Hall of Fame
Highlights: 250-113-30 (.674) record, winningest coach in PSAC women's soccer history, three-time PSAC Coach of the Year, two-time NSCAA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year, ranks 14th in Division II history in career wins.
Noreen Herlihy served as the head coach of the Slippery Rock women's soccer team for 20 seasons (1995-2014) and built one of the most consistent winning programs in the nation. Her teams posted 19 consecutive winning seasons, which was the seventh longest streak of that kind in Division II women's soccer history. Herlihy's squads also put together 18 straight years with at least 10 wins. Over a 20-year career at The Rock, Herlihy posted an overall record of 250-113-30 for a .674 winning percentage. The 250 wins still stand as the most in PSAC women's soccer history, 44 more than any other coach. She led Slippery Rock to the NCAA Division II playoffs eight times, including three trips to at least the NCAA Round of 16 and one appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals after the program won its first Atlantic Region title in 2013. She also led The Rock to the PSAC championship three times and to appearances in the PSAC playoffs on 12 occasions. She was honored by her peers as the PSAC Coach of the Year three times and as the Atlantic Region Coach of the Year twice.
Herlihy mentored 51 All-PSAC honorees and 10 All-Americans over her brilliant tenure at Slippery Rock. She also won 40 games as the head coach of the SRU men's soccer team for five seasons (1997-2001). She was also one of the organizers of the SRU Athletes for Forgotten Angels group, which took student-athletes around the world teaching sports clinics and doing community service. The group took trips to Kenya, Haiti, Saint Lucia and New Orleans, among organizing other local community service projects.
Following the 2014 season, Herlihy accepted the head coaching position at the University of Akron, an NCAA Division I school that competes in the Mid-American Conference. She will begin her third season with the Zips in 2017.
