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Miranda Armstrong

Assistant Soccer Coach

ppsoccer@pomona.edu

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Miranda Armstrong enters her first season as an assistant coach for the Pomona-Pitzer Soccer program. 

Armstrong also serves as the varsity boys soccer coach at Xavier Prep High School where she earned Coach of the Year in 2020 and led Xavier Prep to CIF for the first time in 2022. Armstrong also serves as the Director of Camps for Palm Desert Soccer Club. 

Armstrong has experience coaching at all levels of soccer including coaching stints with Seattle United, PAC NW, and the Division I level with the University of Washington and Florida State University. 

Armstrong has coached at the collegiate level since 1999. She began her coaching career at Seattle Community College where she helped start the women's soccer program, serving as an assistant coach for two seasons before assuming head coaching duties at SCC for a year in 2001.

In 2002, Armstrong moved on to Division II Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa, where she served as an assistant coach on the women's soccer and track and field teams.

A year later, Armstrong was named head coach of the women's soccer program at Shenandoah University. In four seasons at SU, Armstrong amassed a record of 28-41-5 (.412) while leading the Hornets to three straight appearances in the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament.

Armstrong's professional experience stems back to 1998 when she helped discover the Hibernian and Caledonian Saints women's team. She played with the team for four seasons before completing her professional career in 2002 as she played a season with the Seattle Sounders in the United Soccer League.

A graduate of Seattle University in 1998, Armstrong played three seasons of varsity soccer with the Redhawks where she ranks in the top 10 for career assists and set the school record for assists in a half. She also competed in basketball for one season at Seattle U.

Armstrong received a master's degree in business administration from Upper Iowa University in 2005. She holds a National A License with the United States Soccer Federation, NSCAA Premier License and both Goalkeeper and Regional Licenses through the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

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