Coaches

Josée Primeau

Josèe Primeau was promoted to the head coach of Western Illinois women’s soccer, it was announced on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. She has served as the team’s associate head coach since April of 2020 and played a pivotal role in turning a two-win spring season into an 11-win season in the fall, and the 2022 season will be her first at the helm of the program.


In her first year at the helm, Primeau's team went 4-10-3 overall and 2-7 in the Summit.


Primeau previously served as the team’s associate head coach, a role she was promoted to in April 2020. As associate head coach, she has spent two seasons planning and running team practices and overseeing scouting reports to assist in developing the team’s tactical identity. She served as the team’s acting head coach on eight different occasions across the last two seasons, holding a 5-3 record. Prior to serving as the associate head coach, Primeau was an assistant on Dr. Eric Johnson’s staff, where she played a role the team’s recruiting efforts while being tasked with maximizing player development. Primeau had previously spent two seasons as a graduate assistant before being promoted to a full-time assistant.


Before coming to Western Illinois, Primeau was a four-year starter for the women’s soccer team at Mississippi Valley State where she was named team captain her senior year. She earned multiple Defensive Player of the Week honors, as well as guiding Mississippi Valley State to the SWAC Tournament and was named to the SWAC Top-20 Players list, along with earning Most Valuable Player and Female Athlete of the Year at MVSU. As a junior she was the program’s leading goal scorer, earning All-Conference Second Team and Player of the Week honors and was also part of the SWAC Conference Championship team.


A 2015 graduate of Mississippi Valley State University, Primeau earned her bachelor’s degree in health, physical education and recreation. She received her master’s in kinesiology at Western Illinois University in 2018.