St. Olaf College

Northfield, MN 55057

Minnesota Northwest

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Becky Maines

Becky Maines is in her second season as the head coach of the St. Olaf women's soccer program in 2023-24 after being named the program's eighth head coach on June 30, 2022.

In her first season at St. Olaf, Maines led the Oles to a 10-7-1 (.583) overall record and a 7-3-1 (.682) mark in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 2022. The 10 wins matched the program's most since 2010 and the seven MIAC victories were tied for the most in program history. St. Olaf claimed its first-ever victory in the MIAC Playoffs with a quarterfinal win over Saint Mary's.

In 2022, St. Olaf had 10 Academic All-MIAC honorees, one United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region honoree, one United Soccer Coaches All-Region selection, three College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honorees, three All-MIAC selections (including the league's co-Rookie of the Year), and one Honorable Mention All-MIAC selection.

A former NCAA Division II student-athlete at Erskine College, Maines came to St. Olaf with 17 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level, most recently as the assistant coach at the University of Minnesota from 2018-21. She has also previously worked at Ole Miss, Tennessee Tech, and Auburn, as well as her alma mater.

At the University of Minnesota, Maines was part of the coaching staff that helped guide the Gophers to a Big Ten Tournament title and a second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2018. The Gophers did not allow a goal in their first four postseason games before falling on the road in the second round to fourth-ranked UCLA.

Following her three seasons at Minnesota, Maines was the director of coaching at the U13 and U 14 levels for Tonka Fusion Elite, while also serving as a U13 girls coach for the club. Prior to her time in Minneapolis, Maines was the co-head coach for FC Dallas WTX (2016-18), the assistant coach at Ole Miss (2010-15), the head coach at Tennessee Tech (2008-10), the assistant coach at Auburn (2003-08), and the head coach at Erskine (2002-03).

While at Ole Miss, Maines was the recruiting coordinator for a program that brought in top-25 recruiting classes in the country in 2012 and 2014. She led Tennessee Tech to back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Tournaments in 2008 and 2009, including a run to the championship game in 2009, which was its first appearance in the title game since 2000. Her five-year tenure at Auburn included three Southeastern Conference (SEC) West titles, four trips to the NCAA Tournament, and a record of 58-32-11 (.617).

All told, Maines coached seven All-Americans, four conference Offensive or Defensive Players of the Year, four College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans, 26 all-conference honorees, three National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) draft picks, and 68 conference academic honor roll honorees during her time at the NCAA Division I level. The teams she has coached have made seven NCAA Tournament appearances, won five conference championships, and earned 12 United Soccer Coaches Academic Awards.

During her playing days, Maines was a two-time team captain and two-time Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference (CVAC) All-Tournament Team member at Erskine, where she helped lead the team to its first conference title by scoring the game-winning goal in the championship game. She graduated from Erskine with a bachelor's degree in physical education, went on to earn a master's degree in health and physical education from Tennessee Tech, and was inducted into the Erskine Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.

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Molly Fiedler

Molly Fiedler is in her second season as an assistant coach for the St. Olaf women's soccer program in 2022-23 after joining head coach Becky Maines' staff on July 21, 2022.

In her first season at St. Olaf, Fiedler was part of a coaching staff that led the Oles to a 10-7-1 (.583) overall record and a 7-3-1 (.682) mark in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 2022. The 10 wins matched the program's most since 2010 and the seven MIAC victories were tied for the most in program history. St. Olaf claimed its first-ever victory in the MIAC Playoffs with a quarterfinal win over Saint Mary's.

In 2022, St. Olaf had 10 Academic All-MIAC honorees, one United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region honoree, one United Soccer Coaches All-Region selection, three College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honorees, three All-MIAC selections (including the league's co-Rookie of the Year), and one Honorable Mention All-MIAC selection.

A former two-time All-Big Ten honoree at the University of Minnesota who also played professionally for ZFK Spartak in Serbia’s top division, Fiedler reunites with Maines, who was an assistant coach for the Golden Gophers during Fiedler’s senior season of 2018. In addition to her standout playing career, Fiedler has coaching experience as a head coach for Salvo Soccer Club in Woodbury and Hudson Soccer Association.

During her career as a Golden Gopher, Fiedler started all 87 of the games she played in from 2015-18, recording four goals and 26 assists, with the latter ranking tied for fourth in program history. The run of 87-straight starts is the second-longest run of consecutive starts in program history.

Fiedler was a Third Team All-Big Ten selection as a senior, a Second Team All-Big Ten honoree as a junior, and a Big Ten Freshman Team selection as a rookie. She helped lead Minnesota to one Big Ten regular-season championship, two Big Ten Tournament titles, and three NCAA Tournament appearances during her four-year career.

A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar-Athlete, Fiedler graduated from the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development in 2019 with a bachelor of science degree as a family and social science major with a minor in youth studies. She went on to play professionally for ZFK Spartak in Serbia’s top division, starting all 33 of her appearances over the 2019 and 2021 seasons, including making seven starts in the European Women’s Champions League in Slovenia, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Fiedler has served as a head coach for the U12 boys team while assisting with U16 and U17 girls academy teams at Salvo Soccer Club this spring and summer. Prior to that, she coached girls ages 10-14 for Hudson Soccer Association in Hudson, Wis. from August 2020 to February 2021.

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John Moening

John Moening is in his second season as an assistant coach for the St. Olaf women's soccer program in 2023-24 and works primarily with the team's goalkeepers.

In his first season at St. Olaf, Moening was part of a coaching staff that led the Oles to a 10-7-1 (.583) overall record and a 7-3-1 (.682) mark in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 2022. The 10 wins matched the program's most since 2010 and the seven MIAC victories were tied for the most in program history. St. Olaf claimed its first-ever victory in the MIAC Playoffs with a quarterfinal win over Saint Mary's.

In 2022, St. Olaf had 10 Academic All-MIAC honorees, one United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region honoree, one United Soccer Coaches All-Region selection, three College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honorees, three All-MIAC selections (including the league's co-Rookie of the Year), and one Honorable Mention All-MIAC selection.

Moening came to St. Olaf after serving as the goalkeeper coach for the men's and women's programs at Hamline University from 2018-21. While at Hamline, he coached 2018 Honorable Mention All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) honoree Dean Isaacson.

Since October 2010, Moening has worked as a goalkeeper coach and director of Keliix Intra Soccer Club, running the goalkeeper program for all ages at the club. He has also served as the goalkeeper coach for TFE/Fusion Soccer Club since June 2016, running training sessions for ages U11-U18.

Prior to his time at Hamline, Moening was the goalkeeper coach for the girls teams at Minneapolis South and Minneapolis Washburn High Schools from 2014-20 and The Blake School from 2020-21.

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Justin Oliver

Justin Oliver is in his first season as the head coach of the St. Olaf men's soccer program in 2023-24 after being named to the position on July 19, 2023. He is in his fifth season overall on the program's coaching staff.

Oliver was an assistant coach for the program for three seasons from 2019-21 before being promoted to associate head coach in December of 2021.

After coming to the Hill in January 2019, Oliver helped Wall build St. Olaf into one of the top programs in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the region, winning a pair of MIAC titles and making back-to-back appearances in the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament. In addition to winning the 2021 MIAC regular-season title with an unblemished 10-0-0 record - just the fifth time a team accomplished the feat in conference history - and winning the 2022 MIAC Playoffs, the Oles matched their deepest-ever runs in the NCAA Tournament with consecutive "Sweet 16" appearances in 2021 and 2022, becoming one of just five NCAA Division III men's soccer programs to do so. In total, St. Olaf went 43-18-3 (.695) overall during Oliver's four seasons on the staff, including a mark of 22-7-1 (.750) in MIAC play.

In Oliver's four seasons with the program, St. Olaf produced three United Soccer Coaches All-Americans, four D3soccer.com All-Americans, eight United Soccer Coaches All-Region honorees, four MIAC major award recipients, 12 All-MIAC selections, four Honorable Mention All-MIAC honorees, and 30 Academic All-MIAC honorees. Oliver was also part of the 2021 United Soccer Coaches Region IX Coaching Staff of the Year. After not appearing in the national rankings since the end of the 2015 seasons, the Oles were ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 nine times over the last two seasons and ended both the 2021 and 2022 seasons ranked in the top 15 nationally.

A Second Team All-American for the University of St. Thomas in 2017-18, Oliver joined head coach Travis Wall's staff after serving as the head coach at North St. Paul High School in 2018, leading the team to a 14-4-0 record. He also coached at St. Croix Academy from 2015-19.

Oliver transferred to St. Thomas after three years at Division I Eastern Illinois University, where he recorded 10 goals and five assists in 54 appearances. In his one season as a Tommie, Oliver scored 16 goals and added five assists in 23 appearances, leading to United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American honors. He was also a First Team All-Midwest Region pick by the United Soccer Coaches and a First Team All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) selection, as St. Thomas advanced to the national quarterfinals and won MIAC regular-season and playoff titles.

After playing with Kaw Valley FC and Minneapolis City SC following graduation, Oliver went on trial with two-time defending USL champion Louisville City FC. While with Minneapolis City SC, he was twice named to the National Premier Soccer League Team of the Week in 2018.

Oliver was a standout at North St. Paul High School and ranks third all-time in Minnesota with 154 career points on 92 goals (fifth all-time) and 62 assists (sixth all-time). He was a two-time All-Midwest Region and All-State selection and was named Minnesota's Mr. Soccer and Gatorade Player of the Year, as well as an NSCAA All-American. His teams went a combined 66-9-3.

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Matthew Gibbons

Matthew Gibbons is in his first season as an assistant coach for the St. Olaf men’s soccer program in 2023-24.

Gibbons played four years of soccer at Gustavus Adolphus College, where he was a three-time All-MIAC honoree, a three-time United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Region honoree, and a two-time All-American. He was named a United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American in 2018 after recording seven goals and 11 assists in 18 games and was named a D3soccer.com Third Team All-American in 2019 after compiling eight goals and 17 assists in 18 games.

During his four-year career, Gibbons tallied 95 points on 27 goals and 41 assists in 72 games for the Gusties, collecting All-MIAC honors in 2018, 2019, and 2021 after being an Honorable Mention All-MIAC honoree in 2017. His teams went a combined 59-18-2 (.760) and won a pair of MIAC regular-season titles and one MIAC Playoffs title, while making a pair of appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

After graduating from Gustavus, Gibbons played professionally in Germany for Germania Eicherscheid and SV Breinig.

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Ben Braman

Ben Braman '17 is in his fifth season as an assistant coach for the St. Olaf College men's soccer program in 2023-24 and works primarily with the goalkeepers.

Braman has helped St. Olaf to back-to-back appearances in the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament in each of the past two seasons, making the Oles one of five NCAA Division III men's soccer programs across the country to accomplish that feat. He has also been on the coaching staffs for teams that won the 2021 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) regular-season title - with a perfect 10-0-0 record - and the 2022 MIAC Playoffs title.

A four-year starter for St. Olaf from 2013-16, Braman started 53 of his 60 appearances for the Oles, posting a career record of 34-17-7 with 23 shutouts. He recorded 211 saves, a 0.92 goals-against average and a .793 save percentage.

Braman was a member of the 2014 MIAC-title-winning team and the 2015 team that won the MIAC Playoffs title and advanced to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The Oles finished the 2015 season ranked No. 15 in the country.