Susan Moynihan - Soccer Coach - University of Utah Athletics

Susan Moynihan

Title:
Women's Soccer Volunteer Coach

Susan Moynihan is entering her second season with the Utah women[apos]s soccer team as volunteer assistant coach. Moynihan was an assistant coach at Purdue University for 10 years (1997-2007) after spending five seasons as the head coach at Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She posted a 46-43-5 career record at the helm for the Panthers, taking over only two years after graduating from college. Inheriting a team that never had a winning record at the Div. I level, she turned it around in only two years and in 1994 led the Panthers to one of their most successful seasons ever. They earned a 12-7-1 mark, setting a school record for most wins in a single season. Moynihan was named Wisconsin Coach of the Year while two of her players signed professional contracts with the WUSA. In 1997, Moynihan[apos]s Panthers reached new heights with a 13-3-4 record and a Midwestern Collegiate Conference championship. The league title gave UW-Milwaukee its first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament in any women[apos]s sport. Moynihan was honored for her accomplishments when she was inducted into the UWM Hall of Fame in 2009. At Purdue, Moynihan helped start the soccer program. Purdue officially became the final school in the Big Ten Conference to compete in women[apos]s soccer in 1998. The program established itself as a solid competitor. During Moynihan[apos]s last six seasons at Purdue the team and made the NCAA tournament five times. In her final season the team won the Big Ten Tournament and climbed as high as No. 4 in the national rankings, finishing the season 20-2-3. Moynihan, a native of Milwaukee, Wis., comes from a soccer family. Her parents were instrumental in growing the sport of soccer. Her brother, Mike, is currently the head coach at UW-Milwaukee. Her family owns one of the nation[apos]s largest manufactures of soccer goals. Her brother, John, runs the company, Keeper Goals. All four Moynihan siblings played soccer throughout their childhood and moved on to play in college. Moynihan[apos]s late mother, Laura, was a tremendously successful youth soccer coach. The U-17 girls national championship trophy is named the Laura Moynihan Cup in her memory. Moynihan was an all-state midfielder at Milwaukee Pius XI High School and was named to the Region II Olympic Development Team, and she was a member of numerous state championship club squads. She played collegiately at Wisconsin and graduated with a B.A. in journalism in 1990. Moynihan holds her USSF B license. She served as a staff member for the Region II Olympic Developmental Program, (ODP). She also spent three years as the director of coaching for Wisconsin Girls ODP. In 2004-05 Moynihan helped establish the first competitive soccer club for girls in Lafayette, Indiana. Her U-18 Tippco Stars finished the season ranked fourth in Indiana. Moynihan spent the following two years serving as Director of Coaching for the Lafayette club, the first only female director of coaching in the state. Moynihan is currently the Marketing Director for Keeper Goals. She married Utah head coach Rich Manning in January of 2009 and they reside in Salt Lake City.