Kelly Cagle Head Coach Women's Soccer

Education
Duke University, 1996
Degree in Sociology

Playing Experience
Duke University, 1992-1995
  • All-time leader in career shots, goals, and assists
  • All-time leader is single-season shots, goals and assists
  • Named all-American in 1993, 1994, 1995
  • Named all-ACC in 1993, 1994, 1995
  • ACC Player of the Year in 1995
  • Finalist for National Player of the Year in 1994, 1995
  • Named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Soccer Team
  • Helped Duke to National Runner-up finish in 1992
  • Four consecutive National Tournament appearances
Professional
  • Atlanta Beat, WUSA (2002-2003)
  • U.S. National Team (1992-95, 1999)


Coaching Experience
Virginia Tech (2003-Present)
Head Coach

Wake Forest University (1997-2001)
Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator

University of Texas (1996)
Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator

Tony da Luz Soccer Camp (1997-2000)
Co-Director

Atlanta Youth Soccer Association (2002)
Co-Director of Youth Developmental Program Coach
 
photo Kelly Cagle enters her fifth season as the head coach of the Virginia Tech women's soccer program. Under Cagle's direction, the Hokies have become a force in women's soccer both within the region and nationally. After four seasons at Tech, Cagle's teams have amassed a 32-36-7 mark, while competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the toughest conference in the country over the past three seasons.

During her tenure, the program advanced to its first-ever NCAA Tournament in 2004 and defeated a nationally-ranked opponent for the first time. The team has rewritten the record book, garnering 10 new team records and setting nine individual records. Cagle also has coached the program's first All-American and ACC Freshman of the Year.

Under her guidance, the team has placed four players on the All-Mid Atlantic Region team, has had three VaSID selections and four all-conference performers, as well as 11 academic all-stars and eight ACC All-Academic members. Cagle and her staff also pulled in a Top 25 recruiting class in her first season, according to SoccerBuzz.com.

A graduate of Duke University, Cagle looks to lead her team to the next step as it continues play in the prestigious ACC. Cagle is quite familiar with the ACC after her playing days with the Blue Devils and a coaching stint at Wake Forest.

Cagle spent two seasons with the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association prior to taking the reins in Blacksburg. Before being selected in the 10th round of the WUSA draft, Cagle served as an assistant coach at Wake Forest, where she was also the recruiting coordinator. During her time at Wake Forest, the Demon Deacons were an ACC finalist in 1999, made four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and was a Top 20 program from 1997-2000. Prior to her time at Wake Forest, Cagle was an assistant coach at the University of Texas during the 1996 season.

She also was a coach in the Atlanta Youth Soccer Association, where she was the co-director of the youth developmental program and summer camps in 2002. From 1997-2000, Cagle was co-director of the Tony da Luz Soccer Camp. She has extensive coaching experience at various levels and earned her National "C" license in 2000.

Cagle is a 1996 graduate of Duke with a degree in sociology and was a four-year letterwinner in soccer. She was a three-time All-American and All-ACC selection in 1993, 1994 and 1995. She was named the ACC Player of the Year in 1995 during her senior year while playing as team captain. Cagle was selected to the ACC 50th Anniversary Soccer Team and was named to the list of Top 10 athletes at Duke for the decade of the 1990s.

Duke was national runner-up in 1992 and made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances during Cagle's playing days. Cagle holds single-season and career records for shots, goals and points at Duke. She started all 90 games of her career with the Blue Devils and was a member of the U.S. National Team program from 1992-95 and again in 1999.

Kelly Cagle (formerly Walbert) is married to Dan Cagle. The couple has a three-year-old daughter, Maggie.