Crabtree Named Assistant Women's Soccer Coach
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Morgan Crabtree, a former standout student-athlete on the Oregon State women’s soccer team, has been named as an assistant coach with the program, head coach Linus Rhode announced on Tuesday. Crabtree joins Oregon State after three seasons as an assistant coach at Idaho.
“We are very excited to have Morgan (Crabtree) join our staff,” head coach Linus Rhode said. “As a former Oregon State player, she is knowledgeable about the university and will be a great role model for the student-athletes on the squad. Her professional playing experience and collegiate coaching experience has allowed her to build a solid recruiting network and she is a great fit for our program.”
During her three seasons at Idaho, Crabtree was responsible for all facets of coaching as she played an integral role in recruiting student-athletes, organized team travel and assisted in the planning and implementation of team training sessions.
As a student-athlete at Oregon State, Crabtree spent her playing days as a center midfielder for the Beavers, earning All-Pac-10 honorable mention selections during her sophomore and junior seasons. She also was a first-team All-Academic honoree during her junior and senior seasons as she graduated with a degree in philosophy in 2003.
Her playing experience continued after college as she spent two summers as a member of the New Hampshire Phantoms of the WLeague.
Crabtree currently holds a United States Soccer Foundation National “D” License and has had extensive coaching experience at the club, high school and Olympic development level.
She served as an assistant coach for the Idaho ODP 92 Girls team and worked with the Region IV ODP during the summer of 2006.
Crabtree began her coaching career in 2003 with the Oregon United Soccer Academy and continued as a coach at Tigard (Ore.) High School in 2004. She has also served as a coach with the Lake Oswego Soccer Club for the 2004-05 season and the Moscow United U18 girls soccer team.
