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Jefferson University

Michelle Jacquette

Michelle Jacquette

Jacquette was named the Rams' women's soccer head coach in March 2025.

Jacquette joins Jefferson after a year with as an Assistant Coach at Temple University. She was named the interm Head Coach for the Owls during the 2023 season. Jacquette evaluated individual knowledge, skills, and strengths of athletes as well as organize and implement training sessions, travel coordination, nutrition, and scheduling. She helped with budgeting the teams scholarships and day-to-day needs along with recruiting.

Before going to Temple, Jacquette was the Associate Head Coach over at Swarthmore College for five years. Her duties included organize and implement practices, games, travel, physical training, budget management, equipment purchasing, scheduling, and fundraising as well as teaching college level Physical Education courses. She setup and ran multiple ID Clinics for recuriting purposes that raised over $25k. During her time with the Garnet, she coached 1 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans, 10 All-Regions, and 17 All-Conferences players.

In 2017, Jacquette earned the Penn State University Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award as she led the team to a 10-2-2 record.

She spent the 2016 campaign as an assistant at Bryn Mawr College. Prior to coaching with the Owls, Jacquette also served as the assistant women's soccer coach at  Neumann University from 2008-11 and at Gwynedd Mercy University for one season. She got her start in collegiate coaching as an assistant at the College of Southern Maryland from 2003-07.

Also a head coach at Nether United Soccer Club for seven years, Jacquette owns a National 'C' coaching license from the United States Soccer Federation and advanced regional certification from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Jacquette earned her bachelor's degree in business communications from the University of Maryland and recently graduated from Widener University with a master's degree in instructional technology. She also owns a teaching certification from Eastern University and spent one year as a physical education and health teacher at Chester Community Charter School.