Chatham University

Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Pennsylvania Northeast

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Betsy Warren

Warren is entering her 11th season as the head women's soccer coach at Chatham University in 2022. The 3-time PAC Women’s Soccer Coach of the year is the longest serving and winningest coach in Chatham program history.

The Cougars are coming off of a history making 2021 campaign, with a record of 12-6-1, winning their second PAC Championship and earning their first ever NCAA Tournament berth (becoming the first women’s team in Chatham Athletics History to advance to NCAA’s). Coach Warren & Morgan Anderson were named the PAC Coach of the Year and PAC Player of the Year for the second year in a row and Anderson garnered United Soccer Coaches All-Region III Team and Academic All- Region honors.

In 2020-21, Coach Warren led the Cougars to an 8-1-2 season and the program's first-ever PAC Championship title and first women’s PAC Championship in Chatham history. Warren was named the 2020-21 PAC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year and junior Morgan Anderson was named Player of the Year & became the first All-American in program history when she was named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America team. The Cougars earned their highest national ranking at #18 following the season and off of the field the Cougars 3.83 team GPA was the 3rd highest GPA in the country for all United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award winners across all divisions.

During her time at Chatham, Warren has overseen a complete overhaul of the Women’s Soccer Program. Since transitioning from Chatham College for Women, to fully coed Chatham University, the Cougar Women’s Soccer program has amassed a record of 69-40-10 (62.18% winning percentage) and developed into one of the top programs in the Presidents Athletic Conference.

The Cougars have finished in the top 4 of the PAC for 6 straight years, appeared in 6 straight PAC Semifinals (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and have appeared in the PAC Championship for 3 straight years (2021 -2019). Off of the field the program has received 10 straight United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards.

In addition to the team success, the program has seen some impressive individual awards and player accolades along the way.

In addition to her Head Coaching role at Chatham, Warren is part of the Chatham Title IX Team, Chatham Green Dot Team (bystander intervention program), serves on the United Soccer Coaches National Rankings Committe as the Region IIV Chair, and is the PAC Women’s Soccer Representative for both the United Soccer Coaches Regional Rankings & NCAA Regional Rankings committees.

Coach Warren’s college coaching resume includes stints at three other institutions, most recently serving as the Head Coach at Pitt-Greensburg from 2011-2012. Prior to Pitt-Greensburg, Warren spent two years (2007-2009) as the Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach, Assistant Track & Field Coach and SAAC Advisor at Carnegie Mellon University. While at CMU, the Tartans advanced to the ECAC Tournament and garnered some impressive individual player accolades including one All-American, two All-Region Players, and one UAA Rookie of the Year.

Warren started her college coaching career as the Assistant Men’s & Women’s Soccer Coach at Ashland University (2004-2007). During her time with the Eagles, the women’s soccer program was ranked as high as seventh in the nation, won a GLIAC Conference Championship, made an NCAA Division II Elite Eight Tournament appearance and accumulated a 38-15-4 record. Warren was part of a coaching staff at Ashland that produced two All-Americans, the 2004 GLIAC Offensive Player of the Year, the 2004 GLIAC Defensive Player of the Year and five First-Team All-GLIAC Players.

Coach Warren has 20 years of experience in youth soccer and is currently the Director of the PA West Girls Olympic Development Program and was recognized as the 2019 PA West Girls Olympic Development Coach of the Year. Warren holds both an NSCAA National Diploma and National “C” License and has been a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America since 2005.

As a student-athlete, the Northern Virginia native was a standout soccer player at Division I Radford University in Radford, Va. Named team captain her senior season, Warren helped her squad to an overall record of 46-28-6, which included both Big South regular season and conference tournament titles as well as an NCAA Division I tournament appearance.

Warren earned her Bachelor of Social Science degree with minors in Anthropology and History from Radford University in 2002 and a Master of Education degree in Sports Education and Administration from Ashland University in 2006.

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Jordan Mehalko

Coach Jordan joined the Cougar Coaching staff in the fall of 2022. She comes to Chatham following 4 years at Alleghany College where she earned a BS in in Neuroscience and Biology, was a 3 year member of the women’s soccer team and student assistant coach her senior year.

Prior to Allegheny, Mehalko graduated from Bethel Park where she was a 4 year letter winner and named to Pennsylvania All-Big 56 Team. She played her club soccer at Pittsburgh Football club where she served as her team captain and was named US Youth Soccer Player of the Month and was a 6 year member of PA West State ODP Team.

Mehalko’s youth coaching experience includes being a member of the PA West Olympic Development Program coaching staff, and administrator for the East Region Olympic Development Program for the past 5 years.

Mehalko is pursuing Masters of Science in Counseling Psychology from Chatham.

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Julie Bruening

Bruening joined the Chatham University Women’s Soccer Coaching Staff in 2019 following a stand-out four-year career on the pitch for the Cougars. From 2015-2018, Bruening was the anchor to the Cougar Midfield. She started every single game of her career (69) and is ranked third in the program career stats for total goals (29) and total points (99).

The two year Captain was a three year All-PAC Team selection (2016, 2017, 2018) and the programs the first ever United Soccer Coaches All-Region player (2017).

The Madison Ohio native, earned her BA in PreK-4 Education at Chatham in the spring of 2019 and completed her Masters in Communication at Chatham in the spring of 2021.

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Keith Danley

Keith Danley enters his fourth season with the Cougars for 2022-23 after the first-ever men's soccer season at Chatham in 2019. In addition to his coaching duties, he is now a member of the NCAA Region VII Men's Soccer Regional Advisory Committee until 2025-26.

Danley most recently served the University of Scranton men's soccer program as an assistant coach starting in March of 2016. During his time at Scranton, he helped the team achieve a 25-11-1 record. In 2016, the Royals were Landmark Conference Champions and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He coached three United Soccer Coaches Division III Scholar All-Americans, one CoSIDA Academic All-American, five United Soccer Coaches Division III All-Mid-Atlantic Region players, three United Soccer Coaches Division III Scholar All-East players and eight All-Landmark Conference players. Danley served as the recruiting coordinator for the program.

Danley came to Scranton off a two year term as an assistant coach at Elmira College. There, he helped the Soaring Eagles improve from a 1-14-2 season in 2014 to a 7-6-5 campaign in 2015, helping the team reach the semifinals of the Empire 8 Tournament in his last season. At Elmira, Danley coached a NSCAA Division III All-East Regional Player and two ECAC Division III Upstate All-Stars. He also coached five student-athletes to Empire 8 All-Conference honors, including two players to First-Team accolades. In his time at Elmira, Danley also served as the head coach of the JV men's soccer team for a season (2014) and served as both a game day administrator and as a facilities supervisor.

Before heading to Elmira, Danley finished off an athletic career at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. On the pitch at Allegheny, Danley was a stand-out for three seasons, playing in all 55 games the team played over that span, starting in 52 of those contests on defense. The team's Defensive MVP in 2013, Danley also served as a captain during his senior season of 2013, as Allegheny went 31-19-5 in that span.

Danley transferred to Allegheny from Babson, where he played one season (2010). That year, Babson reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament and won the NEWMAC conference championship.

A holder of a USSF "D" License, and both a NSCAA National Diploma Goalkeeper Level II Diploma, Danley earned his Bachelor's Degree from Allegheny in 2014 in Mathematics. He received a Masters of Science degree in Education from Elmira in the Spring of 2016. He earned a Masters of Science degree in Accounting from Scranton in August of 2018.

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Kyle Robbins

Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach Kyle Robbins enters his third year with the Cougars in 2021-22.

Prior to joining Chatham’s staff for their first-ever season in 2019, Robbins was an outside back for the University of Scranton, starting 62 of 65 career games and helping the Royals to 27 shutout victories in that stretch. Additionally, Robbins was crowned conference champion twice in his tenure with Scranton, including two trips to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Robbins also served as a captain during his senior year in 2017.

Coach Robbins graduated from the University of Scranton in 2018 with dual degrees in Biology and Philosophy.

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Justin Kohler

Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach Justin Kohler begins his collegiate coaching career with Chatham for the 2022 season.

Kohler comes to Pittsburgh from St. Louis where he coached soccer for St. Louis Scott Gallagher and served as an assistant coach for Webster University in the Spring of 2022. Prior to coaching in Missouri, Kohler worked as a traveling operations intern with the American Junior Golf Association.

Coach Kohler was a two-sport Division III athlete himself, playing both soccer and tennis at Webster University. While playing for and captaining the Gorloks, Kohler was named to the All-Conference teams three times, earned SLIAC Defensive Player of the Year, and was a United Soccer Coaches All Region Selection. During his time at Webster Kohler started 68 games to finish 2nd all time in program history and was able to capture two SLIAC conference championships, including a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Added to his talent on the field and court, he was also a stand-out in the classroom, earning several academic honors including awards from the CoSIDA Academic All District program.