The Calvin University women's soccer program has hired Annette Stromberg as an assistant coach.

Stromberg joins the Calvin women's soccer staff after nine seasons on the coaching staff at Grand Valley State University (GVSU), where she helped the Lakers to four NCAA Division II National Championships and two more trips to the national championship game.

"I am very excited to have Annette join our program," Calvin head women's soccer coach Emily Ottenhoff said. "I've had a chance to work with and be around Annette in a number of different settings. She is hard working, attentive to detail and has a genuine desire to help her student athletes reach their potential. She has been part of highly successful programs at Alma and GVSU and I believe she can help our program continue to grow in a positive direction."

Stromberg started her tenure at GVSU as a graduate assistant for two seasons (2014-15) before joining the Lakers' staff as an assistant in 2016. She worked primarily with goalkeepers through 2019, but also worked with field players during her tenure while also working behind the scenes to coordinate scouting, training, travel, video, and youth camps.

Before her time at GVSU, Stromberg coached two seasons at her alma mater, Alma College, from 2012-13. Stromberg played for the Scots from 2008-11, making 82 appearances as a midfielder and helping Alma to a 2010 MIAA Regular Season Championship and a 2011 MIAA Tournament Championship and NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.

Stromberg has also been involved in coaching the youth level with the Michigan Rangers since 2014 at the 2001, 02, 04 and 08 age groups.

Stromberg graduated from Alma with a degree integrative physiology and health science. She and her husband, Mike, have one daughter, Ezra.

 After her nine seasons with GVSU, Stromberg is looking forward to her next chapter with the Calvin women's soccer program and coach Ottenhoff.

"I am very excited and grateful for this new opportunity," Stromberg said. "The Calvin women's soccer program has a tremendous reputation of being a highly competitive program within the MIAA and at the national level. I have a great deal of respect for Emily both as a player and as a coach, and I can't wait to join her staff. I'd like to thank coach Ottenhoff for her belief in me and what I can add to the program."