Michelle Voiland Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 4th Year Alma Mater: Portland, 1995

Michelle Voiland, who works primarily with the goalkeepers, enters her fourth season as an assistant coach with the Oregon State women's soccer program.

In each of her three seasons, the Beavers have improved their goals against average from 1.26 in her first year, 0.90 in her second season and a school-record 0.56 last season, which was the 13th best in the nation.

During the school-record 16 win season in 2010, Voiland coached goalkeeper Colleen Boyd to an All-America season in which she set school records with goals against average, 14 shutouts and the most consecutive scoreless minutes at 580 and eight seconds. The Beavers started the season with five consecutive shutouts and also shutout three top 25 teams, including No. 24 Memphis in the first round of the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship.

In her second season, she coached a defensive group that posted seven shutouts and then school-record 0.90 goals against average. The defensive effort allowed Oregon State to advance to the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship Sweet 16 for the first time in school history and a No. 21 final ranking in the NSCAA poll.

In her first season at Oregon State, the Beavers posted an impressive 1.26 goals against average and freshman goalkeeper Colleen Boyd ranked among the Pac-10 leaders in several defensive categories.

Prior to Oregon State, Voiland spent three seasons as an assistant coach with FC Saarbrücken, serving as the team's goalkeeper coach after playing for eight seasons with the German soccer club.

Before that she spent two seasons as a coach for the Nevada Olympic Development Program and served as the head goalkeeper coach for the Nevada South ODP where she was responsible for evaluation, selection and training of the boys and girls goalkeepers of all age groups.

Voiland also served as the assistant coach at Chaparral High School in Las Vegas from 1996 to 1998 where she worked with the boys and girls varsity teams and served as the junior varsity boys and girls head coach. In addition, she founded the Las Vegas Goalkeeper Academy in 1996 and was an assistant coach for three seasons with the Portland Metro Soccer Club (1993-95).

The native of Bellevue, Wash., was a standout soccer player at the University of Portland, where she was the starting goalkeeper and was a four-time All-Conference First Team selection. During her senior season, Voiland led the Pilots to the NCAA Women's College Cup Final Four.

Following her playing days with the Pilots, Voiland played for three seasons in the Nevada ODP before starting her eight-year professional playing career with FC Saarbrücken.

Voiland earned her bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in sociology from Portland in 1995 and holds a USSF National "B" Coaching License and a USSF National Goalkeeping License.