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Michelyne Pinard |
Head Coach of Women's Soccer mpinard@williams.edu 413-597-4599 |
Micheleyne Pinard completed her ninth season as the head coach of the Williams women’s soccer program in 2010. For the fourth consecutive year Pinard led her Ephs to an NESCAC title. The Ephs 3-2 win over Middlebury in the 2009 NESCAC title contest was Pinard's 100th career win at Williams.
In 2010 the Ephs finished 15-4-2, advancing as far as the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament.
Under Pinard, the Ephs have qualified for the NESCAC Tournament all nine years while compiling an overall record of 117-28-17 (.775) and 50-15-6 (.704) in NESCAC play. Pinard has coach NESCAC Players of the Year in three of the last four years (Sara Wild - 2010, Brianna Wolfson - 2009, Gabrielle Woodson - 2007). Williams is 10-4-1 in NCAA Tournament play during Pinard's tenure.
The 2009 season saw Williams finish 19-1-0, defeating Keuka College and Oneonta State in the first and second round of the NCAA Tournament before falling, 1-0, to TCNJ in a third round match-up on Cole Field.
Pinard's 2008 Ephs compiled a record of 19-1-1, establishing a Williams record for most wins in a season, and finishing third nationally. The Ephs also won a piece of the Little Three title and captured their second straight NESCAC title.Pinard was named the NESCAC New England Coach of the Year for the second straqight season.
After guiding the Ephs to a then program record 17 wins in a season in 2007 and an in-season win streak record of 17 that resulted in a perfect regular season, the 2007 NESCAC title and a run in the NCAA Tournament, Pinard's Ephs advanced to the "Sweet 16" in the NCAA Tourney, finishing with a record of 17-1. Pinard was named the 2007 NESCAC Coach of the year and the NSCAA/adidas New England Coach of the Year.
Pinard is also acted as the interim head coach of women’s hockey for the 2005-2006 season. Prior to coaching at Williams Pinard was an assistant coach for two years at NESCAC foe Middlebury in soccer and ice hockey and at Penn for two years in soccer.
Pinard, a 1998 graduate of Dartmouth College, was named head coach of the Ephs in the spring of 2002, succeeding Lisa Melendy. At Dartmouth Pinard earned a Bachelor of arts degree in psychology. She was a two-sport standout for the Big Green in soccer and ice hockey. Pinard was a key member of the Big Green team that won the 1994 Ivy League title and earned two NCAA tournament berths. In 1998 she won the Mickey Price Award for leadership and commitment on and off the field. While at Dartmouth she also coached the Upper Valley Lightning Soccer Club for four seasons.
In ice hockey Pinard was a four-year letter winner for the Big Green and earned All-Ivy League honors in 1998.
Pinard also earned a Master's degree in psychological services in the Graduate School of Education at Penn in 2002.
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Sarah Bromley |
Assistant Coach of Women's Soccer Sarah.Bromley@williams.edu 413-597-4599 |
Sarah Bromley, a captain of the 2010 Dartmouth women’s soccer team and a 2011 graduate of Dartmouth, has been named an assistant coach at Williams College for women’s soccer.
Bromley started 14 of 15 games last fall for The Big Green as they posted a record of 7-7-2. Primarily playing in the back as a left and center back last fall, Bromley also saw time in the central and outside midfield in her Dartmouth career.
A native of Southern California, Bromley played for the prestigious San Diego Surf Club that won the Cal State South Cup in 2002 & 2005 and was a member of the Cal South Olympic development Program.
Bromley has already accumulated a lot of coaching experience with younger players in both Southern California and in and around Hanover, NH.
“We are extremely excited to have Sarah Bromley join the program, noted Eph head coach Michelyne Pinard, a Dartmouth alum herself. “Sarah’s love of the game along with her tactical knowledge made her a perfect fit for us. Her professionalism and work ethic stood out above the rest of the candidates and she has hit the ground running since arriving at the end of June. Already she is running sessions at our clinic and organizing our recruiting.”
Bromley succeeds Lacey Largeteau who left Williams to become the head coach at Skidmore College.
At Dartmouth Bromley was also a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee and graduated from cum laude with a degree in psychology.
