Kathleen Duwve (DOO-vee) was named Assistant Coach on July 26, 2023. 

In Ames, Duwve reunites with Head Coach Matt Fannon, as she played under Fannon for three years at Bowling Green (2017-19). 

In her first season with the Cyclones, Duwve helped redshirt freshman goalkeeper Avery Gillahan get acclimated to her first season of full action, taking over for Jordan Silkowitz. Under Duwve's tutelage, Gillahan earned a pair of Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors, making her the first ISU freshman since 2016 to earn two in a season.

A Sylvania, Ohio, native, Duwve arrived in Ames after spending two years as an assistant coach at DePaul University. With the Blue Demons, Duwve worked primarily with the goalkeepers. Across her two years, Duwve's keepers posted 143 saves and eight shutouts.

Prior to her stint in Chicago, Duwve played professionally for Apulia Trani ASD in Italy's Serie C before returning to the United States to play for the Gotham Reserves (NJ/NY) in the WPSL.

Before becoming a professional athlete, Duwve starred for Coach Fannon's Falcons at BGSU, starting 56 games across her four years. She totaled 216 total saves and toted a .797 save percentage. Duwve earned 32 career wins and tallied 14 clean sheets.

Duwve finished her collegiate career as Bowling Green's all-time leader in career winning percentage and goals against average while ranking among the top five all-time in every goalkeeping category.

She earned first-team All-Conference honors in the MAC twice, as well as once earning a United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region award. Academically, Duwve was on the Academic All-MAC Team, a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete and earned the MAC Commissioner's Award. She was a part of some of the best Falcon teams ever, as BGSU made it to the NCAA Tournament in both 2018 and 2019.