Laurel, Miss. Native Carly Mauldin Set to Begin Collegiate Coaching Career at Southern Miss

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss Head Women's Soccer Coach Mohammed El-Zare has announced the hiring of Carly Mauldin as an assistant coach for the program. Mauldin was officially hired in early March.

El-Zare on the addition of Mauldin to the Golden Eagles' coaching staff
"Carly is known as one of the most decorated players ever produced by the state of Mississippi. Being a Laurel, Miss. native she is someone that will really be able to help us with in-state recruiting, and to maintain good relationships with individuals at the grassroots level within the local soccer community. Carly had an outstanding career at West Jones High School, Mississippi State, and at the professional level in Finland. The connections that she has made throughout her career will also help us with recruiting in the Southeast and overseas. She is someone that has been there and done that, and will be well-respected by our student-athletes. Carly has a tremendous soccer IQ, and has already proven to be an asset to our coaching staff in the short amount of time that she has been here. I look forward to the great things that she will do at Southern Miss."

Mauldin on kicking off her coaching career at Southern Miss
"I am so excited to get the opportunity to join this wonderful staff and team! I am looking forward to watching and helping this program achieve great things. I am very grateful that I get to work with the entire soccer program at Southern Miss!"

Mauldin comes to Southern Miss after wrapping up her playing career at the professional level with the Kakkonen League's Nurmijärven Jalkapalloseura in Finland. Mauldin competed for the club from May 2019-October 2019. She was named the Female Player of the Year by the Kakkonen League in the Fall of 2019.

Before she took her talents to the professional level, Mauldin played at the collegiate level for Mississippi State where she was a star midfielder for the Bulldogs from 2015-2018. Over the course of her four years at Mississippi State, Mauldin started all 72 of the Bulldogs' matches. Her 72 starts are tied for the seventh most in Mississippi State Women's Soccer history, and her 6,545 career minutes rank fifth in program history. In 2019, she earned a spot on Mississippi State's All-Time Team.

During her senior campaign in 2018, Mauldin helped lead Mississippi State to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. She was also voted to serve as the Bulldogs' Team Captain, was tabbed a Third Team All-Region selection, and was named a Second Team All-SEC selection.

As a freshman in 2015, Mauldin made an immediate impact for the Bulldogs leading the team in minutes played (1,663) and helping the program turn the corner. In addition, she was named Newcomer of the Year and Co-MVP of the Mississippi State women's soccer team.

At the high school level, the Laurel, Miss. native was a highly decorated player for West Jones High School where she led the Mustangs to three MHSAA Class 5A state titles in girl's soccer. Mauldin also earned All-District honor six times over the course of her high school career. She graduated from West Jones High School in 2015.

Mauldin got her first crack at coaching in the Summer of 2017 when she was hired as a youth soccer coach for Next Level Training in Detroit, Mich. She returned for a second stint in the Summer of 2018.

Mauldin earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Mississippi State in December of 2018.

Each semester from the Spring 2015-Fall 2018, Mauldin was named to the Bulldog Honor Roll and Mississippi State's Academic Honor Roll. She also earned a spot on the 2016 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll, and was named to Mississippi State's Dean's Scholar List her freshman year.

During her time at Mississippi State, Mauldin was active in the Starkville community, volunteering with the Starkville Soccer Association's TOPSoccer program in the Fall of 2017, and participating in Mississippi State's Miracle Network Dance Marathon for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in the Spring of 2017.

Mauldin will reside in Hattiesburg.

UIC Head Women's Soccer Coach Tom Anagnost on Mauldin
"Carly Mauldin is one of the greatest players and people I have ever coached. She led our Mississippi State teams on and off the field incredibly well. Without her, those teams simply do not achieve the success they had. She will be an incredible asset to Southern Miss women's soccer in every way. Those players are extremely lucky to have her and I believe she will do a fantastic job. I am so incredibly happy that she is coaching."

Oregon State Head Women's Soccer Coach Matt Kagan on Mauldin
"Carly Mauldin is a fantastic addition to the Southern Miss women's soccer coaching staff! Carly is one of the smartest and toughest players that I have had the privilege of coaching. She is a leader in every sense of the word and will continue to lead by example in her new role. I am excited to watch her growth as a coach and I know Southern Miss women's soccer just got better with this hire!"

For all of the latest Southern Miss women's soccer news, fans can follow the official Southern Miss women's soccer Twitter account (@SouthernMissSoc), Instagram account (@southernmisssoccer), and Facebook account (Southern Miss Soccer).

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Laurel, Miss. Native Carly Mauldin Set to Begin Collegiate Coaching Career at Southern Miss

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