Megan (Snelling) Soileau - Women's Soccer Coach

Megan (Snelling) Soileau

Title:
Assistant Coach

Southern Miss Head Women's Soccer Coach Mohammed El-Zare announced Monday afternoon the hiring of Megan Snelling as the new Assistant Coach for the Southern Miss women's soccer team.

Snelling comes to Southern Miss after two seasons at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Along with her two seasons with the Warhawks, Snelling holds six years of coaching and administrative experience at the Division I and II levels.

Prior to ULM, Snelling served as the women's soccer assistant coach at Converse College and was the head coach of the reserve squad. While at Converse, Snelling handled all administrative duties for two teams, which totaled 47 players including travel, equipment, social media, recruiting, and fundraising.

"We're very excited to have Megan join our program," El-Zare said. "Her core values and characteristics are in line with our University's mission statement and also align with the vision of our soccer program. Megan will help our program improve in the right direction and I'm excited to see where this program will go with her on the team. She's an upcoming coach with a bright future."

Before her time at Converse, Snelling coached at Barbe High School and Calcasieu soccer club in Lake Charles, La. While at Barbe, the Lady Bucs consistently ranked in the top 20. Snelling has also spent her summers coaching for Texas A&M, Rice and McNeese State collegiate summer camps.

Snelling has multiple coaching diplomas and certificates including, NSCAA Advanced National Diploma, NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma and an USSF National License. Among these accomplishments, Snelling was named to the 2017-18 United Soccer Coaches, 30 under 30 program, which includes 30 of the most promising soccer coaches in America from all levels of competition. This program recognizes up and coming coaches while enhancing their knowledge of soccer and developing coaching methods.

Snelling played for FIU her freshman year and helped the Panthers become the 2009 Sun Belt regular season champions. She then moved to McNeese State where was awarded All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention as a defender. Snelling record the most minutes for McNeese in 2012 where she primarily played as a defender and a back-up goalkeeper if needed.

During offseasons, Snelling played in the Women's Soccer Professional League for Houston South Select and served as the team captain for the U23 Louisiana State Team at the USASA National Championships.

Prior to her collegiate experience, Snelling played for Challenge Soccer Club in Houston, Texas and won multiple Texas State championships while also playing for the South Texas ODP team.

Snelling earned her Bachelor's degree in Health and Human Performance and then her Master's in Exercise Physiology, both with honors at McNeese. Snelling maintained a 4.0 GPA while earning a Masters and working as a graduate assistant for the Athletic Director and Faculty Athletic Rep. In undergrad, she was the President of SAAC and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.