Kacey Bingham recently compiled an impressive first season with the Wolves in 2019 that set many firsts for the program in some time.

Bingham, the 2019 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, certainly put a first season together guiding the Wolves in 2019. After inheriting a program that went 5-9-3 in 2018, Bingham took basically the same group and compiled a 10-6-3 record. The 10 victories was the most in a season since 2002 and the Wolves reached the GNAC Tournament for the first time since 2013 after posting a 7-3-2 GNAC record.

WOU made playing in Monmouth a tough proposition going 6-1-1 at home, turning around a home record that was just 2-5-1 in 2018. The Wolves posted four shutouts in the eight home games, going 3-0-1 in those contests. Other milestones included picking up the first win over Seattle Pacific in 17 years, along with the first win over Concordia since 2000 – something the team accomplished twice in 2019.

In addition to the Coach of the Year honor for Bingham, seven Wolves were named to the All-GNAC Team including Alyssa Tomasini and Jacky Beristain each landing on the first team. It wasn’t just on the field that WOU excelled with 12 being named to the Academic All-GNAC Team as well. Tomasini and Qualls were each named GNAC Players of the Week twice.

Extra postseason honors followed with Selene Konyn, Alex Qualls and Kaitlin Poe being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team and later Konyn earning CoSIDA Academic All-American honors. Tomasini and Beristain landed on the D2CCA All-West Region Team and later were tabbed to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Team.

Since moving to NCAA Division II, the 2019 season ranked high in several program records including 86 total points (fourth most and the most since 2003), 4.52 points per game (fourth most and the most since 2003), 30 goals (fourth most and most since the 2003 season), 1.57 goals per game (fourth most and the most since 2003), 10 game-winning goals (third most and the most since 2002), 26 assists (tied for third most with the 2003 team), 1.37 assists per game (tied for the third most with the 2003 team), 1.11 goals against average (second most and the top mark since 2014), 7 shutouts (tied for second most with the 2014 and 2002 teams).

Individual season records that ranked high in program history, Tomasini’s 25 points is tied for second in the NCAA Division II program history with Mariel Chandler. 1.31 points per game is third in program history and the nine goals is tied for second-most with three other players. Tomasini’s 0.47 goals per game is fourth-best in program history and her four game-winning goals is tied for the top mark in program history with two other players. The seven assists is tied for third in history with two other players. The 0.37 assists per game is fifth in program history. Qualls’ 1.13 goals against average is fifth-best in history and her 10 wins is tied for the top mark with two other players. Her six shutouts rank in a tie for second with two other players. The 1,792 minutes logged by Beristain and Malia Napoleon is tied for the third-most in program history.

Bingham has coached at the collegiate level for the past 16 years, serving as a head coach for 13 of those. Her career head coaching record stands at 229-59-16.

Bingham’s most recent coaching stop was as an assistant coach serving as the recruiting coordinator and camps director at Division I Saint Mary’s College of California in 2018.

Previously, she was the head coach at Dixie State for five seasons. Bingham helped produce DSU’s first two All-Americans in 2017 during a record-breaking season. The Trailblazers ranked as high as 8th in the NCAA West Region while setting single-season records in goals (19), game-winning goals (8) and hat tricks (3).

From 2006-2012, Bingham served as the head coach at Paradise Valley Community College. While coaching the Pumas, she led PVCC to the 2010 and 2012 NJCAA National Championships and an undefeated 46-0-2 record over those two years. Bingham was named NJCAA and ACCAC Coach of the Year in both ’10 and ’12. She compiled a 121-13-8 overall record while head coach of the Pumas.

Bingham played during the 2002 and 2003 seasons at Arizona State University. She holds a USSF B License and also was part of the Saguaro women's semi-pro team in 2003 and Heatwave women's semi-pro team in 2002.