Coach Stephanie Gabbert is in her second season at Smith as head soccer coach. Gabbert began her coaching career in 1989 at the University of Missouri where she served as an assistant coach before taking the head coach position at Northeast Missouri State University in 1991. In 1993, she joined the staff at he University of Wisconsin and assumed the head job at the University of Iowa in 1996 where she received Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year accolades in 1999. In 2000, Gabbert moved to Iowa State University as the head coach for two seasons. Prior to joining the staff at The Ohio State University, Gabbert was a National Staff coach for the U.S. Women's National team program for four years, coached the U-15 Girls U.S. National Team in 2004-05 and is currently the Region I ODP U16 Regional team coach.
Gabbert was a member of the U.S. Women's National Team pool from 1987-1994, a U.S. Olympic Festival participant for four years, inducted into the University of Missouri-St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2005 and received NCAA First Team All-America honors at her alma mater. She has attained her USSF "A" coaching license, is a USSF national instructor, served as the NIKE Premier 50 Camp Director in 2006 and an Olympic Development Program (ODP) Regional coach for seven years.
Gabbert received her Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in Psychology and minor in Political Science from the University of Missouri in 1990 and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning and Public Policy at The Ohio State University. |
