Katy Etelman - Associate Head Coach - Staff Directory

Staff Directory

Katy Etelman

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:

Katy Etelman was promoted to Xavier women's soccer associate head coach in in November 2023 after serving as an assistant coach on head coach Nate Lie's staff since August 2021.

"Katy is one of the most caring, selfless people that I know," said Lie. "She carries herself with a quiet strength and authority, never needing to be the center of attention. That being said, Katy is a fierce competitor whose words carry great weight. She is humble, curious, and driven, with a constant focus on the team's growth, as well as her own. Katy is kind and thoughtful, always considering the needs of our student athletes, along with the challenges they are facing."

"I consistently look to her when making big decisions, knowing that she's guided by doing what is right and within the values of our program. Having known Katy for about 15 years at this point, I'm so proud to be part of her coaching journey, and can't wait to see what lies ahead!"

Since joining Xavier's staff, Etelman has helped coach the Musketeers to at-large bids to the NCAA Championship in three-straight seasons (2021-23) marking the first back-to-back appearances in the tournament in program history.

The 2023 Musketeers earned a share of the BIG EAST regular season title, the program's second in the last three years, and the league tournament's No. 1 seed, earning a bye to the semifinals. The Musketeers have spent most of the 2023 season ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, and earned a 4-seed in the NCAA Championship.

In 2022, Xavier finished with unbeaten BIG EAST regular season record for the first time in program history and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship for a second-straight season. Xavier advanced in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history, topping Tennessee, 4-1, in the first round.

The 2021 Musketeers won the BIG EAST Regular season title, earning the program's best rankings in the USC Poll (No. 11) and the RPI (No. 7) during the season. Xavier earned the program's first at-large bid and home match in the NCAA Tournament after finishing runners-up in the BIG EAST Tournament.

Etelman came 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.