Women's Soccer

Romagnolo Named Gaels Women's Soccer Coach

Romagnolo Brings High-Level Head Coaching Experience To Moraga

MORAGA, Calif. — Saint Mary's College Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Mike Matoso announced today the hire of Theresa Romagnolo as the new head women's soccer coach of the Gaels.

Romagnolo has 16 years of collegiate coaching experience under her belt, including head coaching duties at Notre Dame and Dartmouth. Romagnolo is also familiar with west coast soccer as she's spent time at both Stanford and the University of San Diego as an assistant. 

The University of Washington graduate most recently served as head coach for the Fighting Irish from 2014-18 with high levels of success each season. Notre Dame made the NCAA Tournament in all four years of her tenure, including two trips to the Round of 16, and claimed their first-ever ACC Regular Season Championship in 2016 under Romagnolo's tutelage. All told, Romagnolo posted a 51-21-13 record at UND and had a myriad of student-athletes receive honors ranging from Academic All-Americans to National Team and NWSL Draft selections. 

Romagnolo left Notre Dame after her fourth season to spend time with her family and also was a volunteer coach at her alma mater in Seattle. 

Prior to working in South Bend, Romagnolo spent three seasons leading the women's team at Dartmouth. In just her second year with the Big Green, the program posted their second-highest winning percentage ever with a 13-4-0 showing and improved by nine wins from the year prior. 

Dartmouth produced 16 all-conference players, three all-region selections, and an Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2012. Off the field, the Big Green had a 100 percent graduation rate, 3.4 team GPA, and had an academic All-American under Romagnolo. 

As an assistant at Stanford, Romagnolo helped the Cardinal reach the Final Four in three of her four seasons, including two National Championship appearances. At San Diego, the Toreros reached the NCAA Tournament in three of her six seasons, and were consistently in the top-50 in the RPI. 

As a player, Romagnolo was a standout at Washington as she was named all-conference all four years, an All-American and Scholar Athlete All-American, as well as helped her team win the Pac-10 Championship in 2000. She graduated in 2001 with a degree in business and played in the professional WUSA league for the San Jose CyberRays until 2003.