Nate Lie Announces Changes to Women's Soccer Staff for 2021

CINCINNATI - Ahead of the start of the 2021 season, Xavier women's soccer head coach Nate Lie announced additions to his staff. Katy Etelman joins Xavier as an assistant coach, while Tyler Smaha, who served as Xavier's Director of Player Development last season, also moves into the role of assistant coach. Jacob Morrison joins Xavier as the Director of Goalkeeping and Kaitlyn Jones joins Lie's staff as Director of Player Analysis/Operations.

Katy Etelman comes to Xavier from Ball State where she spent three seasons after joining the staff in March 2018 and helped guide the Cardinals to an overall record of 35-11-4 (23-6-2 MAC) and two of the program's three all-time appearances in the MAC Championship during her time there.

Etelman helped coach 11 All-MAC selections and eight all-region choices at BSU, including a program-record four all-region performers in 2020-21. The Cardinals have had 35 Academic All-MAC selections during her time in Muncie, and Tatiana Mason and Lexy Smith became the program's first United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Americans in 2020-21.

Etelman coached at Ohio State and her alma mater, Miami (Ohio), prior to her time at Ball State and also has experience coaching at both the high school level, at Muncie Central High School, and on the club level, as part of the Ohio Olympic Development Program and the Braves Soccer Academy in Oxford, Ohio.

As a player, the former Katy Dolesh was a four-time All-Mid-American Conference player for the Miami RedHawks, where she played for then-assistant coach Nate Lie. A center midfielder at Miami from 2010-13, the Etelman was a second-team all-conference selection during her freshman season and a first-team choice in each of her final three years.

She finished with 31 goals and 16 assists for her career, earning NSCAA All-Region honors as a junior and senior. During her junior season in 2012, she led Miami to a school-record 20 wins, the MAC regular season and tournament championships, a top-25 national ranking and a victory over No. 20 Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

She earned her Bachelor's degree in health promotion (2014) and a Master's in sport leadership (2015), both from Miami's department of Kinesiology and Health.

Tyler Smaha was promoted to assistant coach in summer 2021 after joining Nate Lie's staff as Director of Player Analysis in July 2020. Smaha came to Xavier from Fort Hays State University where he served as an assistant for the women's soccer program.

Smaha had served as an assistant for the women's program at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas since 2019. Prior to that, Smaha had worked as a volunteer assistant for the men's program at Drake.

Additionally, Smaha worked as a staff coach for both the Iowa and Kansas Olympic Development programs, and also coached on the prep level on both the club stage at Sporting Iowa and at Johnston High School.

Smaha holds a USSF C License and United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Diploma. He's also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

As a player, Smaha spent three seasons at Buena Vista University, before spending his final season at Simpson College. He graduated from Simpson College with a Business Management degree with a Minor in Secondary Education in 2017, and earned a Master's degree in Health and Human Performance from Fort Hays State University in 2021.

Jacob Morrison joins Xavier's staff as Director of Goalkeeping for the 2021 season. Morrison is also currently coaching on the club level for both Cincinnati Sirens FC and Cincinnati United Premier, and has prior experience coaching on the collegiate and high school levels.

Morrison has been with the Sirens for three years and serves as the Sirens Academy Director and Head Coach of the OVPL U-23 squad. He is also currently the Director of Coaching U14-U19 at Cincinnati United Soccer Club (CUP).

Morrison also served as associate head coach at Miami Trace High School, an assistant coach at both Wilmington College and Cincinnati Christian University, as well as a volunteer assistant coach at Wright State University.

As a player, Morrison was a First Team All-Conference athlete at Ohio Christian University, helping the team to four-consecutive national tournament appearances. He also holds the school records for consecutive shutouts (11) and most shutouts in a season (14).

Morrison earned a Bachelor's degree from Ohio Christian University in May 2014, and a Master's of Sport Sciences and Recreation from Ohio University in 2020. Morrison holds a Premier Diploma from the United Soccer Coaches.

Kaitlyn Jones joins Xavier's staff as the Director of Player Analysis/Operations for the 2021 season. She also currently serves as a coach for the Cincinnati United club program.

Prior to coming to Xavier, Jones was the head coach for Berkshire Soccer Academy for Girls in Massachusetts. She also served as a volunteer student-assistant for the women's soccer program at Westminster College from September 2019 to May 2021, moving into the role after her career as student-athlete at Westminster was cut short due to injury.

Jones also played on the semi-pro level for the Florida Tropics in Lakeland, Fla., from 2017-19.

Jones, who is originally from Bradenton, Fla., earned a Bachelor's of Science in Sports Management from Westminster College in May 2021, and is currently pursuing a Master's of Education in Coaching Education and Athlete Development from Xavier.

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