Todd Shulenberger enters his ninth season at the helm of the Cougar program as WSU’s all-time wins record holder with 89 total victories. In eight seasons at WSU, Shulenberger has taken Cougar soccer to unseen heights, leading the team into the upper-echelon of collegiate soccer, posting an overall record of 89-49-19, including winning a program-record 16 games in 2019.

WSU entered the 2022 season with high expectations, the reigning Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year, and a distinguished, veteran defensive core. The Cougars finished the season 8-7-4, sparked by a 10-game unbeaten streak spanning the month of September. The Cougs struggled throughout the season to convert strong offensive performances into goals, ultimately missing out on an NCAA Tournament berth for just the second time in six seasons. Junior Margie Detrizio led the Cougars with a team-best 11 goals (third in Pac-12) and six assists. WSU garnered three All-Pac-12 honors, including Detrizio on the All-Conference Second Team, Mykiaa Minniss on the Third Team, and freshman Lily Boyden named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. Detrizio and Minniss also earned All-Pacific Region Third Team honors from the United Soccer Coaches organization. Minniss went on to be drafted 35th by the KC Current in the 2023 NWSL Draft, marking the fourth-consecutive season with a NWSL draftee from WSU. Academically, Shulenberger placed six student-athletes on the CSC Academic All-District Team, while five Cougs earned Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll recognition.

During the 2021 campaign, Shulenberger guided the Cougars to a sixth NCAA postseason appearance en route to a 14-3-4 campaign. WSU defeated Montana, 3-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before bowing out to No. 6 Tennessee, 2-0, in the second round. WSU finished with a final national ranking of No. 17 in the United Soccer Coaches poll. The Cougs received several postseason honors, including a pair of NWSL draft picks in Elyse Bennett (7th) and Sydney Pulver (25th). Bennett led WSU with 10 goals and four assists, was named to the USC All-America Second Team, in addition to All-Pacific Region First Team and All-Pac-12 First Team Honors. Bennett was one of five student-athletes to receive all-conference honors during Shulenberger’s seventh campaign. Mykiaa Minniss (1st), Sydney Studer (3rd), and Bridget Rieken (3rd) picked up conference awards, alongside starting goalkeeper Nadia Cooper (1st), who was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year.

The 2019 season for Shulenberger and the Cougars goes down as the best single season in program history as WSU played its way to the program's first College Cup finishing their season in the national semifinals in an epic showdown with college soccer’s historic power, North Carolina. Along the way the Cougs took down a No. 1 seed and No. 2 seed, both on the road in hostile environments. In addition, the Cougs defeated the AAC regular season champion, ACC tournament runner-up, and the SEC tournament champion. Despite falling just short of the finals in San Jose, the Cougs successes were recognized in the final polls as WSU ended the year ranked No. 4 in the country, the highest ranking in program history. In addition to the team success, the Cougs also had a multitude of individual successes including five players earning All-Pac-12 honors including Morgan Weaver (1st), Brianna Alger (3rd), Averie Collins (3rd), Ella Dederick (3rd), MacKenzie Frimpong-Ellertson (FR).

The duo of Weaver and Alger would go on to earn all-region honors while Weaver became just the second All-American in program history and first since 2013. Capping a stellar career at WSU, Weaver wasn’t finished as the star striker became one of the highest drafted players in Cougar Athletics history going No. 2 to the Portland Thorns in the NWSL Draft in Jan. She would be joined by Collins in the draft as the grad transfer went No. 17 to the Washington Spirit.

With the run to the College Cup, Shulenberger became the first coach in program history to lead his team out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament in three-straight seasons and the first to not only move on to the at least the third round once, but twice in three seasons. The run in 2019 was built on the back of a 2018 season in which the Cougars broke a number of program records including beginning the season a perfect 10-0, the best start and longest win-streak in program history. The wins to start the year propelled WSU to a No. 7 ranking in the Coaches’ poll, then the highest ranking in the history of Cougar soccer.

By the end of the year, and despite injuries wreaking havoc on the WSU's squad, the Cougars earned a home game in round one of the NCAA Tournament. after posting a 9-1-1 record at home in the regular season, the Cougs would tack on a record 10th home win in the tournament, dismantling Montana, 5-1, to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight year. In all, WSU finished the 2018 season with 13 wins, one-shy of the program record. On the field, the Cougs play was recognized repeatedly over the year by the Pac-12 with a conference best nine weekly awards, the most of any team in the conference on the season. Junior Morgan Weaver and senior Maddy Haro would earn all-region honors for their play with Weaver taking home first team honors.

For the first time in program history, the Cougars, under Shulenberger, advanced to the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament in 2017. Traveling across the country, WSU took down No. 8 UCF, 1-0, to open the tournament before advancing past No. 20 Tennessee in a shootout to advance to the sweet 16. The Cougars finished the season ranked No. 19 in the final United Soccer Coaches' poll. In addition to their run in the postseason, Shulenberger guided the Cougars to their biggest upset in program history when WSU took down No. 2, and eventual national runner-up, UCLA, 1-0, at home on Oct. 19. Throughout the season, the Cougars would boast the 12th ranked strength of schedule while shutting out five top-25 teams. In all, the Cougars would shutout 11 opponents on the year, the second most in program history. Three Cougars earned All-Pac-12 honors on the year with goalkeeper Ella Dederick and star forward Morgan Weaver earning third team awards while Elyse Bennett took home all-freshman honors. Weaver would go on to earn all-region honors as well.

Continuing to slowly change the program into his own image, Shulenberger oversaw a pair of Pac-12 All-Conference players in his second season as senior Kaitlyn Johnson took home second team honors while freshman Morgan Weaver earned all-freshman honors. Additionally, Weaver was named a TopDrawerSoccer.com Top-100 Freshman after leading the Cougars with eight goals.

In the classroom, 10 Cougars were named to the Pac-12 All-Academic team with senior Susie White leading the way on the first team. As a team, the Cougars were earned a NSCAA Team Academic Award with a cumulative 3.19 GPA.

In his first season at the helm of the Cougar soccer program, Shulenberger guided WSU to a record-tying 14 wins. The Cougars boasted a perfect record (6-0-0) on the road in conference play for the first time since 2000. Shulenberger guided WSU to its fifth-straight postseason appearance.

Implementing his new system, Shulenberger dominated the offensive side of the ball with 13 goal-scorers and 34 total goals. Washington State rose to as high as No. 16 in the national rankings before finishing at No. 23 in the country. The WSU backline allowed just 0.92 goals per game and held opponents to just 19 goals in the season. The collegiate soccer world took note, honoring Shulenberger’s first-year team with four NSCAA All-Pacific Region selections, and four Pac-12 All-Conference honorees.

Academically, the Cougars saw their team GPA rise to 3.14 with eight Pac-12 All-Academic selections. Junior Susie White picked up Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selection, while sophomore Sofia Anker-Kofoed was named to the second team.

Shulenberger became the seventh head coach in program history after spending the previous two seasons as the associate head coach at Texas Tech. In 2014 the Red Raiders reached the third round of the NCAA Championship and finished with a 16-4-2 record.

The Red Raiders finished 18-2-3 overall in Shulenberger's first season in Lubbock, snapping the single-season school record for wins en route to an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Tech came close to its first ever Big 12 title in 2013 as the Red Raiders closed league play 6-0-2 overall and just a point behind regular season champion West Virginia. It was the highest conference finish for the Red Raiders in program history.

Prior to Texas Tech, Shulenberger spent four seasons at Missouri, concluding with back-to-back trips to the NCAA Championship in 2011 and 2012. The Tigers captured the program's first Big 12 regular season title in 2009, Shulenberger’ s first season, before finishing 14-7-1 overall and advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 2012. Missouri regularly assembled several of the top recruiting classes in the country during Shulenberger’ s tenure, including a pair of classes in 2010 and 2011 that ranked in the top 10 nationally.

Shulenberger arrived at Missouri following a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Clemson where he also served as recruiting coordinator. He maintained the program's budget and served as an assistant director for the Clemson camp program while with the Tigers, who advanced to the NCAA Tournament in his first season in 2007.

Along with his collegiate experience, Shulenberger has worked on the club scene, spending 10 years as the Director of Coaching for the TopHat Soccer Club based out of Atlanta. While at TopHat, Shulenberger oversaw player development and staff and also served as the club's college placement advisor. During his stay with TopHat, Shulenberger spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Georgia State where he prepared and conducted practices while also assisting with recruiting functions and organizing team travel.

Shulenberger graduated from Robert Morris University with a bachelor's degree in marketing in 1994. He spent four seasons on the Robert Morris soccer team, helping lead the Colonials to an appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1993. He went on to play professionally for the Canton Invaders of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) from 1994-96 before turning to coaching.

Shulenberger has two daughters, Kyla and Camryn, and a son, Owen.