NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - Manchester University Director of Athletics Rick Espeset has announced that assistant women's soccer coach Colin Kaurich has been elevated to head women's soccer coach.

Former head coach Donyé Monroe recently stepped down from the position following last season at the helm of the program to take a coaching position in North Carolina. 

Kaurich served as an assistant coach for the Spartans for this past season. During his first season on the Manchester sidelines, the Manchester women's soccer program produced a pair of All Conference honorees in Jada Carter and Grace Papazoglou. The Spartans also landed four on the HCAC All Academic team.

Prior to Kaurich arriving in North Manchester, he served as a Graduate Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at NCAA Division III-member Keystone College, located in La Plume, Pennsylvania. During his two-year stint with the Giants, Kaurich helped lead the women's soccer program to the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) tournament for the first time since 2018. Eight women's soccer athletes earned All-Conference accolades, including the CSAC Women's Soccer Rookie of the Year. 15 of Coach Kaurich's athletes also earned Academic All-Conference honors.

Prior to his two years at Keystone College, Kaurich spent five years as assistant coach for girls' soccer at Hamilton Heights High School located in Arcadia, Indiana.

Kaurich earned his bachelor's degree in Economics from Earlham College in 2021. He also was a member of the Earlham men's soccer program, where he played goalkeeper for the Quakers. Kaurich earned his Master of Business Administration from Keystone College in 2023.