Eileen Blumenauer was named an assistant coach for the Franklin & Marshall women’s soccer team prior to the start of the 2023 season. Blumenauer joins the Diplomats following a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Williams College where she helped guide the Ephs to the 2019 NCAA Elite 8. Blumenauer also brings head coaching experience to the position, having held that position at Utica College during the 2015-18 seasons. Her success at Utica was highlighted by guiding the Pioneers to the 2018 Empire 8 Championship as the team made its first playoff appearance in over a decade.

Prior to coaching at Utica, Blumenauer spent three seasons as a graduate assistant coach at St. Lawrence University and was an assistant coach at Endicott College for one year. Blumenauer has also been very active on the club scene during her coaching tenure as she worked with the Coliseum Soccer Club, Aztec Soccer Club, Cape Ann YMCA, and FC Freeze Soccer Club throughout her career.

The wife of F&M head football coach Tom Blumenauer, Eileen obtained her National E coaching license from the United Soccer Coaches and has attended multiple national conventions. Blumenauer holds her master’s degree from St. Lawrence in education & school counseling after earning her bachelor’s degree in 2009 from SUNY Geneseo in psychology. At SUNY Geneseo, Blumenauer competed in women's soccer and lacrosse, earning SUNYAC All-Conference laurels in women's soccer while leading the Knights to a SUNYAC Conference Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance as a senior. She was also a two-year member of the soccer and lacrosse teams at Herkimer Community College where she earned an associate degree in arts and sciences and a was a two-time All-American who was later inducted into the HCC Hall of Fame in 2014.

Following her collegiate career, Blumenauer played professionally for the Rochester Ravens of the United Soccer League during the 2010 and 2011 seasons.