70th-lowest in Division III in 2015.
In 2012, he coached Kaele Leonard to the 13th-lowest goals-against average in Division III (0.459), and the 38th-best save percentage (0.86), as the senior claimed an all-UAA honorable mention, as Emory finished as the National Runner-Up. During his first season on the team, Wentzler's efforts helped Emory go 17-1-2 and claim a conference Championship, advancing to the round of 16 of the NCAA Championships. Under his watch in 2011, Leonard was named to the all-South Atlantic Region Second Team and an honorable mention to the all-UAA team after finishing third in Division III with a 0.288 goals-against average and sixth with a 0.909 save percentage. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Erica Stein set a school record with a 0.20 goals-against average during the year. As a team, Emory ended the year ranked third among Division III schools with a 0.242 goals-against average and a 0.8 shutout percentage, and fifth with a 0.904 save percentage.
Wentzler was a two-time NAIA all-American for Berry College in Rome, GA during his collegiate playing days. He also earned all-conference and all-region honors in 2006 and 2007, and was named the Southern States Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2007. Wentzler graduated from Berry in 2008 with a Bachelor of Sciences, majoring in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Womens Studies.
Wentzler holds a National D coaching license certification. He currently teaches at St. Pius X Catholic High School.
Head Women's Soccer Coach
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
Assistant Coach
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
Division 3
2017: NEWISA All-Region Third Team NEWMAC All-Conference First Team NEWMAC Academic All-Conference NEWMAC Womens Soccer Offensive Athlete of the Week (10/16) appeared in 23 games and made 21 starts as a junior registered a career-high nine goals and 23 points as well as five assists four of her goals were game winners which came at Roger Williams (9/12), against Tufts (9/26), at Wellesley (10/10) and at Coast Guard (10/14) ranked fourth in the NEWMAC in game winning goals, fifth in goals and points and sixth in assists scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Tufts and tallied a season-high five shots in a 2-1 in at Clark (9/29) registered an assist in the NEWMAC title game against Springfield (11/5) was part of a team that had its best season in program history (20-2-1), reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time since 2012, won the NEWMAC Championship for the first time since 2011 and registered its highest national ranking of No. 12 in the United Soccer Division III poll [[SEASON STATS](https://www.mitathletics.com/sports/w-soccer/2017-18/players/amyapostol2u4e)]
2016: NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/31) played and started in 23 games as a sophomore registered a career high seven goals, six assists and 20 points ranked second on the team in goals, second in assists and second in points ranked fourth in the NEWMAC in goals, fifth in assists and fifth in points tallied one game winning goal, which came in a 2-0 victory over Mount Holyoke (10/1) also scored goals against Worcester State (9/6), Emmanuel (9/8), Salem State (9/20), Smith (10/15), Emerson (10/25) and Coast Guard (10/29) had four games where she scored a goal and registered an assist took a season-high seven shots against Wellesley College (11/1) in the NEWMAC Quarterfinal game notched at least one shot in 19 of 23 games played as a sophomore aided MIT womens soccer to its best season in program history (17-6-1), to its fifth straight NEWMAC Regular Season Championship and its sixth appearance in the NCAA Tournament ... [[SEASON STATS](https://www.mitathletics.com/sports/w-soccer/2016-17/players/amyapostolbjil)]
2015: Appeared in 15 games (11 starts) as a freshman ... scored five goals and dished out two assists for 12 points ... ranked third on the team in goals ... registered her first career goal in a 4-2 win at Emmanuel (9/3) ... scored a career-high two goals in NEWMAC semifinals against Springfield (11/7) ... [[SEASON STATS](https://www.mitathletics.com/sports/w-soccer/2015-16/players/amyapostolqr58)]
Off the Field at MIT: Majoring in computer science with a concentration in Spanish Software Developer Intern at IBM Research Assistant at the Grodzinsky Lab (MIT Center for Biomedical Engineering) and the MIT Biomimetrics Robotics Lab ... Community Service Deputy of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority.
High School: A 2015 graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School four-time varsity letterwinner in soccer First Team All-League First Team All-Central Coast Section First Team All-Central Coast Section Senior of the Year Central Coast Section Leading Scorer for 2014-2015 Varsity Womens Soccer teams three time West Catholic Athletic League Champion three time Central Coast Section Division II Champion Tri-Valley Classic Tournament winner Regents Outstanding Female Student National Honor Society California Scholarship Federation Archbishop Mitty High School Womens Soccer Scholar-Athlete Drum Major of Archbishop Mitty High School Marching Band Principals Honor Roll also played field hockey and softball.
Club: De Anza Force Soccer Club ECNL 2013 Elite Clubs National League National Champions (North American League).
Head Coach
University of Dallas
Division 3
Stinson becomes the ninth coach of the 21-year old program. Stinson replaces Angelina Pane, who left after four seasons to pursue interests outside of the University of Dallas. Stinson's first date of working was on January 2.
Stinson arrives after serving this past season as an assistant coach with LeTourneau University. She worked and was mentored by third-year head coach John Antonisse. Her responsibilities included: recruiting, developing practice plans, creating plan of attack for games, and helping student-athletes to succeed academically. The Yellow Jackets went 8-9-1 that season and were 3-6-1 in the American Southwest Conference (ASC). Senior midfielder Stephanie Vana was named Third Team All-West Region honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
Stinson was no stranger to the ASC, playing soccer at Hardin-Simmons University from 2012-15. A graduate in December, 2015, Stinson earned a Bachelor of Behavioral Science with a major in Criminal Justice and minor in Forensic Studies.
As a goalie for the Cowgirls, Stinson earned three NSCAA All-Regions, four ASC All-Conferences, 2015 ASC Goalkeeper of the Year, 2015 Academic All-ASC, and 2014 ASC All-Tournament Team.
Stinson is currently pursuing a Master of Psychology at LeTourneau and is projected to graduate in December, 2017.
Graduate Assistant
Texas Woman's
Division 2
I played Division one for the University of North Texas as a goalkeeper for 4 years. In my time their we won 6 Conference USA titles, 3 regular season titles and 3 conference tournament titles. I was a team leader and helped guide the team to our victories.
I have now worked for the North Texas Celtic Futbol Club as a goal keeper coach for the past 5 years. I coach kids from the age of 9 that are in Elementary School all the way to High School kids at the age of 18.
I am the current Graduate Assistant for Texas Woman's University soccer team. This past season we had a record breaking season and made school history.
Assistant Coach
Midwestern State
Division 2
Hello, my name is Chelsea Knaack. I am the assistant women's soccer coach for Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. I primarily work with the goalkeepers here at Midwestern State.
Head Coach
East Texas Baptist
Division 3
Kristin Cox will be entering her 4th season as the head coach of the women's soccer team after three seasons as the assistant. She played four years at Lubbock Christian University where she was on the All-Conference - Team in 2014, CoSIDA Academic All-District Selection 2013/2014. Cox, formerly Fellows, married ETBU head men's soccer coach Chad Cox in December 2018.
Graduated from Lubbock Christian University in 2015 with a B.B.A. in Accounting and a B.B.A in Finance. Earned a Masters of Science in Leadership from Lubbock Christian University in 2016. Earned an MBA from East Texas Baptist University in 2018. Played for Athletes in Action in summer 2015 in Canada. Played for Athletes in Action in summer 2016 in France. Former head coach for the North Texas Olympic Development Program 07 girls.
USSF C License. USC Advanced National Diploma (Currently taking Premier). USC Goalkeeping I and II License.
Head Coach
Howard Payne
Division 3
Brandon Badgeley joined the Howard Payne athletic department as the head women's coach in the spring of 2016. Brandon was recently named the 2021 American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year!
Before HPU, Brandon Badgeley spent the two seasons as the head girls coach at Cedar Hill High school in Cedar Hill, Texas. There he increased the teams win total by seven games and achieved first double digit win season for Cedar Hill in last four years.
Before Cedar Hill, Badgeley spent two seasons at Haltom High School in Haltom City, Texas where he led the program to its first double digit win season in 17 years, only the 2nd in the programs 25 year history. He also grew program from 40 student-athletes to nearly 70 in two years.
A 2009 graduate of Howard Payne, as a student he was an initiator assisting the administration in the creation of the first intercollegiate soccer programs at Howard Payne University. He was assigned the task of developing a business plan that was presented to the HPU Board of Trustees that initiated HPUs first Division III intercollegiate men's and women's soccer programs.
He served as a student assistant coach at Howard Payne to both the men's and women's teams under Sam McCutcheon and Kevin Wright in the programs first three seasons.
After graduating from HPU in May of 2009 with a Bachelors of Business Administration, he worked one year as a teacher in Midlothian ISD and as a volunteer coach with the Midlothian soccer program. He then spent two years working for the Hurst Euless Bedford ISD as a teacher before taking the head soccer position at Haltom High School.
Brandon holds a NSCAA National Level 2 Goalkeeping Certificate, and ISPAS Applied Match Analyst certificate. He is married to Lindsay and they have four children Ainsley, Beckham, Coleton, and Darby.
Associate Head Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
Hardin-Simmons
Division 3
Louisiana Soccer first-year head coach Lance Key announced, on Friday, Feb. 15, the hiring of Stephen Salas as Assistant Soccer Coach and Recruiting Coordinator making Coach Salas, Coach Keys first new addition to his staff as the program begins to make strides towards the 2019 season.
Stephen epitomizes the type of human being that every parent would desire their son or daughter to be led by throughout their collegiate experience," said Coach Key. "As we focus forward on building champions, in life, in the classroom, and on the soccer field, he will be integral in facilitating that growth, as he is a champion himself.
Coach Salas has evolved as a coach under great leadership and mentorship at his previous two stops, and I have great respect for the coaches that poured into him during those tenures. Stephen played an integral role in helping to transform a program into an NCAA Division I Tournament side in his most recent position, which we are aspiring towards here.
I am confident that Stephens influence on our program, institution, and community at-large will be profound. We are very blessed to be adding Stephen.
Coach Salas has spent the previous six seasons as the Associate Head Womens Soccer Coach at Abilene Christian. During his time at ACU (2013-18) Salas, whos specialty was coaching the goalkeepers, was a key part of the coaching staff that helped lead the Wildcats to what was the best season in program history, a 15-6-1 2018 season that saw the Wildcats win its first-ever Southland Conference Championship.
The Wildcats rode their conference championship to a berth in the NCAA Tournament which was not only the first appearance for the soccer program but the first time an ACU athletic program has ever appeared in a NCAA Tournament at the Division I level. During ACUs historic run to the NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats ripped off seven-straight wins to finish the season, during a stretch where ACU outscored its opponents 15-2.
Prior to his time at ACU, Salas spent six seasons as a player and eventually assistant coach at his alma mater Hardin-Simmons. He was the Cowboys' goalkeeper from 2008 to 2011 and helped his squad win the 2009 American Southwest Conference Tournament and reach the NCAA Championships' Sweet 16 behind an overall record of 12-3-6.
Salas eventually became an assistant and goalkeeping coach on the HSU womens soccer team, joining the staff prior to the start of the 2011 season, and in two years he helped lead them to 38 wins, a pair of conference regular season and tournament championships, and an appearance in the 2012 NCAA Sweet 16. His goalkeepers also allowed just eight goals (0.36 GAA) in each season and combined for 33 shutouts as HSU extended its regular-season conference unbeaten streak to a NCAA-record 157 matches.
During Salas' two years on the Cowgirls' bench, HSU finished with a No. 12 national ranking in 2011 by the NSCAA, seventh in 2012, and received two NSCAA/adidas team academic awards. The program also produced a national player of the year, five all-Americas, four academic all-Americas, 11 all-region selections and 14 all-conference honorees.
Salas' additional experience includes working at the Texas A&M and University of Texas summer soccer camps and coaching the Region III (girls) Olympic Development Program. He also served as the Director of Coaching, Academy Director, and Head Coach for the Abilene Soccer Club along with being the area director for FC Dallas WTX in Abilene, Texas.
Salas did have a professional career as well, playing two summers for the DFW Tornados of the USL Professional Development League. He received his Bachelors of Behavioral Science in Education from Hardin-Simmons in December of 2012.
Assistant Coach
McMurry
Division 3
Natalie Rigney joined the McMurry University staff as the assistant coach for both women's and men's soccer in the spring of 2018. Rigney, a native of Brandon, Fla., came to the War Hawks' family after a two-year stint coaching both the women's and men's soccer programs at nearby Ranger College. At Ranger, Rigney served as the head women's soccer coach and assistant men's coach in the fall of 2017. She was also the interim men's head coach in the spring of 2017. Before taking over the reins as women's head coach for the 2017 campaign, she was the women's assistant coach for the 2016 season. Rigney also served as the assistant varsity soccer coach at Glenvar High School (Va.) in 2015. Additionally, her experience on the pitch includes numerous clubs, clinics and private instruction from 2010-2014. As for her own playing career, Rigney lettered three seasons at Tennessee Temple University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology in 2014. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and was the Psychology Department Graduate of the Year. Rigney holds a Level "E" coaching certificate from the Virginia Youth Soccer Association, as well as a Level 1 Coaching Certificate from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Head Coach
Centenary (LA)
Division 3
Greg Cathell begins his 3rd season as the Centenary Ladies Soccer Coach in 2019. He is the fifth coach in the history of Ladies soccer. Last season he lead the program to it's most wins in a season in nearly a decade (9). In only two years he has taken a program that had only averaged 4 wins a year the previous 5 years and turned it into a winner.
In 2018, Ladies Soccer turned in its best season as a member of the SCAC with a 9-6 overall record and a 6-5 mark in conference action. The six wins to begin the season ties a program record for the best start to a season. The .667 winning percentage was the best in the NCAA Division III era while Centenary's four All-Conference players, juniors Emilee Byrd and Kyra Montes (First Team), junior Betzabet Bravo (Second Team), and freshman Kat Martinez (Honorable Mention) were the most All-Conference players for Centenary in more than 20 years.
Cathell comes to Shreveport after one season as an assistant women's soccer coach at Siena, where he coached seven All-Conference Players, as well as the 2016 Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the year.
The Saints finished the season with a 9-7-3 record and the second seed in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, their highest seed in 12 seasons.
For the 2014 and 2015 seasons, Cathell served as the head womens soccer coach at NCAA Division III Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. His teams excelled both on and off the pitch, as the Engineers boasted a 19-12-8 record in two seasons. Cathells squads also received the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Academic Award both seasons, and he coached the first womens soccer Athletic and Academic All-American at Rensselaer.
For four seasons prior to his stint with the Engineers, Cathell served as the assistant womens soccer coach and head recruiting coordinator at NCAA Division III Salisbury University. He helped recruit a freshmen class that went a combined 34-17-6 over three seasons, including two Regular Season Capital Athletic Conferences and two trips to the CAC Tournament Championship game, with one CAC Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance.
Cathell also recruited and coached the first Sea Gulls womens soccer player to earn CAC Rookie of the Year accolades.
From 2003-08, Cathell coached soccer at Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware, with stints as both the boys and girls head coach. In 2008, he garnered both the State of Delaware Coach and Small School Coach of the Year honors.
Cathell was a four year NCAA Division I scholarship student athlete at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore and was named All-Conference and All-Tournament Team in 2003 and 2006. In 2006, he received the Team MVP Award for the Hawks. He graduated from UMES in 2009 with a degree in secondary education social studies concentration. Cathell received his Masters in post-secondary education from Salisbury in December of 2012.
Cathell holds his national coaching diploma and advanced regional coaching diploma from the NSCAA.
Greg and his wife, Mia, reside in Shreveport and are expecting their first child, Hope, in January 2018.
Assistant Coach
Angelo State
Division 2
Coach Muñoz joined the ASU coaching staff in January 2017. He serves in all areas of the program: coaching, recruiting, game planning, scouting, video, analysis, and camps,
In his eight seasons with the program, Coach Munoz has helped guide ASU to seven titles and five appearances at the NCAA II Tournament. These include four regular season conference championships and three tournament championships. In addition to this, he has also been a part of the NCAA II National Staff of the year in 2020 and the United Soccer Coaches South Central Region Coaching Staff of the year in 2024. Since Munoz's arrival, the Rambelles have established many firsts including; winning its first LSC Tournament Championship in program history, winning a regular season championship while going undefeated and reaching the sweet sixteen/regional final.
The 2024 season was a record-breaking season which saw the Rambelles go undefeated in conference play winning the regular season and Lone Star Conference Tournament Championship and reaching the Round of 16 in the NCAA II Tournament for the first time in school history.
The Rambelles made their second consecutive South Central Regional appearance in 2022, losing in the first round to UC-Colorado Springs 3-1 in overtime. Kira Miller was named the LSC Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive season and Cassidy Hill was honored as the LSC Defensive Player of the Year.
The 2021 season saw the Belles tie multiple school records, winning 16 games and advancing to the second round of the NCAA DII Tournament. The Belles won the LSC postseason tournament for the second consecutive year. Kira Miller was named as the Lone Star Conference Goalkeeper of the Year.
In the 2020 season (played in the spring of 2021), Muñoz helped guide the Belles to a perfect 10-0 record and the Lone Star Conference Tournament Championship. The Belles defense only conceded two goals in the whole season. Muñoz and staff were named as the regional and national staff of the year following their undefeated campaign.
2019 saw the Belles go 12-5-2 overall and 8-4-1 in conference play.
In 2018, Muñoz helped guide the Belles to its first ever Lone Star Conference Tournament Championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In 2017, Coach Muñoz helped guide ASU to a regular season Lone Star Conference Championship and a first round appearance at the NCAA Tournament.
Before arriving at Angelo State, Muñoz spent one season as the head women's soccer coach at Georgia Southwestern State University. During his one season with the Division II program, Muñoz improved the team's win/loss record and also led the program to its highest-scoring season in eight years.
Before working at Georgia Southwestern, Muñoz was a volunteer assistant coach at Mercer from 2014 to 2016, helping lead the team to a Southern Conference Tournament Championship and a school-record 14 wins in 2014. The performance earned the Bears an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to his time at Mercer, Muñoz was the head men's coach in the Lone Star Conference at Eastern New Mexico. During his six seasons with the Greyhounds, the team only finished with a losing record in its first year, and Muñoz won the Lone Star Conference Championship with a 9-4-5 record while setting the school record for fewest goals allowed in a season. Muñoz had worked at ENMU earlier in his career as a graduate assistant for the men's team while McCorkle was the head of both programs for the Greyhounds.
Prior to being the head coach at Eastern New Mexico, Muñoz was the head women's soccer coach and the associate head womens soccer coach at NAIA member Midland University. In the 2007 season, he led the Warriors to a 13-2-4 record and earned a runner-up finish in the Great Plains Athletic Conference Championship.
Muñoz played collegiate soccer at William Woods University from 1998-02 where he was a First Team All-American Midwest Conference selection. He went on to obtain a Master's of Science in Physical Education while serving as a graduate assistant coach at Eastern New Mexico.
A Bogotá, Colombia native, Muñoz also played semi-professionally in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with North York Astros and in the Premier Development League with the Sioux Falls Spitfire. Muñoz currently holds a Premier Diploma as well as a Goalkeeping Level I & II diplomas from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Assistant Coach
Schreiner
Division 3
Assistant Coach
Ouachita Baptist
Division 2
Assistant Women's Soccer Coach
Ozarks
Division 3
Ramos helped the program to its first-ever American Southwest Conference post-season tournament in her first season as the assistant coach. Ramos, who was named the assistant coach in July of 2015, also helped the program to its most conference wins since 2009.
Ramos, a native of Arlington, Texas, was a four-year lettewinner at LeTourneau University, helping the program to its most wins since 2009 her senior season. She started in 13 matches and recorded one assist in her final year, and as a junior she started in 19 matches. She finished her career as a three-time American Southwest Conference All-Academic Team member. In 2014, Ramos attended the NCAA Career in Sports Forum in Indianapolis.
She starred at Martin High School earning MVP honors twice and serving as the team captain.
Ramos received her bachelor's degree in business management from LeTourneau in 2015.
Assistant Coach
Louisiana College
Division 3
Samantha Etherington is the sixth head coach in Louisiana College Women's Soccer program history.
As a graduate assistant at the University of Dubuque from 2013-2015, Etherington assisted in every facet of a program that won the Iowa Conference (IIAC) regular season and postseason championship. The program also made an NCAA Tournament appearance on its way to setting new school records for wins (16), consecutive wins (6), home wins (10), fewest goals allowed (18), and shutouts (10).
Prior to Dubuque, Etherington put together an impressive coaching resume in a short period of time, as she served as student assistant coach at Nicholls State University and assistant coach at E.D. White High School in Thibodaux for the 2012-2013 season.
As a four-year student-athlete at Nicholls State University, Etherington played in 7 games, making 66 starts, as well as scoring 5 goals and 11 assists for 21 career points. Etherington was also named MVP for her junior and senior seasons; in addition to being named team captain her senior year.
Prior to Nicholls State, Etherington was a two-time conference champion at Gateshead College in Gateshead, England, as well as 5v5 National Champion. Most recently, Etherington was named in the Gateshead College Athletic Hall of Fame. Etherington played club soccer for Newcastle United Womens Football Club who competed in the FA Northern Premier League.
Etherington graduated from Nicholls State University in 2013 with a B.S. in Health Sciences, and earned her M.A. in Communications from the University of Dubuque in 2015.
In August 2015, Etherington was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) 30 under 30 program. Picked from over 500 applicants, Etherington and will be part of a year long mentorship program created to support and grow Americas next generation of coaches.
Assistant Coach
West Texas A&M
Division 2
Driggs begins his fifth year as the associate head women's soccer coach at West Texas A&M. Driggs came to Albuquerque, N.M.
During his six-year tenure at La Cueva HS, he lead the men's soccer team to three 6-A State Championships. He also has spent the past seven years as the girl's academy director of NM Rush Soccer Club. He began his coaching career in 1993.
Driggs played collegiate soccer at the University of New Mexico. He graduated with a Bachelor degree in social work from the University of New Mexico-Highlands in 2011. He has a Masters in clinical counseling as well.
Driggs has a USSF "B" License and a US Soccer NY License. Also, he is a current education instructor for New Mexico Youth Soccer.
He is married to his wife, Jacqueline, and has two children
Graduate Assistant Coach
Eastern New Mexico
Division 2
Head Coach
Piedmont
Division 3
Head Coach at Piedmont (2017-present)
69-23-11 overall record
Led Piedmont to undefeated season in first year as Head Coach
Won 2021 USA South Athletic Conference Regular Season Championship
Won 2021 Spring USA South Athletic Conference Tournament Championship
Won 2018 USA South Athletic Conference Tournament
Earned 2017 USA South Athletic Conference Regular Season Title
2021 USA South Goalkeeper of the Year (Laila Allen)
2017 USA South Player of the Year (Cassidy Reich)
31 All-Conference Players
Five United Soccer Coaches All-South Atlantic Region Team Members
14 Scholar All-South Region Team Members
Nine CoSIDA Academic All-District Honorees
Three CoSIDA Academic All-American Honorees
Assistant Coach at Piedmont (2009-2011, 2013-2017)
Four Conference Titles (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)
80 shutouts over seven seasons
35 All-Conference performers
Six NSCAA All-South Region performers
Collegiate Career at Huntingdon College (2003-2004, 2006)
Centerback for the Hawks
GSAC All-Freshman Team member (2003)
All-Tournament Team at the Kyle Rote Jr. Invitational (2006)
Student Assistant (2007)
Timmy McCormack just completed his fifth season season as Head Women's Soccer Coach with another conference championship to add from the fall of 2021 after taking the title in the spring of 2021 and an undefeated season in 2017 to go with a USA South Championship season in 2018 for the Lady Lions. McCormack is no stranger to the sidelines for the Green and Gold after spending a combined eight seasons as an Assistant Coach for Piedmont soccer, seven of those with the Lady Lions, prior to taking over as the Head Women's Soccer Coach before the '17 campaign.
In the midst of one of the more uncertain times as schools across the country dealt with the ramifications of COVID-19, the Lady Lions stayed steady winning the 2021 Spring USA South Athletic Conference Championship with another 1-0 over Maryville College, this time doing so at the home of the Scots. The tournament championship marked the 8th conference championship in McCormack's 11 seasons with the program including the last four seasons as the Head Coach.
In his second season as head coach, McCormack led the Lady Lions to its fourth USA South Tournament Championship as Piedmont defeated long-time rival Maryville College, 1-0. Piedmont would advance to the NCAA tournament where it played its closest tournament game to date, falling 2-1 to No. 17 Lynchburg College. The Lady Lions posted 16 shutouts on the season and outscored opponents 41-10 while out-shooting the opposition 18-9.
Piedmont posted a 16-0-4 record under McCormacks leadership in 2017 as the Lady Lions posted 14 shutouts and outscored opponents 53-8. Defensive prowess has been McCormacks specialty as his work with the defensive side of the squad helped Piedmont to 110 shutouts over his combined nine years with the Lady Lions including 18 in 2015.
McCormack has been on the sidelines with the Lady Lions for one of the most impressive decades of soccer in the programs history. Though he just completed his first season as Head Coach, McCormack was an assistant with the program when the women won four conference titles (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016) and helped Piedmont to four NCAA tournament appearances.
In 2015, McCormack helped the Lady Lions to one of their finest seasons in program history with a record 20 wins as Piedmont went 20-2-1 overall with a 10-1-1 conference record on the way to a USA South Tournament Championship and another NCAA Tournament appearance. McCormack saw another All-Conference selection in the goal with Michaela Gardner taking the honors on the way to becoming the second NSCAA All-Region goalkeeping selection since 2009.
McCormack spent two stints as an assistant with the womens program from 2009-2011 and again from 2013-2017. Before switching over to the womens side of the PC soccer program, McCormack operated as an assistant coach with Piedmonts mens soccer team in the fall of 2008.
In the fall of 2012, McCormack led his alma mater Huntingdon College to one of its winningest mens soccer seasons in the previous decade including a victory over 5-time defending conference champions Maryville College, a feat the Hawks had not accomplished since 1999. With the 2-1 win over the Scots snapping a 29-game losing streak to the perennial power, McCormacks squad improved its winning percentage from the previous season and posted a draw with Rhodes College, an opponent that had defeated the Hawks by a combined score of 15-2 in their previous four meetings.
As an active member of United Soccer Coaches, McCormack holds a National Goalkeeping Diploma and Advanced National Diploma in addition to a National B License from the United States Soccer Federation. Having been a member of the camp staffs at the University of Notre Dame, Maryville College, and the Cajun Soccer Club, McCormack also served as the Co-Director of the Marshall Soccer School along with Marshall University Head Mens Soccer Coach Bob Gray in the summer of 2007.
The Lady Lions coach spent his playing days at Great South Athletic Conference member & current USA South member Huntingdon College where he was named to the 2003 GSAC All-Freshman Team and the 2006 All-Tournament Team at the Kyle Rote Jr. Invitational. Prior to his arrival at the collegiate ranks, McCormack won a trio of state championships with the Capital City Soccer Club making a pair of appearances in the US Youth Soccer Southeast Regional Championships.
A 2008 graduate of Huntingdon College, McCormack earned his Bachelor of Arts in History. He followed that with a Master of Arts in Teaching from Piedmont College in 2010.
Currently residing in northeast Georgia, McCormack manages all aspects of the womens soccer program while also serving as an Assistant Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. The Huntingdon alum married the former Jamie Edwards, who serves as the Head Volleyball Coach at Piedmont, in 2008 after the two finished their collegiate playing careers at the fellow conference member institution.
Assistant Coach
Florida Southern
Division 2
Now in his fifth year as assistant men's soccer coach is former Florida Southern defender Ashley Holmes. After serving as assistant coach under former head coach Ryan Sniegoski in 2013, and from 2015-16, Holmes remained on staff when current head coach Jason Carlson arrived in 2017.
One of the most decorated players in team history, Holmes has been part of the men's soccer program at Florida Southern for all but one of the last 11 years. He spent the first five as a student-athlete from 2008-12, which included a medical redshirt season in 2009. During that time he started all 54 games in which he played and was a 3-time First Team All-Sunshine State Conference defender. He is one of only three Moccasins in team history to make the All-SSC Team three times, was an NSCAA All-South Region selection in 2010, and was twice selected as the Mocs' Most Valuable Player (2010 and 2012). Well-known for his abilities as a center back, Holmes also ranks among the highest scoring defenders to ever play for the Moccasins. He totaled 11 goals and 23 points in his career and was their second leading scorer as a redshirt junior in 2011 with six goals.
Holmes has the distinction of being the only Moccasin to serve as a team captain four years. He was elected to that role as a sophomore in 2009, the year in which he redshirted, and continued to hold that title throughout the remainder of his career. He was also a leader in the classroom at Florida Southern, winning two NCAA Academic Achievement Awards, earning Academic All-Region honors in 2011, and a spot on the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in all five years on the roster, including his final season when he played as a graduate student.
In addition to his duties at Florida Southern, Holmes is also a member of the Auburndale Scream coaching staff where he holds the title of Director of Boys Development. He was the head coach for the U18 Boys team during the 2015-16 season.
Assistant Coach
Pfeiffer
Division 2
Justin Gilfert joined the Falcon women's soccer program as an assistant coach in April of 2019
An all-star player at Hinsdale Central School, Gilfert played in Lloret de Mar, Spain during his senior year with NY Select before graduating to Finger Lakes Community College where he suited up during his freshman season.
He then transferred to Hilbert College where he graduated in December of 2016 after playing for the Hawks the three seasons.
At Hilbert, he was part of a team that reached the quarterfinals of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship twice.
After graduation, he signed with Chivas USA U23 Academy, who operated as an MLS from 2004-2014 in Bradenton, Florida. Gilfert also had multiple professional trials across Europe.
Coaching Experience:
St. Bonaventure University 2007-2018
Part of a rebuilding program that made the Atlantic 10 playoffs for the first time since 2010
8-9-2 overall record
Had players named National Player of the Week
National team player for Hong Kong and he also signed to play professionally in Spain
Greensboro College 2018-2019
Helped coach Greensboro to an undefeated regular season that saw them win the regular season title for the first time in 15 years.
17-1 record (Most wins in school history).
Helped develop Greensboros first ever national team player who currently plays for the Puerto Rican national team and will be signing with Puerto Rico Sol upon graduation.
Head Coach
Paul Quinn
NAIA
Delgado is the current head coach at Paul Quinn College. He was a player at Howard Payne University and also coaches at the club level at Barca 99.
Richland
Junior College
Raul Herrera enters his 7th season at Richland College. Raul's duties include working with the goalkeepers, running training sessions and recruiting student athletes. Under Rauls guidance as assistant coach, the Thunderducks won the 2016 NJCAA National Championship. They also placed 3rd at NJCAA National Tournament in 2013 and 2015. Also, in 2014, he helped the Ducks to a NJCAA National Runner-up finish. Raul has helped over 45 students/athletes transfer and play at the next level from NAIA to NCAA Division I, II and III. Including 9 players who went on to play at a NCAA Division I program. Besides working with Richland College, Raul Herrera is one of the academy goalkeeper coaches at FC Dallas. He has trained and helped develop numerous youth national team goalkeepers and has been part of the process of two Academy goalkeepers getting signed to the professional team. Raul Herrera is a native of Richardson, Texas. He graduated from Berkner High School where he was a 4-year starter on the Varsity soccer team. In college, Raul becomes a 3 time College All-American. His first year as an All-American came in 2006 where he was Head Coach Sean Worleys Starting goalkeeper on the team that won the 2006 NJCAA National Championship. He later moved on to play at Midwestern State under Coach Doug Elder where he became a 2-time All-American starter and led the team to the NCAA D2 Final Four appearance in 2010. In 2009 Raul Herrera led the NCAA in all divisions with the lowest goals against in the nation with only 5 goals in 16 games. Raul Herrera currently holds a "D" license from the USSF. He also has a Spanish degree with a minor in Kinesiology from Midwestern State University. He is currently working on his Master's Degree in Sports Administration from Midwestern State University
Head Coach
Texas College
NAIA
Coach Marco Mthembu
Texas College Head Men & Women Soccer Coach
Former South African International & Retired Professional player
William Carey University Hall of fame
Assistant Coach
Northeast Texas CC
Junior College
Coach Stringer enters her fourth season with NTCC as the Mens and Womens Assistant Coach. The 2018 season was a historic one on the Men's side, Stringer helped the Eagles earn a second place finish in a tough Region 14. The Eagles finished the season with a school record season at 17-3-2, a trip to the NJCAA National Tournament for this first time since 2014, and ended the season ranked #7 in the nation. The entire coaching staff was honored by the United Soccer Coaches Association when they were awarded for the 2018 NJCAA Division 1 Men's South Region Staff of the Year. The men's team was also able to produced the must shootouts in school history (10) while Stringer has been on staff working with the goalkeepers.Stringer has helped the men's team make the playoffs in both of her previous years at NTCC.
On the Women's side this past season Stringer helped the Lady Eagles earn another top four finish in Region 14 play with a 8-81 record on the season. In her first season Stringer helped the Lady Eagles have a record breaking season. Finishing with a 14-4 record, a second place finish in Region 14, and becoming nationally ranked for the first time. Stringer has helped both teams make the playoffs each of her previous three years at NTCC.
Stringer has coached 19 All-Region players, 11 All-District players, 1 NJCAA All-American, while at NTCC. Prior to coming to NTCC Stringer was the Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach for a boys competitive soccer club in Dallas, Texas. Stringer helped develop the team into a state top 10 and top 50 regional team, along with a First Team All-District goalkeeper and 11 other All District field players.
As a player, Stringer was a four-year starter at Central Christian College of Kansas. While playing goalkeeper at Central Christian College she earned numerous awards including MCAC All Conference Team, NCCAA All Region Team, and NCCAA All American Team. As a senior Stringer was Team MVP and received the Claudine Ferrell Female Athlete of the Year. Stringer holds the Central Christian College single season record for most shutouts in a season with 10.
Coach Stringer earned a Bachelors degree in Sports Management from Central Christian College and a Masters degree in Coaching from Texas Womans University. Stringer holds her NSCAA Goalkeeping Diploma 1 & 2 Licenses, USSF "F" and "D" Licenses.
Assistant Coach
Johnson & Wales (CO)
Division D3
Andy Kohel was named head men's soccer coach at Johnson & Wales University in January 2018. Kohel comes to JWU after serving as an assistant coach at Colorado College for the last three seasons.
While a member of the Tiger's coaching staff, Kohel helped coach the squad to a 41-10-9 record over three years and saw numerous players recognized for Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) and United Soccer Coaches (USC) honors. As an assistant for Colorado College, Kohel was charged with video analysis, scouting, planning trainings and coordinating on-campus visits for recruits among other tasks. He has also worked with Rush Pikes Peak Soccer Club since January 2016, overseeing youth player development as part of the coaching staff.
Before joining the CC coaching staff, Kohel spent four seasons as an assistant at his alma mater, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. During his tenure, the Titans went 48-18-11 and captured the 2014 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship and earned a spot in the 2013 NCAA Division III Championship.
Alongside his work with the Titans, Kohel also worked with FC Green Bay Soccer Club as a member of the coaching staff.
Kohel played his undergraduate career at UW-Oshkosh and was a four-year starter for the Titans. UW-Oshkosh went 52-16-11 in his career and as a senior advanced to the national semifinals of the NCAA tournament after going 20-1-3.
He holds a USSF 'B' Coaching license and earned his bachelor's degree in History.
Head Coach
Rich Mountain
Junior College
Athletic Director Morris Boydstun admitted that he was a bit concerned about the caliber of applicants the college would receive because of it being a new program and the time of year. He sent out the job posting to every head and assistant coach within the region including Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, and Kansas. What I expected was an assistant coach that was looking for the next step. What I got was a lot better. And from that, Byrd was easily the best candidate we had. Boydstun said he was pleasantly surprised when a coach with multiple trips to divisional and state play offs plus four state championship cups was interested in the position.
Byrd is a multisport accomplished athlete who began coaching club teams when he was a teenager. His impressive resume includes D/FW Tornados Soccer Club and nine seasons at the University of Dallas, among multiple camps.
Byrd comes to Mena from Coastal Bend College in Beeville, Tex., where they had only won one game in 14 years prior to Byrds arrival. Under his leadership, he advanced to regional semi or finals all five years along with beating several nationally ranked opponents. There were a lot of things that factored into me reaching out to Morris. Im a single guy with no kids, Im pretty fluid. Nothing really keeps me in one place. I had built a very good program where I was after five years. Byrd went on to explain that Hurricane Harvey destroyed everything he had. When I saw the job, it was a new challenge and a lot closer to my home by about two hours Dallas/Fort Worth. If Im not going to live on the beach, why not live in the mountains
Byrd is well impressed with the plans UA Rich Mountain has for its athletics program. The five-year plan is what sold me. I know the first year is going to be hard. It is what it is. The vision here is very structured and that will make it more successful going forward. The leadership has a good firm grip and good communication.
UA Rich Mountain understands the challenges for recruiting for Fall 2019, when most players signed with a team on November 1, but Byrds previous coaching experience demonstrates his ability to deliver in the most challenging circumstances. Morris said that Byrds contacts within the sport are vast and in his first week alone, he had already made over 120 contacts, He hit the ground running.
Byrd explained that with a new program, its about creating a certain culture. I want to get the best we can our first year. Anytime I have an outfit of players and we start practicing, Ill never let them have anything less than a winning outlook. If we can make a conference tournament our first year, I think that will be a success.
Byrds commitment to the athletes academic success is no different. Approx. 98% of his soccer athletes from Coastal Bend, also a community college, went on to 4-year universities on scholarship. He explained that one of the disadvantages with a soccer program is that the season is almost done before grades come out, but he has an academic policy that he holds his athletes to, and has always been appreciated by parents. GPAs within 3.2-3.6, athletes are required to attend a mandatory study hall one time a week, anything below 3.2, athletes are required to attend study hall twice a week. We will make it our goal to win the highest GPA award within the athletic department. Thats a goal I recruit them on.
Byrd says he is looking forward to evaluating local and regional talent but also embraces the opportunity soccer athletic programs present in recruiting international students, explaining that out of forty young men on his soccer team at Beeville, they represented fifteen different countries.
Byrd, aside from being impressed with the Bucks five-year plan, said that his first impression of the campus was the small size, but knowing the changes that are coming, we will have the best facilities in the JC, and that alone, will be a huge recruiting tool. Byrd added that the student life at UA Rich Mountain will be a plus to the athletic program, The sheer beauty of the campus the ponds really intrigue me, the disk golf, the walking trails through the woods that is stuff that is going to stimulate the student athletes. We dont want them to get bored. They can play disk golf, and in the off season, they can fish, they can hike, they can go to the lake, its a great atmosphere.
Byrd plans to hit the road this week. Knowing hes technically behind in the recruiting process, Byrds strategy is simple and straightforward, pure hard work, as well as utilizing his vast contacts in the sport. I contacted FC Dallas already, which is the big premiere club in Dallas, the Major League Soccer. I talked to their recruiter and hes putting a list together of potential athletes that he thinks would be a good fit for our program. Ive contacted Kansas City sporting director all of these Major League Soccer Clubs have youth academies and theyre Under 19s. If you make that list, youre a solid player. Hopefully, they arent all committed yet but Im reaching out, making those contacts. Ive heard we have tons of local community support so Im really excited about seeing what local and regional talent we have. Were doing local tryouts February 17 so I encourage everyone to follow Bucks Athletics on social media to stay informed on those.
Byrd is looking forward to becoming involved in the local community. I want to help build the soccer community from the grass roots level up. Ill be working with the youth every opportunity Im given. I will even offer a Soccer 101 class for the entire community. Hes also looking forward to taking full advantage of all of the outdoor sports the area is known for, including fishing, jet skiing on local lakes, white water rafting on the Cossatot, and, I have a beautiful husky named Macy. Well go hiking up in these mountains.
Chancellor Dr. Phillip Wilson said he is incredibly pleased with the progress that Athletic Director Morris Boydstun and Assistant Director Jerod McCormick are making in a very short and demanding timeframe and in conjunction with the other hats the two gentlemen wear, Its their passion and their ability to recruit a soccer coach of Coach Byrds caliber is proof of that.
Byrd is located in the Abernathy Building on the Mena campus. He can be reached at 479-394-7622 ext. 1661.
EXACT
NCAA
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
EXACT partners with college coaches to prioritize premium training for athletes.
In addition to the showcase games, all field players participate in training sessions designed and led by college coaches
Each session includes a tactical overview to discuss concepts in attacking, defending, and transition
In addition for an opportunity for players to showcase themselves in a training environment, players get to see what it is like to play for different college coaches at camp
A Goalkeeper Showcase- all attending college coaches will watch you 'live' PLUS GK showcase is digitally streamed to 100+ NCAA coaches around the country
Multiple private position-specific training sessions with a team of college coaches
A keeper-specific session on the recruiting process to cover unique aspects of the position
Live-action in tournament gameplay, observed by all college coaches
Add a professionally filmed and edited video to your camp experience
Highlights are captured during workouts at camp and edited to show you at your best
Your video will be edited after camp and delivered on a personalized Highlight Video webpage
Add a video package to your experience from your Camp Dashboard (after registration)
See what people are saying about EXACT!
Player
The staff, the players, and the coaches that were apart of this camp were such genuine and caring people that I really felt welcome when I stepped on the field. Also, it was just a really fun experience where I had the chance to interact with fellow soccer lovers and I learned so much. I have to give it 10 out of 10 soccer balls.
This is one of the first times I've had the opportunity to interact so closely with college coaches and it really opened up my eyes not only to the opportunities that are available to me, but also the personalities of these coaches. They truly care about the improvement and development of their players and it's so wonderful spending time with such professional and involved people.
Player
I was very satisfied with the program and how it was run. Being new to these types of experiences and camps, I was happy to see how the staff was kind and helpful to all the athletes. I know that in the future if an opportunity like this swings around the corner I will have no trouble snatching it. I had an amazing time at this camp and hope it happens again. Thank you to all for hosting it. Also having celebrity's host a camp like this one makes it very special to a lot of the athletes.
Player
I loved the environment of the EXACT camp. It's so different from other camps because it takes into account the mental aspect of the game instead of just the physical aspect. The environment was friendly and welcome, and this camp gave me a giant boost of confidence whether for striking up a conversation with a college coach or just on the field. It was very informative and I feel like I'm on the right track for being recruited at a college that is the right fit for me. Thank you!
Parent
I was impressed with the overall flow and their ability to adapt to adverse scheduling conflicts from the facility. This is a great opportunity for my daughter to see beyond the club and school soccer, and the annoying reminding from us. It helps keep her motivated and going in the direction she wants to go with this sport. We'll definitely return to future camps. I as a parent was able to network with parents of older girls as well which helps me greatly in the posit of my daughters goals.
Player
EXACT offers a great experience that blends on field training in a college atmosphere with off field soft skills needed to help become a better candidate for recruitment. The coaches provide excellent, real world feedback to parents and athletes on what and what not to do. Overall its a great experience that provides insight that will serve the players and the parents well during the recruiting period.
Parent
My daughter had a great time. The coaches were professional and very approachable. The question and answer panel with the coaches was informative. There was more interaction between the players and coaches than I expected from attending other "camps". The coaches really made an effort to be available when not on the field. I would highly recommend this experience to others. Soccer players can never get enough exposure for a reasonable price, nor can they gain enough experience playing with girls that are unknown to them.
Player
EXACT is a very good way to promote yourself if you are wanting to play at the next level. The most inspiring thing about EXACT is that they want everyone to believe in themselves, which goes a long way when you are trying to be your best.
The camp was very well run, and it is essential that everyone try to go to at least one EXACT camp while they still have the opportunity.
Player
I really appreciated the atmosphere that EXACT Sports Elite Camp provided. Everyone was included in any drill or game we were doing. It was an awesome experience to meet girls I've never seen before early in the morning, practice drills and techniques with them, and play with them/against them later in the same day. It is very different than practicing with the same team every day, every year. It was an experience to go out on a field with complete strangers and interact with them on the field. I also loved the number of college coaches who were at the camp. Especially at my young age, I haven't yet focused on one or two schools yet, so having a wide variety coaches from different schools and levels was exactly what I needed and was looking for.
Player
The EXACT Camp was really informative and challenging. The coaches were very honest and gave me some really good information and tips, which I really enjoyed it.
Overall, it was an excellent camp experience, wish I lived in America to visit more ID camps, coaches gave me much more coaching and training then my own coaches, so it was good to see that I can pick it up a bit to improve my overall performances. I have gone MENTALLLLL!!!!!!!
Player
I loved that I was able to communicate and work with a variety of different coaches. It was an eye opening experience and I was surprised how sociable I was with the other girls at the camp, because I am usually shy and don't want to talk to people. Thank you and two thumbs up to you for getting me out of my shell.
Learn why EXACT Sports is the most trusted and top-rated training camp
Largest college coaching staff of any organization -- camp, tournament or club (bringing in 1000 amazing college coaches every year)!
Hugely successful supporters of high school athletes -- 70.2% of participants have gone on to play NCAA or NAIA college athletics.
Only training camp organization that has received funding from the NCAA.
Official behavioral training partner of US Soccer.
The only camp staff that has expertise in developing athletes from high school to college to pro (we also work with over 60 pro teams).
The only exposure organization that blends the 4 pillars of development through our mental training expertise (EXACT is funded by the National Institutes of Health).
This is a sample schedule. Registered athletes will receive a final schedule prior to camp.
Overview
Residential (Optional)
Athletes Traveling Alone
If You Drive
If You Fly
EXACT's goal is to provide every participant a great camp experience. We know that starts with your travel arrangements. We accommodate a variety of travel options so you can pick what works best for your family, whether that is driving or flying, athlete traveling alone or with a parent, or opting into our residential option or booking your own lodging. Select from the options below for more information.
Traveling far to get to EXACT? Campers have the option to participate in the residential, overnight program. Typically, 20-40% of campers participate in this optional program. Those interested in lodging can add on during registration. Campers stay in EXACT-supervised accommodations with 1-3 fellow participating players. Friendship requests can be made to [email protected]. Included in the EXACT residency option are two nights lodging, dinners, breakfasts and shuttle between the camp game fields and the overnight accommodations (plus all the fun you can handle!)
In addition to a GPS location, we provide specific directions to all participants in pre-camp materials so you know exactly where to go and when to be there!
The following airport options are most convenient for the event location:
KDFW - Dallas Fort Worth International Airport: About 30 miles from facility.
KDAL - Dallas Love Field: About 21 miles from facility.
If family member(s) would like to stay at our recommended hotel, we often organize a discounted rate. Family members are welcome to observe & participate at camp. We have a few sessions designed for family participation including the parent workshop and the recruiting panel However, it is totally optional -- only person that should be there is the athlete!
Players are welcome to travel to the EXACT camp without an accompanying family member. Players have the option to take our airport transit from the recommended airports listed above. This transit will take the athlete from airport to camp (and back to airport after camp ends). Try to book your flight to arrive at airport by 11am and departing flight after 8pm. If you need take earlier/later flights, just let us know -- we always accommodate!
EXACT uses 4k smart cameras from Veo to capture all gameplay at camp. The cameras are elevated to ensure high-quality footage is captured. All video from camp is accessible to EXACT's College Network of 300+ college coaches.
Digital Video Packages can be added to your camp experience after registration (from your Camp Dashboard). EXACT is offering upgrade options for athletes as follows.
Professionally Edited Highlight VideoIn addition to raw footage access, EXACT can have a professional highlight video made based on your video clips from camp. This video will include your information and will feature professional editing to make it clear who you are. Your highlight video will be shared on a personalized highlight video webpage, making it super easy to share with college coaches. You will be able to view a sample before purchasing (on your Camp Dashboard).
Registered athletes will receive instructions (via email) for adding these upgraded video options.
