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Division 2 Florida Southeast
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Katy Freels

Katy Freels enters her first season as head coach of the women’s soccer program at Florida Tech in 2024. This comes following a three-year stint as a volunteer assistant coach with the Panthers.


During her three seasons as a volunteer assistant, the Panthers saw much success, claiming the South Region Championship twice, making a final four appearance, and reaching the Sunshine State Conference tournament championship for three consecutive seasons.


Freels was a member of the staff that earned the United Soccer Coaches Regional Staff of the Year in 2023.


Prior to Florida Tech, Freels served as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Auburn, from 2011-2014. During this time, the Tigers compiled a 48-34-10 overall record with an SEC Tournament Title and three NCAA appearances.


Additionally, Freels had an accomplished playing career, both in college and professionally.


Freels played for the Western New York Flash in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite, (WPSL Elite, in 2012, the top division of women's soccer in the United States at the time and helped lead the team to the league championship title.


A year later, in 2013, Freels was selected in the first round, fifth overall, of the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft by Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League. She played three seasons with Sky Blue FC, making 65 appearances tallying 11 goals and 12 assists.


Freels also played for the United States at the U-20 and U-23 levels. She was a member of the U-23 team that won the 2008 Nordic Cup in Falun, Sweden, where she played in three of the four matches and contributed to the squad's not surrendering a goal in four matches.


A former standout Scholar-Athlete at Auburn from 2008-2011, Freels was named a member of the Southeastern Conference 2019 Class of Women's Legends.


During her collegiate career, Freels led Auburn to an SEC Tournament Championship and four NCAA Tournament appearances.


Freels holds Auburn's career records in assists (42) and points (104) and ranks fifth in SEC history in assists. She also ranks tied for second in program history in game-winning goals (11) and fourth in goals (31).


Freels paced the Tigers in points in each of her four seasons on The Plains and led the team in goals and assists on three occasions.


The Homewood, Alabama, native is one of five soccer student-athletes in SEC history to be named First Team All-SEC four times, including the 2008 SEC Freshman of the Year. She was a two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American (2010-11) and is the only Hermann Trophy semifinalist in program history (2010).


Freels was a two-time CoSIDA and NSCAA Academic All-American (2010-11) and was not only named the 2010 NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year but also the 2011 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.


Freels earned her bachelor’s degree in political science: International Relations from Auburn in 2011.


Freels resides in Melbourne with her husband, Kevin, and their three kids, Kinsey, Canon, and Crew.

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Scott Wilson

Scott joined the Florida Tech Women's Soccer Coaching staff in March 2024 as Assistant Coach, having spent the past two years with Lake Erie College as Assistant Coach and Interim Head Coach of the Women's Soccer program. At Lake Erie College, he oversaw all aspects of the program, including opposition analysis, practice planning, recruiting, and office administration. In his time at Lake Erie College, he helped coach FWD Leonie Witt to the program's first All-Ohio first-team award. He also helped The Storm to their most successful season since 2019 in the fall of 2023. Scott has spent time coaching within the United Women's Soccer League, having spent time with Erie Commodores in 2023 as Assistant Coach. Scott's coaching career has also taken him internationally, working with professional academies such as FC Barcelona, Chelsea, AS Roma, and RCD Espanyol.


As a player, Scott graduated from UW-Superior in 2022 with a double major in Business Administration and Sports Management & Coaching. He was a 3-year Captain with the Yellowjackets, winning 3 UMAC Regular Season Titles & 3 UMAC Conference Tournament Titles and making 2 NCAA appearances. Individually, Scott was a 3x UMAC 1st Team Selection, 2x All-Wisconsin 2nd Team Selection, 1x All-Region Selection, and was named 2021 UMAC Defensive Player of the Year. Scott also spent two years playing semi-professional soccer in the NPSL with Duluth FC in 2021 & 2022.


Scott graduated with his MBA from Lake Erie College in May 2024 and holds various coaching licenses from US Soccer, USSF, The Scottish FA, and The English FA.

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