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Marshall University

Marshall Athletic Department
 P.O. Box 1360 Huntington, WV 25715
Division 1 West Virginia Northeast
Public Medium National competitor
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Michael Swan

Michael Swan named head coach of the women's soccer program on Dec. 18, 2019. Swan has a record of 148-109-24 as a head coach.


Swan led the Herd into the Sun Belt Conference era, leading the team to an eight-point improvement in conference play with two All-Conference members in Morgan White (First Team) and Kat Gonzalez (Second Team). Swan had guided eight in total to All-Conference honors in three seasons.


A pair of Herd players have appeared for their national teams while playing for Coach Swan, with Kat Gonzalez representing Dominican Republic and Luiza Travassos being called up to the Brazil U-20 camp.


He joined the Thundering Herd after spending five seasons as an assistant coach at Charlotte. He helped the 49ers capture the 2016 Conference USA Championship and be a finalist at the 2017 C-USA Tournament.


Also during his time in the Queen City, he assisted in the development of several individuals at Charlotte, including Martha Thomas, who concluded her 49er career as the program’s leader in goals, points, game-winning goals and shots. She was later called up to the U-23 United States Women’s National Team and is a member of West Ham United in England.


Prior to arriving in Charlotte, he served as the head women’s soccer coach at Catawba for five years (2010-14), amassing a record of 47-40-7. He coached the 2010 SAC Freshman of the Year, 13 all-conference players, guided the program to a 13-win season in 2012, the program’s highest win total since 2009. In 2014, he led the squad to a program-tying six-match win streak.


Swan also had a three-season stint at King in Bristol, Tenn., and served for four years at Virginia Intermont from 2003-07, where he was the director of soccer and oversaw both the men’s and women’s programs. While at King College, he was the NAIA Region Coach of the Year 2007 and 2008 and conference coach of the year those two seasons. He also led King to conference championships in 2007 and 2008, while leading his squad to a No. 17 national ranking in 2007.


He began his collegiate coaching career at Flagler in 2001 as an assistant.


Swan is a graduate of Gateshead College located near his hometown of Newcastle, England, with a BTEC National Diploma in sports science in 1996. He enrolled at Bluefield (Va.) where he played soccer and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 2000.


Swan has an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma license and a United Kingdom FA Preliminary Certificate and FA Leader Award.


He is married to his wife Cresta and they have a daughter, Willa and son, Abrum.

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Chloe Roberts

Chloe Roberts joined the Marshall women's soccer staff in February of 2022 as an assistant coach.


In Roberts first season with the Herd, Marshall moved into the Sun Belt Conference and saw an eight-point improvement in the conference standings from the previous season. The 2022 Herd also saw two All-Conference members in Morgan White and Kat Gonzalez.


Roberts, a native of Plymouth, England, joins the Herd after spending the previous 8 years with the Nebraska Kearney Lopers. She was a graduate assistant from 2014 to 2016, the assistant coach in the fall of 2016, and was then elevated to the head coach from 2017 to 2021. During the time Roberts was the head coach, the Lopers set records in save percentage (.892) and goals against average (0.87) in 2019.


Prior to her coaching career, Roberts was involved in the U15-U23 England youth set up where she attended training camps and competed in multiple games.


Roberts was a four-year letter winner at the University of North Alabama where she left as one of the most decorated student-athletes in the program's history. She set numerous records and won several awards during her time with the Lions, including the 2009 Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Year when she scored a program record 32 goals in a season and tallied a single-season program record 79 points. She also was named National Player of the Year in 2011. Roberts also won the 2011 GSC Player of the Year, was first-team all-GSC four times, and was a four-time Division II All-American. Roberts was named the GSC Player of the Decade (2009-12) in 2020 and is the all-time leader in UNA women's soccer history with 93 goals, whilst also being tied for the program lead in career assists at 51. On September 30, 2023, Roberts will be inducted into the UNA Athletic Hall of Fame.


Roberts graduated from University of North Alabama in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Fitness Management. She then went on to get her master’s degree in Exercise Science from University of Nebraska Kearney in 2016.


Roberts also holds a USSF E and D coaching license.

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