Oklahoma State University Women's Soccer

If you are looking for a blueprint on how to build a collegiate soccer program into a national contender, Oklahoma State head coach Colin Carmichael would be a good place to start. Carmichael has been at OSU since the inception of the women’s soccer program in the fall of 1996, and he continues to help lead Cowgirl soccer to new heights and a spot among the nation’s elite. As the program enters its 30th season in 2025, the Cowgirls are looking to continue their success in what will mark Carmichael’s 21st year as head coach. He is a six-time Big 12 Coach of the Year award winner, which marks a conference record. Carmichael, who served as OSU’s co-head coach with Karen Hancock during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, is 265-110-53 during his 20-year tenure as the Cowgirls’ head coach, compiling a winning percentage of .681. He has led the Cowgirls to 13 appearances in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship, including six straight from 2006-11, and after advancing to the second round of the NCAA tourney four-straight years, the Cowgirls made back-to-back trips to the Elite Eight in 2010 and 2011. The Cowgirls have also been a dominant force in the Big 12 Conference under Carmichael, capturing six league titles, including four in a row from 2008-11. OSU won the regular season title in 2008, captured the Big 12 Soccer Championship title in 2009 and 2010 and claimed another regular season championship in 2011. The Cowgirls were crowned regular season conference champions again in 2017 and a

Oklahoma State added Ally Jackson to its soccer staff as the program’s player development coordinator in March 2024. A former star for the Cowgirls, Jackson ...

Dustin Stein joined the Oklahoma State staff as an assistant coach in July 2023. Stein came to the Cowgirls after serving five seasons on the staff at Pittsb...

Grace Yochum moved into an assistant coach role on Oklahoma State’s soccer staff in February 2024. A former standout student-athlete for the Cowgirls, Yochum...

Justin Elkington enters his 17th season on the Oklahoma State coaching staff after having been named an assistant in July 2009. He was elevated to the Cowgirls’ associate head coach in July 2012. Since Elkington’s arrival in Stillwater, OSU has compiled a 206-94-40 record (.665) and continued to establish itself as a national power by making 10 appearances in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship. In two of those years, the Cowgirls advanced to the Elite Eight of the tourney and finished No. 5 in the final national rankings. The Cowgirls have also captured five Big 12 Conference championships since Elkington’s arrival, claiming regular season crowns in 2011, 2017 and 2019 and tournament titles in 2009 and 2010. Elkington was named the 2011 NSCAA Women’s College Assistant Coach of the Year for the Midwest Region after helping guide OSU to a school-record 22 wins. In 2017 and 2019, the OSU coaching staff was honored as the United Soccer Coaches South Region Staff of the Year. A native of Lincoln, England, Elkington spent 10 years as the head coach of the Broken Arrow Soccer Club prior to joining the Cowgirls. While there, he coached and helped develop such future OSU standouts as Siera Strawser, Katie Richardson, Allyson Leggett and Sarah Brown. “Joining the coaching staff at Oklahoma State gave me an opportunity to coach at a higher level and at a program which has established itself as one of the top collegiate soccer programs in the country,” Elkington said. “I’m very familia

Entering her 10th season as the full-time strength and conditioning coach for Cowgirl Soccer and 13th season at Oklahoma State is Mallory Fowlkes. Fowlkes be...