Colleen Boyd

Colleen Boyd joined the Sun Devil soccer coaching staff as assistant coach in March 2016.
 
“Colleen is a great addition to our staff,” ASU head coach Kevin Boyd said. “Her background is goalkeeping but she wants to be a head coach and is really intent on being able to coach the whole field and she’s coming here specifically for that reason. She has great enthusiasm and is an outstanding communicator who is looking forward to helping us make Sun Devil soccer one of the top programs in the country.”
 
“I am so thankful to the Sun Devil athletic administration, especially head coach Kevin Boyd, for giving me the opportunity to join his staff,” said Colleen Boyd, who played her collegiate career at Oregon State. “I am thrilled to be back in the Pac-12 and coaching at such a prestigious institution in one of the best conferences in the country. I am excited to get to work with this exceptional group of young women and to continue to build upon the established tradition of success.”
 
Boyd (no relation to Kevin Boyd) came to ASU from CSUN where she was an assistant coach the previous two seasons. Boyd’s primary responsibility was working with the goalkeepers and defense in addition to other administrative duties. Under her tutelage, Matador goalkeepers went from posting two shutouts in 2013 (the season before her arrival) to a combined 15 over the next two seasons. Boyd’s instruction also played a major role in the marked improvement CSUN had in goals-against average going from 1.64 in 2013 to a combined 1.12 in 2014 and 2015. Most importantly, CSUN’s 11 wins in 2015 tied the second-highest win total in program history.

In July 2016 Boyd was selected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s 30 Under 30 Program, an initiative designed to give participants exposure to the Association’s membership, and the opportunity to take advantage of educational offerings, such as diplomas and the NSCAA Convention. Boyd was chosen for the program from a pool of 350 applicants.
 
A 2012 graduate of Oregon State, Boyd was a standout goalkeeper for the Beavers. She earned NSCAA All-American honors, All-Pac 12 honors and All-West Region honors during her time in Corvallis. She ended her career with the most shutouts and lowest goals-against-average in program history and was a two-time captain and competed in three NCAA Tournaments. 
 
After graduating from Oregon State, Boyd played two seasons of professional soccer. She played a year with the WPSL Western New York Flash in Buffalo, N.Y., and helped lead the squad to the league championship. Boyd also played a season for the Boston Breakers as part of the NWSL.