Michelle Dalton is in her first year as an assistant coach with the Utah State soccer program after being hired in July of 2023. 

Dalton joins the staff after spending the 2022 season as an assistant coach at Kentucky. With the Wildcats, Dalton assisted in student-athlete development while working specifically with the team's goalkeepers. Other primary responsibilities included administering program operations, aiding with fiscal management and video support, and serving as the camp coordinator. 

Prior to her stint in Lexington, Dalton spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky. While Dalton primarily focused on the training and development of the team's goalkeepers, the Hilltoppers' defense allowed just 13 goals in each of her two seasons, tied for the second fewest in program history. As a team, the Hilltoppers clinched their first-ever C-USA East Division title with a 4-0-2 conference record in the spring of 2021. They followed that with a 10-5-1 overall record and a 5-2-1 C-USA mark in the 2021 campaign. Dalton's coaching career began with a stint as the volunteer assistant and goalkeeper coach at DePaul in 2019. 

As a player, Dalton was a standout goalkeeper at Wisconsin from 2007-11. She was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year in 2011 and earned All-Conference First Team and NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team honors. She was twice named the team's MVP, and currently ranks second in saves per game (4.707) and fifth in career shutouts (24) in the Badgers' record book. 

Following her collegiate career, Dalton played professionally in Iceland's top division with UMF Selfoss in 2013, followed by a season with Kvarnsvedens IK in Sweden. She then returned to the states to play three years with the Chicago Red Stars, where she was a finalist for the CONCACAF Female Goalkeeper of the Year award during her debut season. In 2018, she signed with the North Carolina Courage, then played with Apollon LFC in Cyprus in 2018-19.