Melanie Langley

Title

Assistant Coach
Email

langley@pdx.edu
Phone

(503) 725-5611

Former Viking player Melanie Langley returned to the Portland State program in 2008 as a member of Head Coach Laura Schott’s coaching staff. Langley joined the Viking staff after spending the previous two seasons as head coach at Linfield College, an NCAA Division III program in McMinnville, Ore.

First as a player and now as a coach, Langley has been a part of the two winningest teams in Portland State history (2002, 2009). In 2009, Langley assisted the Vikings to a 10-6-4 overall record and a 4-1-2 conference record en route to the Big Sky Championship. She helped mentor nine all-conference players including Dolly Enneking and Cris Lewis, respectively named the Big Sky's Offensive and Defensive MVP's.

In her first season coaching at Portland State, Langley helped guide the Vikings to the Big Sky tournament after posting a 4-1-2 conference record, which tied the school high mark for conference wins in a season.

In 2010, the Vikings finished with a 9-10-1 overall record and won a program-record five matches in the Big Sky play. Portland State scored 31 goals during the season, the second-most in school-history. The team only allowed five goals in Big Sky play and finished second in the final standings.

Langley took over the Linfield program prior to the 2006 season. In two years before her arrival, the Wildcats had gone 9-25-6 overall, including 7-20-4 in the Northwest Conference. Langley improved the Linfield program during her two seasons in McMinnville, compiling a 12-23-4 record, including 9-20-3 in the NWC. The Wildcats’ 5-10-1 conference mark in 2007 was Linfield’s most conference wins since 2002.

Langley was also an assistant coach at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Ore., during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Her responsibilities included working with the goalkeepers and team fitness. She helped the Cougars to a pair of NWAACC titles and a two-year record of 37-3-3.

The Portland State assistant coach has been a big part of the Portland coaching circuit working closely with local club and ODP programs. Currently Langley coaches with the Tualatin Hills United Soccer Club (THUSC) in her second year with u-17 Sodium also working as an assistant for the Portland Timbers/Thorns Olympic Development Program (ODP) (second year) as an assistant with the 95 and 96 girls teams. Langley has also been an assistant and head coach in the Lake Oswego Club program starting in 2003. In addition, Langley has served as camp director for the Adidas World Headquarter Soccer camp since 2005, and has worked camps at both the University of Oregon and University of Washington. This year, Langley has began working with the Oregon ODP program.

Langley, 30, holds a USSF “C” coaching license.

Langley played three seasons at Portland State from 2001-2003, after playing her freshman season at Mississippi State. She played in 52 career matches for the Vikings, drawing 19 starts, scoring six goals and recording two assists.

A native of Auburn, Wash., Langley was born June 22, 1980. She graduated from Portland State in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Education. Her family hosts the soccer program during team retreats at their 12,000 acre ranch, Keystone Ranch, in Prineville, Ore.

THE LANGLEY FILE
PERSONAL
Born: June 22, 1980
Hometown: Auburn, Washington
Alma Mater: Portland State, 2004
B.S., Public Health Education

AT PORTLAND STATE (2008-PRESENT)
• Assisted PSU to a 10-6-4 overall register and first outright Big Sky Regular Season title in 2009
• Team ranked 50th in the NCAA in goals against average (.836)
• Helped mentor nine all-conference players including Dolly Enneking and Cris Lewis, respectively named the Big Sky's Offensive and Defensive MVP's in '09.
• Named assistant coach on May 13, 2008
• Helped guide the Vikings to a 4-1-2 conference record and the Big Sky tournament in 2008

AT LINFIELD COLLEGE (2006-2007)
• Served two seasons as head coach, leading the Wildcats to a 12-23-4 overall record, including 9-20-3 in the Northwest Conference
• Led Linfield to its best NWC record since 2002 in 2007
• Linfield was 9-25-6 overall in two seasons prior to Langley’s arrival

AT CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2004-2005)
• Spent two seasons as an assistant coach, working with goalkeepers and in charge of team fitness
• The Cougars won two NWAACC titles and compiled a two-year record of 37-3-3

CLUB EXPERIENCE
• Currently works for Tualatin Hills United Soccer Club (THUSC) in her second year with u-17 Sodium
• Also works as an assistant for the Portland Timbers/Thorns Olympic Development Program (ODP) (second year) as an assistant with the 95 and 96 girls teams.
• Has served as both a head coach and assistant coach in the Lake Oswego Soccer club program since 2003

COLLEGE PLAYING EXPERIENCE
• Three-year letterwinner at Portland State from 2001-2003
• Played in 52 matches for the Vikings, drawing 19 starts, scoring six goals and recording two assists
• Served as team captain at Portland State
• Played soccer and softball as a freshman at Mississippi State before transferring to Portland State