Corey Holton enters her second season with the Stags, joining the Fairfield Women's Soccer coaching staff in the summer of 2022. Holton brings several years of coaching experience into the position including nearly 12 seasons as a head coach and serving as an assistant coach for three programs.

In her first season with Fairfield, Holton helped the Stags to the 2022 MAAC Regular Season Championship, the first for the program in over a decade. The Stags went 9-1 in the MAAC, their most conference victories since 1998.

Fairfield also had eight All-MAAC Selections including the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year and the MAAC Rookie of the Year in Maddy Theriault. Theriault also became the first Stag ever to be named the ECAC Rookie of the Year and a spot on the College Soccer News All-Freshman Third Team.

Holton served as the head coach for the Concordia (Texas) University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Vassar. At Vassar, Holton led the program to a 56-43-11 record which included the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018. In total, she helped coach and recruit 26 All-Liberty League selections, two Rookie of the Year honorees, and helped the team to a spot in the United Soccer Coaches Top-25 poll.

Before her eight seasons at Vassar, Holton was also the all-time winningest coach at Concordia, where she led the Tornados to a 29-21-6 overall record and would also be named the 2011 American Southwest Conference (ASC) Coach of the Year. She mentored 15 All-Conference picks and the 2011 ASC Offensive Rookie of the Year.

As an assistant coach, Holton has enjoyed stops at Notre Dame, Trinity College, and Greensboro College. In one year at Notre Dame, Holton helped the Fighting Irish to a 13-8-1 overall record and a spot in the NCAA Tournament Third Round. She also recruited and signed 11 prospects with seven having National Team experience.

Holton also has administrative experience in the athletic field, serving as the Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Welfare and the Coordinator of Student-Athlete Development at Vassar.

Holton graduated from Elmira College with a degree in psychology and earned her Master’s in Sports Science at High Point University.