Cole Schmit joined the UW Coaching staff in 2022 after five seasons as assistant coach at San Diego State. Having spent two seasons on Nicole Van Dyke's staff, Schmit works with UW's defensive unit, while assisting with recruiting, video analysis and opposition scouting.

Washington posted a 9-5-5 record in Schmit's second season, registering seven clean sheets. Over the final six matches of the season, UW allowed just three goals, finishing out the season with three straight shutouts over Oregon, Oregon State and Washington State.

Under Schmit's tutelage, Kolo Suliafu earned her first United Soccer Coaches All-Region honor, while Jace Holmes tied for the Pac-12 lead with seven assists from the outside back position.

During Schmit's first season on Montlake, the Huskies finished the 2022 campaign with a 10-6-3 record. Schmit helped the Dawgs get off to an undefeated non-conference slate, the first in program history. UW also made history in Schmit's first season, defeating Washington State 3-2 for UW's first win in Pullman since 1996.

With the Aztecs, Schmit helped guide SDSU to the program’s 10th and 11th Mountain West championships and earned a spot in the NCAA tournament in 2017.

While at SDSU,  Schmit coached 14 All-Mountain West players, seven of which were first-team honors and included a pair of first-team honors for midfielder Chloe Frisch.  He guided four players to United Soccer Coaches All-Region distinction, and seven players have earned All-Tournament Team selections.  

Prior to San Diego State, Schmit was a women’s soccer assistant coach at Westmont College, an NAIA institution that competes in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC). In two seasons, he helped the Warriors to a 32-8-4 record, a pair of league titles and two trips to the NAIA tournament.

In his first season on the Westmont campus, Schmit and the Warriors won the 2015 GSAC regular season and tournament championships en route to an NAIA quarterfinal appearance. One season later, Westmont advanced to the Round of 16. In addition to the team success, Schmit helped the Warriors collect two GSAC Player-of-the-Year awards, three All-America accolades and eight all-conference honors.

Schmit began his coaching career at Pacific in 2014 as a men’s soccer volunteer assistant coach.  In his one season in Stockton, he helped the first-year program become what is now considered a contender in the West Coast Conference.

Schmit played collegiately at California Baptist where he helped the Lancers to a 58-21-4 record after scoring 10 goals and logging nine assists in 83 games (59 starts). In his time at CBU, the Lancers won the NCCAA Division I national championship in 2011 and 2012 and won the 2011 Pacific West Conference title. Individually, Schmit was an NSCAA/NCCAA Division I first-team All-American and an All-PacWest first-team midfielder in 2012. His success on the field translated in the classroom as he earned a spot on the All-PacWest academic team three times and was recognized as an NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.

Schmit graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from California Baptist in 2014.