Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Pennsylvania Northeast

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Yon Struble

Yon Struble’s 13-year tenure as the head women’s soccer coach at Carnegie Mellon University has produced eight double-digit win seasons, nine trips to the NCAA Tournament, and a history-making run to the NCAA Championship national semifinal in 2019.

The 2022 team hosted the first two weekends of the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the seventh time in program history. The team collected a 14-3-2 record including a 5-1-1 mark in the University Athletic Association (UAA) for a second-place finish, recorded 11 shutouts, and was nationally ranked from start to finish. Senior Rachel Legg was named the defensive player of the year by the UAA, D3soccer.com, and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) while she earned All-America Second Team recognition from United Soccer Coaches.

Major Team Highlights

Earned program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in third year with the program

NCAA Tournament appearances in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

Advanced past first and second round of NCAA Tournament in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

Won UAA Championship in 2014 and 2015

Seasons in National Rankings: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

Major Player Highlights

Seven All-America honors by five players from United Soccer Coaches

Seven All-America honors by seven players from D3soccer.com

26 All-Region honors by 14 players

Three Defensive Players of the Year awards from the Eastern College Athletic Conference

Two Rookie of the Year awards from the Eastern College Athletic Conference

Three UAA Rookies of the Year; 17 UAA First Team selections

Career Highlights

Won 100th career game in 2018 (ninth season)

Career record of 149-57-20 – a .704 winning percentage

UAA Coach of the Year – 2012

United Soccer Coaches Regional Coach of the Year – 2012

ECAC Coach of the Year – 2015, 2019

Women’s US Deaf National Soccer Team Head Coach – 2011-2013

Led to the World Championship at Deaf World Cup in Ankara, Turkey, in 2012

Defeated Russia for the second straight year to win gold medal in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2013

Assistant women’s soccer coach at Western Carolina University in 2009

Spent six years working with teams at Norcross Soccer Academy (NSA) in Atlanta, Georgia, serving as the Girls Technical Director

Assistant women’s soccer coach at Georgia State University from 2002-05

Staff member for Georgia Olympic Development Program (ODP) for seven years – took 2005 team to ODP National Championships where they finished third

United States Youth Soccer National Girls Competitive Coach of the Year in 2008

Assistant women’s soccer coach at Union College from 1998-2002

Worked as a staff member for Eastern New York ODP working with various ages for five years

Coaching certifications: USSF A License, NSCAA Premier National Diploma

Playing Career

Played at Division I Stetson University

Played in Empire State Games, winning the gold medal in 1996

Played professionally for the New York Capital District Alleycats of the USISL from 1997 to 1999

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Christopher Moraga

Christopher Moraga was hired as a full-time assistant coach for the Tartans women's soccer program in March 2018 and promoted to associate head coach in 2023.

After one season with the Tartans, Moraga began to leave his footprint on the program in recruiting, planning and running training sessions, and working with video and scouting. In his second season, the Tartans reached the NCAA Division III Championship National Semifinal for the first time in program history.

Year three for Moraga was an abbreviated season due to COVID-19 putting off the fall season to the spring with just three games played. However, Moraga and the Tartans returned to the field in 2021 and once again made a run in the NCAA Tournament, finishing in the Sweet 16. The team finished with a 13-6-1 record and played eight nationally ranked opponents in 2021 with a record of 3-5. All five losses were by one goal. One of Moraga's first recruits, junior Alex Adams, earned her second United Soccer Coaches All-America award with junior Nikki Hasson joining her on the All-Region team. First-year player Maria Askounis earned University Athletic Association (UAA) Rookie of the Year honors, the first honor for the Tartans since the 2014 season. Adams also repeated as a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American and was joined by seniors Jocelyn Mayer and Maddy Lui.

Moraga's fifth year on staff saw the Tartans advance to the NCAA Championship Sweet 16 once again and receive a national ranking as high as seventh during the season. Senior Rachel Legg earned defensive player of the year accolades from the UAA, D3soccer.com, and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) as well as All-America Second Team selection from United Soccer Coaches. The team posted a 14-3-2 record with a second-place finish in the UAA at 5-1-1.

Upon his hiring, head coach Yon Struble said, "Chris is an excellent addition to our staff. He is a believer in Division III athletics and knows the national landscape of D3 women's soccer. We feel Chris is the one that will help us take the next step in achieving our team goals." That statement certainly came to fruition.

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

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

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

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Brandon Bowman

Brandon Bowman, a 22-year head coaching veteran was named the 10th head men’s soccer coach in Carnegie Mellon University history in the spring of 2014. Since that time, Bowman has led the Tartans to four NCAA appearances and 81 wins in nine seasons.

Five of Bowman’s seasons with the Tartans have resulted in double-digit wins with the 2022 season seeing 11 wins and Bowman’s 250th career victory.

Major Team Highlights

NCAA Tournament appearances in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2022

NCAA Tournament wins in 2016 and 2018

Nationally ranked during five seasons including a final poll ranking of 18th in 2018

Major Player Highlights

One All-American – Connor Webb in 2015

Five players have earned All-Region accolades with three earning the award twice

Nine University Athletic Association (UAA) first-team honors

One UAA Rookie of the Year – Brendan Schonwetter in 2022

Career Highlights

Head coach of Transylvania University from 2002 through 2013

Compiled record of 168-39-31 at Transylvania

Four-time Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Coach of the Year

Seven NCAA Tournament appearances at Transylvania, reaching Elite 8 in 2009 and Sweet 16 in 2007

Lexington FC coach from 2001 through 2013, winning Kentucky State Championships in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009

Head coach of Elmira College in 2000 with an 11-7 record

Assistant coach for men’s and women’s programs at Miami University of Ohio from 1998-2000

Coaching certifications: USSF A License, NSCAA Premier Diploma

Playing Career

Team captain and All-Region honoree at Centre College

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Ross Macklin

Former Division III All-Region selection and international player, Ross Macklin, began his tenure as the Carnegie Mellon University men's soccer assistant coach in the fall of 2022. Macklin joined head coach Brandon Bowman’s staff to continue an 11-year coaching career that spans work at the club, Division III, and international levels.

Macklin's first season with the Tartans witnessed the program's return to the NCAA Tournament and a double-digit win season.

Macklin previously worked as the director of recruiting and operations, head coach, and camp director for Tiro Sports Pte Ltd in Singapore for three years where he was the lead recruiter for new players from around the world for Tiro Sports’ United States College recruiting program. While with Tiro, Macklin often served as the head coach for select teams made up of international players that participated in college showcase tournaments in the U.S.

Concurrently, Macklin was a volunteer assistant coach at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, for a year where he helped guide the Scots to a top-half finish in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and a postseason berth. Macklin was responsible for on-field coaching, helping to create the team’s tactical approach to games, and scouting opponents.

Macklin’s first coaching role came in 2011 while he was a senior at Division III Vassar College. As Macklin was earning all-region honors for his play on the field helping the Brewers win their first-ever Liberty League Championship, he was serving as an assistant coach with the boys under 17 team at Middlepath FC from August through December of the following year. This experience, combined with a year as a student assistant for the Brewers in 2012 led to a full-time role with Vassar from August 2014 through January 2019. During that time, the Brewers earned two bids to the NCAA Division III Championship and won its second Liberty League title.

Macklin earned all-region player distinction for leading the team with nine assists and 23 points while scoring seven goals. He was also named to the All-Liberty League Team as a junior and senior.

Additional coaching roles for Macklin include three years in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP). He also played with Kingston Stockade FC, a semi-professional club based in Kingston, New York, that participates in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). In 2017, Macklin helped the team to its first-ever North Atlantic Division championship and qualification for the U.S. Open Cup. While with Stockade, Macklin was selected to the NPSL National Team of the Week the week they won their championship.

Macklin’s connection to Singapore started in 2019 when he was a player for Singapore Football Club, the top amateur club in Singapore, that compete in the prestigious Cosmopolitan League. He was also the head coach for the team’s campaign in the ESPZEN League and Tournament. In one season, Macklin led the team to the championship of the ESPZEN Tournament and a runner-up finish in the ESPZEN League.

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Steven Rerick

Former Division II goalkeeper, Steven Rerick, joined the Carnegie Mellon University men's soccer staff as an assistant coach in the fall of 2022.

In his first season on the sidelines for the Tartans, Rerick mentored three rookie goalkeepers who earned seven shutouts and a goals-against average of 1.29 through 17 games.

Rerick came to Carnegie Mellon after four years coaching at his alma mater, Slippery Rock University. While at Slippery Rock, Rerick started 36 of 39 games over four years, won two PSAC Championships, and was recognized as a PSAC Scholar Athlete.

Rerick’s coaching philosophy is based on a holistic approach to development focusing on the five elements of goalkeeping: technical, tactical, physical, psychological, and social. Rerick’s trainings will have goalkeepers constantly make decisions through game-like training methodology to better prepare them for competition and help aide their development. Rerick holds a USSF D License as well as a United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Goalkeeper Diploma.

Rerick also serves as the Director of Goalkeeping for Steel City FC & Arsenal FC of PA where he has been for three years working with and developing some of the best goalkeepers in the Pittsburgh area.