University of Denver Athletics

Stephen Cavallo enters his second season as an assistant coach for the DU women's soccer team for the 2024 season.

2024

• Helped lead Denver to the second overall seed in the Summit League tournament, entering the postseason on a five-match unbeaten streak
• Coached team to upset win at then-No. 24 Texas A&M on August 21, Denver's first-ever road win at an SEC opponent
• Opened season with a narrow 1-2 loss to eventual NCAA national champion North Carolina on August 15
• Finished 11-6-2 on the season including 4-2-2 at home and 5-1-2 in the Summit League
• Helped lead Ella Frost to Summit League Midfielder of the Year honors
• Coached Ella Frost (first team) and Riley Baker (second team) to United Soccer Coaches All-West Region teams

2023

• Helped lead Denver to its fifth-straight Summit League regular-season title and its eighth overall
• Coached team to two wins over Power-5 teams (4-2 vs. NC State, 2-0 at Oregon); earned 3-3 draw at [RV] Milwaukee
• Finished 9-2-7 on the season including 7-1-2 at home
• Helped lead Liv Moritz to No. 54 ranking in Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Top 100 Freshmen and Summit League Newcomer of the Year honors
• Coached Kaitlyn Glover (second team), Vanessa Murray (second team) and Moritz (third team) to United Soccer Coaches All-West Region teams

Prior to Denver

University of Nevada Assistant Coach (March-July 2023)

• Served as goalkeepers coach and helped lead recruiting

Montana State University Billings Head Coach (2017-22)

• Coached Clare Kennan to first-team All-GNAC honors in 2022
• Helped lead Liberty Palmer to GNAC Freshman of the Year in 2021
• Led the Yellowjackets to a 6-2-1 home record in 2021
• Finished with sixth-highest fall-season GPA in the country at DII level in 2019; led Amanda Hemmen to first-team Academic All-America honors in 2018 and 2019

Montana State University Billings Assistant Coach (2014-16)

• Coached team to GNAC tournament all three years and finished as the runner-up in 2014
• Finished with 8-7-2 record (6-5-1 in GNAC) in 2015

Additional Coaching Experience

• Emory & Henry College Assistant Coach - Men's & Women's Teams (2013)
• Belmont Abbey College Assistant Coach - Goalkeepers (spring 2013)
• Frostburg State University Goalkeeper Coach (spring 2012)
• Allegany High School (Maryland) Varsity Boys' Soccer Head Coach (2011-12)
  • Selected as 2012 Pepsi-Cola High School Soccer Coach of the Year

Playing Experience

• Two-year starting goalkeeper at Frostburg State University (2008-09)
• Started collegiate career at Warren Wilson College

Education

• Master's degree in public relations (Montana State Billings '23)
• Bachelor's degree in geography (Frostburg State '12)