{"id":304571,"date":"2025-11-24T21:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/304571\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T21:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:51:08","slug":"texas-parts-ways-with-womens-soccer-coach-ange-kelly-after-14-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/304571\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas parts ways with women&#8217;s soccer coach Ange Kelly after 14 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under her leadership, Texas produced 66 all-conference selections and eight All-America honorees, compiling an overall record of 156-90-35.<\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 After 14 seasons leading the Texas women\u2019s soccer program, head coach Ange Kelly will no longer be in charge<a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/news\/2025\/11\/24\/soccer-program-statement-from-chris-del-conte-and-ange-kelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">, according to an announcement from the university on Monday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Athletic Director Chris Del Conte said in a statement the program will \u201cmove in a new direction\u201d following a review after the season.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly guided the Longhorns to three conference titles and eight NCAA Tournament appearances since taking over in 2011. Under her leadership, Texas produced 66 all-conference selections and eight All-America honorees, compiling an overall record of 156-90-35.<\/p>\n<p>A former standout player on the pitch, Kelly earned 29 caps with the Canadian National Team and started every match at the 1995 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup. She also won back-to-back W-League titles with the Raleigh Wings in the United Soccer League and was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sincerely grateful to have had the privilege to lead the Texas Soccer Program,\u201d Kelly said in a statement. \u201cI extend my deepest appreciation to our staff and all of the student-athletes who have represented the burnt orange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Del Conte thanked Kelly for her \u201ctremendous energy and dedication\u201d over the past 14 seasons, adding that she led the program \u201cin a first-class manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The university has not yet announced who will succeed Kelly as head coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under her leadership, Texas produced 66 all-conference selections and eight All-America honorees, compiling an overall record of 156-90-35.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-304571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}