Geoff Kittle took over the women’s soccer program in 2009 and proceeded to coach for seven seasons. In that time he became the all time winningest coach in program history with a total of 88 wins, and added the programs first region title in just his second season at the helm. Kittle’s teams qualified for the NWAC playoffs in six out of his seven seasons which included 4 north region titles and the programs first ever NWAC Championship in 2014 (Hall of Fame Team). From 2011 until Kittle’s final season in 2015, his team’s won at least one playoff game in each of those seasons, and in 2014 Geoff was named the NWAC coach of the year.
To date, Geoff’s teams in 2014 and 2015 are the most offensively prolific in program history, scoring 68 goals in 2015, and an EvCC team goal record of 70 goals in 2014 which is an average of over 3 goals per game. In his EvCC career of coaching 140 games the Trojans scored 323 goals for an average of 2.3 goals per game.
Geoff coached over 100 athletes in seven seasons, many of which earned opportunities to play at the four year level, including Claire Nelson who went to NCAA Division I Cal State University Bakersfield, EvCC Hall of Fame Inductees Brianna Ellis and Lauren Allison, and a number of other athletes at various levels.
Geoff has been a teacher in the Marysville school district since 2003 and has coached on and off at the high school level. He and his family reside in Marysville and he enjoys attending his daughter Ashlynn’s soccer games and son Mason’s band concerts. He also enjoys visiting national parks in the Winnebago and just recently began a hobby of running 5k races with his wife, Shannon.
