Susie McCreery Foster finished her tenure as the Head Women's Soccer Coach on January 4, 2023.
During her career, Foster has established nationally and regionally recognized programs. In her coaching tenure, Foster has led her teams to four NCAA Division III National Tournament Appearances, eight conference postseason appearances, two Midwest Conference Tournament Championships, and one Midwest Conference Championship. Her teams have produced a national ranking as high as #20 and regional rankings as high as #5 in both the North and Central Regions. Foster’s players have also achieved great individual success. She has coached 71 All-Conference players, 10 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Region honorees, 2 Conference Players of the Year (CCIW and MWC), and 1 NSCAA All-American.
The 2015 Midwest Conference Coach of the year has also accomplished some other notable and historic moments in her career. During the 2021 season, Foster reached two more major coaching milestones when she hit the 100-win mark at Carroll and passed 175 wins overall in her career. Foster had previously accomplished her 150th win back in 2018, and she attained her 100th win in 2013. In 2015, she coached the 1st All-American in Carroll women’s soccer history, and her 2016 team was an impressive 9-0-0 at home and the first Pioneer program in history to qualify for the CCIW Tournament since rejoining the conference after a 24-year hiatus. During her tenure, her teams have been consistently ranked by the United Soccer Coaches and received numerous other performance and academic recognitions, as well.
Foster also had a very successful playing career at Northwestern University. The former standout goalkeeper holds the current record for the Career Lowest Goals Against Average in Northwestern history and ranks second in Season Goals Against Average. She was twice named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, was the 2-time winner of the Gene Mundy Award and was selected as a COSIDA Academic All-American. She also acted as the President of Northwestern’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and served as the University’s student-athlete rep on the Big Ten Committee.
In addition to her coaching duties, Foster also serves as the Senior Woman Administrator for Carroll Athletics and the Assistant Director of Student Success for Pioneer student-athletes. She resides in Illinois with her two children, daughter, Rylan and son, Trey.
