OPEN: Sacramento State (12/19) Southern Utah (1/??) Arkansas Pine Bluff (1/??)~ Hampton (2/11) Coastal Carolina (2/18) St. Peter’s (?/??) FILLED: Bellarmine - Steve Bornhoffer (Northern Kentucky assistant; ??/??-7/22) Central Arkansas - Derek Nichols (Central Arkansas associate head - 7/28) Long Island - Jim O’Brien (Mitchell College head; 7/11-8/6) Arkansas Pine Bluff - Emanuel Stephens (club coach; ??/??-8/7) UNC Charlotte - Sinead Byrne (INTERIM; April 2025-10/17) Northern Iowa - Alex Place Thomas (UNI interim, former Wartburg assistant and HS coach; INTERIM 6/20-11/10) New Mexico - Karley Nelson (UNM associate head; 11/5-11/12) McNeese State - Alexsis Cable (North Texas assistant; [2025 INTERIM] 6/17-11/20) Texas - Margueritte Bates (UCLA head; 11/24-11/25) Louisiana Tech - Matt Lodge (Murray State head; 11/10-11/25) Ole Miss - Todd Shulenberger (Washington State head; 11/10-12/1) Drexel - Shannon Grogan (Stony Brook associate head; retirement 10/28-12/3) USC Upstate - Sam Odell (Shepherd head; INTERIM 9/30-12/4) Southern Miss - Danny Owens (William Carey head; 11/5-12/5) Florida - Nick Zimmerman (Miss State head; 11/12-12/5) Mississippi State - Kevin O’Brien (Lipscomb head; 12/5-12/7) Texas A&M - Bobby Shuttleworth (Florida State associate head; retirement 10/28-12/9) Central Michigan - James DeCosemo (Western Michigan assistant; 11/3-12/10) UNLV - Kacey Bingham (Western Oregon head; 11/4-12/10) Akron - Maggie Kuhn (Akron assistant; INTERIM-12/11) Troy - Jake Wyman (Montevallo head; 10/30-12/11) UCLA - Gof Boyoko (UCLA associate head; 11/24-12/12) Washington State - Chris Citowicki (Montana head; 12/1-12/12) St. Thomas - Gretta MacDonald (St. Cloud State head; 10/27-12/17) American - Phil Casella (Wagner head; 11/10-12/19) Old Dominion - Will Roberts (Louisiana Monroe head; 12/3-12/22) Nevada - Jeremy Evans (Lake Tahoe CC head; 12/4-12/22) Murray State - Ben Madsen (Auburn assistant; 11/25-12/23) Lipscomb - Dr. Kathleen Paulsen (John Brown head; 12/7-12/23) Fresno State - Gabriel Bolton (Stanislaus State head; 11/18-12/24) Le Moyne - Taylor Van Fleet (Binghamton assistant; 11/17-1/8) Louisiana Monroe - Antony Blackburn (LSU assistant; 12/22-1/17) Michigan - Dave Dilanni (Iowa head; 1/8-1/27) UTRGV - Nataki Stewart (Uni of St. Thomas head; 1/6-2/4) Wagner - Fred King (Penn assistant; 12/18-2/6) Montana - Stuart Gore (former Troy head; 12/12-2/10) Iowa - Dean Ward (Xavier head; 1/27-2/12) Xavier - Katy Etelman (Xavier associate head; 2/12-2/17) Louisville - Hunter Norton (Louisville associate head; retirement 2/19-2/19) St. Bonaventure - Ray Leone (New College of Florida associate head; 1/28-2/19) ~ Originally posted as "unverified", but has since been posted as vacant.
there’s a concerted effort around the SUU program to promote the assistant. From my interactions he’s part of the problem, but since KE left for an assistant job they’ve been able to save face. They’re in between ADs right now, so not sure what the plan is, but if I were betting it would be on the assistant promoted at minimum on an interim basis. as for coastal, the job literally just became open. I think the reason for the “delay” is this isn’t a job that will be open to the masses. They’ll enlist folks to procure a curated list of possible candidates and work through them.
Where did he go to be an assistant? Would not surprise me if they just moved associate head to interim or event promote straight away!
They are paying the previous coach so certainly the assistant keeping the job for now is a strong possibility. Former coach now at San Diego State.
Why was there so little made of Kai going to San Diego State? SDSU didn't even mention it themselves. Weird to me
Several ways to look at it: Paperwork still being done Staff has other priorities, will get to it when they get to it It’s not that big of a deal Etc. Let’s not act like this is a new thing that an assistant doesn’t get the red carpet rolled out for them at a place like San Diego State.
𝙃𝙀𝘼𝘿 𝙃𝙊𝙍𝙉𝙀𝙏Sacramento State welcomes @Tim_Strader as the fifth head coach in the history of the women's soccer program! #StingersUp 📰: https://t.co/QZiQgb1XB0 pic.twitter.com/0gPJvwfQdX— Sacramento State Women's Soccer (@SacStateWSoccer) March 3, 2026
I would say its not a good hire at all. He was awful in NAIA at Indiana Weslyan as a head coach. The coach before him was successful there and the coach after him was successful there.
Wait! So you think this was bad? "where he helped the Wildcats to a National Christian College Athletic Association national runner-up finish in 2017 and four Crossroads League Tournament berths from 2014-17" 2013 record: 8-8-1 (Pre-Strader) 2014 record: 4-13-1 (Strader) 2015 record: 9-9-1 (Strader) 2016 record: 11-7-3 (Strader) 2017 record: 14-6-3 (Strader) 2018 record: 10-7-1 (Post-Strader) All the best!
Crossroad conference record 2013: 5-4 2014: 3-5-1 2015: 4-4-1 2016: 4-4-1 2017: 6-2-2 2018: 4-4-1 2019: 8-0-1 All the best
Great hire!! Tim goes above and beyond for his players and has put in his time to get to this opportunity!
OPEN: Southern Utah (1/??) Arkansas Pine Bluff (1/??)~ Hampton (2/11) Coastal Carolina (2/18) St. Peter’s (?/??) FILLED: Bellarmine - Steve Bornhoffer (Northern Kentucky assistant; ??/??-7/22) Central Arkansas - Derek Nichols (Central Arkansas associate head - 7/28) Long Island - Jim O’Brien (Mitchell College head; 7/11-8/6) Arkansas Pine Bluff - Emanuel Stephens (club coach; ??/??-8/7) UNC Charlotte - Sinead Byrne (INTERIM; April 2025-10/17) Northern Iowa - Alex Place Thomas (UNI interim, former Wartburg assistant and HS coach; INTERIM 6/20-11/10) New Mexico - Karley Nelson (UNM associate head; 11/5-11/12) McNeese State - Alexsis Cable (North Texas assistant; [2025 INTERIM] 6/17-11/20) Texas - Margueritte Bates (UCLA head; 11/24-11/25) Louisiana Tech - Matt Lodge (Murray State head; 11/10-11/25) Ole Miss - Todd Shulenberger (Washington State head; 11/10-12/1) Drexel - Shannon Grogan (Stony Brook associate head; retirement 10/28-12/3) USC Upstate - Sam Odell (Shepherd head; INTERIM 9/30-12/4) Southern Miss - Danny Owens (William Carey head; 11/5-12/5) Florida - Nick Zimmerman (Miss State head; 11/12-12/5) Mississippi State - Kevin O’Brien (Lipscomb head; 12/5-12/7) Texas A&M - Bobby Shuttleworth (Florida State associate head; retirement 10/28-12/9) Central Michigan - James DeCosemo (Western Michigan assistant; 11/3-12/10) UNLV - Kacey Bingham (Western Oregon head; 11/4-12/10) Akron - Maggie Kuhn (Akron assistant; INTERIM-12/11) Troy - Jake Wyman (Montevallo head; 10/30-12/11) UCLA - Gof Boyoko (UCLA associate head; 11/24-12/12) Washington State - Chris Citowicki (Montana head; 12/1-12/12) St. Thomas - Gretta MacDonald (St. Cloud State head; 10/27-12/17) American - Phil Casella (Wagner head; 11/10-12/19) Old Dominion - Will Roberts (Louisiana Monroe head; 12/3-12/22) Nevada - Jeremy Evans (Lake Tahoe CC head; 12/4-12/22) Murray State - Ben Madsen (Auburn assistant; 11/25-12/23) Lipscomb - Dr. Kathleen Paulsen (John Brown head; 12/7-12/23) Fresno State - Gabriel Bolton (Stanislaus State head; 11/18-12/24) Le Moyne - Taylor Van Fleet (Binghamton assistant; 11/17-1/8) Louisiana Monroe - Antony Blackburn (LSU assistant; 12/22-1/17) Michigan - Dave Dilanni (Iowa head; 1/8-1/27) UTRGV - Nataki Stewart (Uni of St. Thomas head; 1/6-2/4) Wagner - Fred King (Penn assistant; 12/18-2/6) Montana - Stuart Gore (former Troy head; 12/12-2/10) Iowa - Dean Ward (Xavier head; 1/27-2/12) Xavier - Katy Etelman (Xavier associate head; 2/12-2/17) Louisville - Hunter Norton (Louisville associate head; retirement 2/19-2/19) St. Bonaventure - Ray Leone (New College of Florida associate head; 1/28-2/19) Sacramento State - Tim Strader (former Texas A&M assistant; 12/19-3/3) ~ Originally posted as "unverified", but has since been posted as vacant.
Crossroads league being one of the stronger conferences in the NAIA year on year so it was a steady record and Strader has managed to do well since in how he has grown in the D1 ranks. Although I will say that 'National Christian College Athletic Association national runner-up finish in 2017' is nothing to really mention. Mean's they weren't good enough to make the NAIA National Tournament and the standard of this tournament is very low.
Are we really debating this hire but hardly blink an eye whey Stuart Gore gets the Montana job after having three consecutive losing season. Or we just accept the fact that some coaches do well with some teams and maybe not so well with other, still good coaches. You can be a good D2 coach and struggle at D1 or vice versa. You can win in one place and maybe not the other, then get another job and be successful and that is all part of coaching. One season or one bad run with a team does not define a coach.
I think the same negativity was label at the Montana and Sac State hire. Some jobs are bad jobs, some jobs are bad because of the administration. I agree on it not defining a coach. Coaching isn't like a boxing record where 1 defeat sets your career back.
OPEN: Southern Utah (1/??) Arkansas Pine Bluff (1/??)~ Hampton (2/11) Coastal Carolina (2/18) St. Peter’s (?/??) Any candidates surfacing?
I can see Southern Utah just hiring the assistant as his wife is the Volleyball assistant. But really outside of Coastal there not desirable jobs.
I know it's DII - but any word on Bentley's search? It's been silent and the job was only posted for a couple of days in December. It's getting late in the hiring season.
Why did Sarah Dacey resign? As for it being "late in the hiring season", I definitely think it is from the DI perspective but maybe not for DII. I was hired for one DII job at the end of April and another one during the summer.
Don't know Bentley situation but hiring cycle clearly not the same at every level. Some ADs will start to think they can save money by leaving the position open until summer! Plenty of Asst coaches have spent weeks and even months thinking they are a candidate and could or will get the job, then...