University of Delaware Athletics
Women's Soccer
Coley, Shannon
Shannon Coley
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Coley is in her second year with the women's soccer program in 2024.
The Delaware women’s soccer program in 2024 earned their first trip to the CAA Tournament since the 2019 season. During the 2024 campaign, the Blue Hens started off conference play 4-0, while also winning five games in a row. It was the best stretch for the program since 2011. During the stretch, the Blue Hens had late game heroics from Maggie Groh and Brooke Vogel, as the two scored game winning goals to defeat Hofstra and Campbell.
With the help of Coley, Kyla Burns became the first Blue Hen in program history to earn the conference goalkeeper of the year. Burns also earned first team All-Conference honors, along with Conny Viehmann, Carly Binn, Caitin St. Leger, Brooke Vogel and Olivia Bley all earned all-conference honors.
The Delaware defense allowed six goals in 10 CAA contests. They had seven shutouts in CAA play and eight throughout the season.
In just her first season, the Blue Hens women’s soccer program made big strides. Coley played a role in defeating Syracuse 1-0. It was the program’s first ever win over a power-five school. The Blue Hens picked up a victory over La Salle on the road for the first time since 1994, and tied the program record for goals in a game in its 9-1 win over Hampton.
The Blue Hens shutout opponents six times in 2023, including a shutout over the CAA Regular Season and Tournament Champions Towson. Their defense allowed the least amount of goals in the conference (13), leading to the second best goals against average in the conference of 0.72. Both those marks rank third all time in program history, and is the defensive season for the Blue Hens since 2009.
Under the help of Coley, the Blue Hens goalkeepers put up one of the best seasons in program history. Their save percentage of .851 ranks third in program history and is the best mark since 2009. Individually, goalkeeper Kyla Burns also had one of the best seasons in net in program history. She ranks second all time in save percentage in a season at .911. Burns also led the country in save percentage as well. She became the first Blue Hen ever to lead the NCAA in any statistical category.
Coley arrived in Newark after a stint at University of Rhode Island, where she spent one season with the Rams. Coley was previously on the Western Michigan staff for two seasons before as an assistant coach. In her first season with the Broncos, she helped the team to a record of 6-2-2. In the following season, Coley helped the squad to another six-win season.
Prior to her time at Western Michigan, she spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons as an assistant coach at Lawrence Tech. She helped the Blue Devils to seven wins in both campaigns, which included a home record of 6-3-1 in Coley's final season.
Her time at Lawrence Tech was highlighted by two Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference All-Newcomer Team selections and four NAIA Scholar-Athlete accolades during the 2018 season. In 2017, Tia Lamie and Alayne Nyboer earned second team all-conference recognition, while two other players were named to the all-newcomer squad.
Coley was a standout goalkeeper for Oakland University during her collegiate playing days. She was a four-year letter winner from 2008-12, and finished with 55 career games played, starting 48 in goal and finished fourth in program history with 25 wins and third with 15 shutouts. Her 4,578 minutes played in goal is second all-time in program history, and she also still holds the Oakland single-game saves record with 17, done on Oct. 9, 2009 against San Diego State University.
In one of Coley's most memorable performances with Oakland, she was in net and saved three penalty kicks in a shootout win over fourth-seeded Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2012, helping the Golden Grizzlies advance to the second round.
She left Oakland with the single-season record for shutouts with eight in 2012 and was a Summit League All-Tournament Team selection in 2012. She became the first player in league history to record back-to-back shutouts in the Summit League Championship and became the first Oakland goalkeeper to record a shutout against Michigan State during the 2012 season.
Coley arrives to Newark after a stint at University of Rhode Island, where she spent one season with the Rams. Coley was previously on the Western Michigan staff for two seasons before as an assistant coach. In her first season with the Broncos, she helped the team to a record of 6-2-2. In the following season, Coley helped the squad to another six-win season.
Prior to her time at Western Michigan, she spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons as an assistant coach at Lawrence Tech. She helped the Blue Devils to seven wins in both campaigns, which included a home record of 6-3-1 in Coley's final season.
Her time at Lawrence Tech was highlighted by two Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference All-Newcomer Team selections and four NAIA Scholar-Athlete accolades during the 2018 season. In 2017, Tia Lamie and Alayne Nyboer earned second team all-conference recognition, while two other players were named to the all-newcomer squad.
Coley was a standout goalkeeper for Oakland University during her collegiate playing days. She was a four-year letter winner from 2008-12, and finished with 55 career games played, starting 48 in goal and finished fourth in program history with 25 wins and third with 15 shutouts. Her 4,578 minutes played in goal is second all-time in program history, and she also still holds the Oakland single-game saves record with 17, done on Oct. 9, 2009 against San Diego State University.
In one of Coley's most memorable performances with Oakland, she was in net and saved three penalty kicks in a shootout win over fourth-seeded Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2012, helping the Golden Grizzlies advance to the second round.
She left Oakland with the single-season record for shutouts with eight in 2012 and was a Summit League All-Tournament Team selection in 2012. She became the first player in league history to record back-to-back shutouts in the Summit League Championship and became the first Oakland goalkeeper to record a shutout against Michigan State during the 2012 season.
The Delaware women’s soccer program in 2024 earned their first trip to the CAA Tournament since the 2019 season. During the 2024 campaign, the Blue Hens started off conference play 4-0, while also winning five games in a row. It was the best stretch for the program since 2011. During the stretch, the Blue Hens had late game heroics from Maggie Groh and Brooke Vogel, as the two scored game winning goals to defeat Hofstra and Campbell.
With the help of Coley, Kyla Burns became the first Blue Hen in program history to earn the conference goalkeeper of the year. Burns also earned first team All-Conference honors, along with Conny Viehmann, Carly Binn, Caitin St. Leger, Brooke Vogel and Olivia Bley all earned all-conference honors.
The Delaware defense allowed six goals in 10 CAA contests. They had seven shutouts in CAA play and eight throughout the season.
In just her first season, the Blue Hens women’s soccer program made big strides. Coley played a role in defeating Syracuse 1-0. It was the program’s first ever win over a power-five school. The Blue Hens picked up a victory over La Salle on the road for the first time since 1994, and tied the program record for goals in a game in its 9-1 win over Hampton.
The Blue Hens shutout opponents six times in 2023, including a shutout over the CAA Regular Season and Tournament Champions Towson. Their defense allowed the least amount of goals in the conference (13), leading to the second best goals against average in the conference of 0.72. Both those marks rank third all time in program history, and is the defensive season for the Blue Hens since 2009.
Under the help of Coley, the Blue Hens goalkeepers put up one of the best seasons in program history. Their save percentage of .851 ranks third in program history and is the best mark since 2009. Individually, goalkeeper Kyla Burns also had one of the best seasons in net in program history. She ranks second all time in save percentage in a season at .911. Burns also led the country in save percentage as well. She became the first Blue Hen ever to lead the NCAA in any statistical category.
Coley arrived in Newark after a stint at University of Rhode Island, where she spent one season with the Rams. Coley was previously on the Western Michigan staff for two seasons before as an assistant coach. In her first season with the Broncos, she helped the team to a record of 6-2-2. In the following season, Coley helped the squad to another six-win season.
Prior to her time at Western Michigan, she spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons as an assistant coach at Lawrence Tech. She helped the Blue Devils to seven wins in both campaigns, which included a home record of 6-3-1 in Coley's final season.
Her time at Lawrence Tech was highlighted by two Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference All-Newcomer Team selections and four NAIA Scholar-Athlete accolades during the 2018 season. In 2017, Tia Lamie and Alayne Nyboer earned second team all-conference recognition, while two other players were named to the all-newcomer squad.
Coley was a standout goalkeeper for Oakland University during her collegiate playing days. She was a four-year letter winner from 2008-12, and finished with 55 career games played, starting 48 in goal and finished fourth in program history with 25 wins and third with 15 shutouts. Her 4,578 minutes played in goal is second all-time in program history, and she also still holds the Oakland single-game saves record with 17, done on Oct. 9, 2009 against San Diego State University.
In one of Coley's most memorable performances with Oakland, she was in net and saved three penalty kicks in a shootout win over fourth-seeded Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2012, helping the Golden Grizzlies advance to the second round.
She left Oakland with the single-season record for shutouts with eight in 2012 and was a Summit League All-Tournament Team selection in 2012. She became the first player in league history to record back-to-back shutouts in the Summit League Championship and became the first Oakland goalkeeper to record a shutout against Michigan State during the 2012 season.
Coley arrives to Newark after a stint at University of Rhode Island, where she spent one season with the Rams. Coley was previously on the Western Michigan staff for two seasons before as an assistant coach. In her first season with the Broncos, she helped the team to a record of 6-2-2. In the following season, Coley helped the squad to another six-win season.
Prior to her time at Western Michigan, she spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons as an assistant coach at Lawrence Tech. She helped the Blue Devils to seven wins in both campaigns, which included a home record of 6-3-1 in Coley's final season.
Her time at Lawrence Tech was highlighted by two Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference All-Newcomer Team selections and four NAIA Scholar-Athlete accolades during the 2018 season. In 2017, Tia Lamie and Alayne Nyboer earned second team all-conference recognition, while two other players were named to the all-newcomer squad.
Coley was a standout goalkeeper for Oakland University during her collegiate playing days. She was a four-year letter winner from 2008-12, and finished with 55 career games played, starting 48 in goal and finished fourth in program history with 25 wins and third with 15 shutouts. Her 4,578 minutes played in goal is second all-time in program history, and she also still holds the Oakland single-game saves record with 17, done on Oct. 9, 2009 against San Diego State University.
In one of Coley's most memorable performances with Oakland, she was in net and saved three penalty kicks in a shootout win over fourth-seeded Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2012, helping the Golden Grizzlies advance to the second round.
She left Oakland with the single-season record for shutouts with eight in 2012 and was a Summit League All-Tournament Team selection in 2012. She became the first player in league history to record back-to-back shutouts in the Summit League Championship and became the first Oakland goalkeeper to record a shutout against Michigan State during the 2012 season.
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