University of Minnesota Athletics
Seidel Earns Regional Coaching Honors
12/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Soccer
MINNEAPOLIS - University of Minnesota women's soccer assistant coach, Krystle Seidel, was named the 2015 Great Lakes Region Assistant Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Seidel completed her seventh season with the Gophers this 2015 season with Minnesota finishing with an overall record of 12-7-3, 6-4-1 in Big Ten play and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
As the primary defensive coach, Seidel helped lead the team to ten shutouts on the season, allowing fewer than 20 goals.
Seidel joined the staff fresh off her senior season with the Golden Gophers where she patrolled on defense and led them to the top of both the Big Ten and NCAA charts. As a starter in every match in 2008, she helped lead the Maroon and Gold to the best record in school history (22-4-0) and an appearance in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
Seidel comes from a decorated soccer family, as one of five successful soccer playing children. Her older brother Brian played at Jacksonville University and Creighton and is currently with Minnesota's professional soccer team, the Minnesota United. Her sister Kylie graduated from the University of Minnesota after one of the most successful careers in Gopher history. Her brother Brent graduated from Creighton University in which he helped take the team to the NCAA College Final Four in both his junior and senior year and has joined brother Brian with the Minnesota United. Seidel's youngest sister Kassey was drafted by FC Kansas City as the 5th pick in the NWSL draft. She entered the professional arena after a successful career at Florida State University that barely fell in the NCAA College Cup final.
SENIOR COLLEGE WOMEN'S ASSISTANT COACHES OF THE YEAR
Central - Lisa Stoia - West Virginia
Great Lakes - Krystle Seidel - Minnesota
Mid-Atlantic - Casey Brown - Boston University
Northeast - Jen Leaverton - St. John's
Pacific - Hideki Nakadan - Stanford
South - Keyton Wheelock - South Alabama
Southeast - Morianao Inaizumi - Florida State
West - Tina Enstrada - Saint Mary's (Calif.)
