HAYWARD, Calif. - Anne Whipple, who has served as Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at Cal State East Bay since 2022, has been named Interim Head Women's Soccer Coach for the upcoming 2024 season for the Pioneers.
Whipple will take on her second role as a collegiate head women's soccer coach in NCAA Division II, as she served in the same role at Holy Names University for the 2021 season.
Before East Bay and Holy Names, Whipple served as Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at Saint Mary's College of California from March 2019 to February 2020. At SMC, Whipple was the program's recruiting coordinator, monitored academics, coordinated travel, oversaw budgeting, set pieces, organized equipment and oversaw video analysis. At SMC, Whipple was Director of Soccer Operations prior to being named as an assistant coach. She also served as Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at Central Washington University from July 2017 to February 2018.
On the pitch at SMC, Whipple served as a team captain for the Gaels before her collegiate coaching career.
The appointment for Whipple comes upon her predecessor Robin Hart, accepting a position as Assistant Director of Athletics at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
A national search for a head coach for the Pioneers will take place following the 2024 season.
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