Georgetown University Women's Soccer

In his 21 seasons as head coach, Dave Nolan has guided the Georgetown women’s soccer program to be one of the top teams in the country. Nolan is in his 22nd season at the helm of the Hoyas boasting 284 career wins, including 18-straight seasons with at least 10 wins. Nolan has led the team to 13-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, 14 in the last 15 years and two College Cup Semifinal appearances (2016 & 2018). Under Nolan’s tutelage, the Hoyas have earned 23 All-America honors, garnered 27 BIG EAST Player of the Year awards and had a player named a MAC Hermann Semifinalist in eight of the last 13 seasons, including a finalist in 2018, the first in program history Nolan and his staff were named United Soccer Coaches National Coaching Staff of the Year for the second time in three years in 2018.   Dave Nolan is coming off of his 21st season as the head coach of the Georgetown University women’s soccer team and has continued to build the most successful women’s soccer teams in program history.  Nolan, who has been part of the program for 27 years, has seen women’s soccer grow from its infancy to the present, where the Hoyas are now ranked among the top teams in the country. Since his arrival at Georgetown as an assistant coach in 1999, Nolan has guided the team to become one of the best in the BIG EAST and a consistent NCAA Tournament contender, with 12-straight appearances in the postseason tournament.   In his time on the Hilltop, the team has set program records for total wins (21 in 2018), regular season wins (15 in 2018 and 2013), BIG EAST wins (8 in 2018, 2011 and 2008), shutouts (17 in 2017 and 2016) and longest winning streak (14 games), as well as managed seven BIG EAST regular season titles (2024, 2023, 2022, spring 2021, 2018, 2017 and 2012). Over that span, the Blue & Gray has made 13 total appearances, including the last 12, in the NCAA Tournament, as well as two trips within three years to the College Cup. Nolan and his staff have been named the National Coaching Staff twice within three years.   Nolan built his squad to become one of the top contenders in the BIG EAST Conference, reaching the league’s title game the past eight seasons and winning seven of them. Under his coaching, a Hoya has been named a BIG EAST Player of the Year each year since 2010. Additionally, the Hoyas were named the BIG EAST preseason favorites the past five seasons.   In the 2021 season, Nolan led the squad to a 14-2-6 record seeing them all the way through to a BIG EAST Tournament win and the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas added their fifth BIG EAST Tournament win, back-to-back with 2020, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they beat Central Connecticut in round one and fell to the 2021 champions Santa Clara in round two. Georgetown finished 14th in the NCAA’s RPI and tallied a top-10 win over ranked Rutgers.   Nolan saw his most successful season in 2018 as his squad was ranked as high as No. 2 in the country, its highest ranking in program history, and finished the season 21-1-3, the most wins in program history. Georgetown finished the season ranked second in the nation in GAA (.384), save percentage (.903) and winning percentage (.900). His team recorded just one loss, which occurred in the season finale against North Carolina in the College Cup semifinals, and held the longest winning streak in the country with 14-straight wins as well as reaching the College Cup.    The Hoyas saw unprecedented success in 2016 when Nolan guided the team to a 20-3-3 overall record, including the first-ever BIG EAST Championship and a run to the NCAA College Cup, falling to eventual national champion Southern California. Georgetown set program records for shutouts (17) and goals scored (61). Two players earned All-America honors and Nolan and his staff were recognized by the United Soccer Coaches with their first National Coaching Staff of the Year Award.   Georgetown has had a player selected as a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist , as Ingrid Wells (C’11) was recognized in 2010 and 2011, Emily Menges (C’14) was recognized in 2013, Daphne Corboz (C’14) was recognized in 2012 and 2014 and Rachel Corboz (C’18) was an honoree in 2016 and 2017. Caitlin Farrell was named a MAC Hermann finalist in 2018, marking the first time in program history that a student-athlete was a finalist. Most recently, Julia Leas was named a semifinalist in 2023 and 2023. Leas was one of the most decorated Hoyas in program history and was the second Hoya to be recognized in back-to-back years.   Prior to being promoted to head coach in 2004, Nolan served as an assistant coach with the Hoyas for five seasons. While an assistant, Nolan coordinated recruiting, developed goalkeepers and worked closely with Head Coach Diane Drake in all aspects of preparing the team.   Nolan came to Georgetown in 1999 after spending the 1998 season on the Seton Hall women’s soccer staff, serving as the goalkeeper coach. Prior to Seton Hall, Nolan was an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University during the 1997 fall season.   A member of the National Team Pool in Ireland at the youth level, Nolan came to the United States and played soccer at Seton Hall. A four-year starter, he led the Pirates to four-consecutive NCAA tournament berths and two BIG EAST Conference championships. Selected to the 1987 BIG EAST Conference All-Tournament Team, Nolan was named the BIG EAST Conference Student-Athlete of the Year in 1991. He earned his bachelor’s degree in finance in 1991 and later earned a Master of Business Administration in 1993 from Seton Hall.   Nolan holds a premier national license from the United Soccer Coaches and a United States Soccer Federation “A” license.

Naomi Meiburger returns to the Hilltop for her seventh season after spending five seasons with the Loyola University Maryland Greyhounds where she served as the head coach of the women’s soccer team. Previous to coaching the Greyhounds, Meiburger completed 11 seasons at Georgetown and served as the women’s soccer associate head coach during her last three seasons under Head Coach Dave Nolan. Since returning to the Hilltop in 2019, Meiburger has been instrumental in the Hoyas continued success. GU has won five BIG EAST Championships since Meiburger returned and she has helped Head Coach Dave Nolan post a 67-10-24 record since 2020. Since 2019, GU has made the NCAA Tournament every year and has went as far as the Sweet 16 in 2020. Since her return in 2019, GU has sent four players to the FIFA Women’s World Cup including Maya Alcantara (Phillipines), Daisy Cleverly (New Zealand), Kyra Carusa (Ireland) and Lara Larco (Haiti).   During her previous stint at Georgetown, Meiburger helped the program to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including the program’s first Elite 8 appearance in 2010. During that season, she coached United Soccer Coaches Mid-Atlantic Region All-American goalkeeper, Jackie DesJardin (2007-10). She helped Coach Nolan guide the program to its first BIG EAST Regular season Championship in 2012 and its first appearance in a BIG EAST Championship that same year.   In her first year at Loyola, Meiburger directed the program to its first-ever Patriot League Tournament appearance, facing Navy in the quarterfinals of the 2014 tournament. She also coached goalkeeper Colleen Folan, who garnered NSCAA Second Team All-Mid Atlantic Region honors after posting the second-longest active shutout streak in the NCAA, second to the 2013 NCAA Champion UCLA.   In 2015, Meiburger guided the team to a fourth-place finish in the Patriot League and the program’s first-ever Patriot League Tournament Semifinal. The Greyhounds hosted their first quarterfinal game in program history at Ridley Athletic Complex, where they came out on top in a double-overtime shootout against Colgate University.   Meiburger coached the only unanimous selection to the 2015 All-Patriot League First Team, Rosy Hayes, who was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year. Hayes was the program’s first major award winner since joining the league in 2013 and was accompanied by two other Greyhounds on the All-Patriot League Team. Meiburger went on to coach four more all-conference players in her final season in 2018.   Meiburger is a 2003 graduate of George Mason where she played all four years as a goalkeeper and was a United Soccer Coaches Regional All-American, SoccerBuzz Regional All-American, First-Team All-Virginia and First-Team All-CAA. She graduated with honors, earning her degree in English. Meiburger completed her Master’s Degree in Sports Industry Management at Georgetown University in 2014. She currently holds a United Soccer Coaches Premier License.   She and her husband Joe have two children, Bryce and Marina.

Cameron Fertenbaugh joined the Hoyas women's soccer staff in 2023 after spending the previous four seasons at Florida Atlantic University. On the Hilltop, Fertenbaugh has been tasked with leading the teams goalkeeper group.  Fertenbaugh helped GU record its 18th-consecutive 10-win season in 2024 as GU psoted a 13-4-4 record while reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the fourth-consecutive year. Under Fertenbaugh's tutelage, Cara Martin was named the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the year and earned a nod to the All-BIG EAST First Team. Martin was the NCAA statistical champion in GAA boasting a 0.26 while playing in 21 games and recording over 1,000 minutes between the pipes. Martin was also named the ECAC Defensive Player of the Year for her efforts in 2024.  In 2023, Fertenbaugh helped GU reach its eighth-consecutive BIG EAST title game while posting a 13-2-7 record. GU captured its fourth-consecutive conference title and seventh in eight years. Under Fertenbaugh's tutelage, Allie Augur earned First Team All-BIG EAST Honors and was named to the All-East Region Second Team after posting a 13-1-5 record and a 0.47 GAA. As a team, GU posted a 0.59 GAA during the 2023 campaign.  In 2022, Fertenbaugh helped coach the Owls to an 11-8-3 record reaching the C-USA finals. Over the course of the 2021 season, Fertenbaugh coached freshman goalkeeper Amit Cohen to a strong season in between the pipes. Cohen recorded a goals against average of just 0.97, which is good for the eighth-best in a single season in FAU history. Cohen tallied 70 saves along with a save percentage of 0.787. The 2020-21 year, despite postponements and a push back of the entire season to spring, saw more success in goal for the Owls, The combo of Cassidy Wasdin and Amit Cohen each earned C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week honors; Cohen was named to the C-USA All-Freshman team, and Wasdin a member of the C-USA All-Academic squad. The two combined for five shutouts, with all but one of those leading to an Owl victory, and limited opponents to a 1.22 GAA. In 2019, the Owls made it back-to-back Conference USA regular season titles, and 15 victories, the third-most in program history and most since 2005. Fertenbaugh helped mentor Cassidy Wasdin to multiple awards in her first year in net: C-USA All-Freshman, to the All-C-USA Second Team, and four times, as C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week. The redshirt freshman finished with a 1.11 goals-against average, the seventh-lowest mark in C-USA, and posted five shutouts, ranking her sixth in C-USA. In his first year with the program, the Owls were 12-8-1, and by going 8-1-1 in Conference USA play, earned a share of the C-USA regular season title. Under Fertenbaugh's tutelage, Jennifer Ocampo and Brianna Waggoner combined to notch six league shutouts and give up just five goals to C-USA opposition. Ocampo earned Second Team All-C-USA honors following her senior campaign, ranking second in the league with seven total shutouts, and fourth with 81 saves. She was also twice chosen as C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week.   Fertenbaugh was most recently a member of the women’s soccer staff at Penn State University, in a season that saw the Nittany Lions go 15-5-4, win the Big 10 Tournament, advance to the NCAA quarterfinal round, and finish No. 5 in the United Soccer Coaches poll. He has vast experience mentoring goalkeepers, including as the goalkeeping staff coach for the Region 1 Olympic Development Program since 2016, while also scouting for them.   Additionally during this time, Fertenbaugh served as goalkeeping coach for the Lancaster Inferno of the United Women’s Soccer league, and was the goalkeeping technical director for Mountain District Union of the Centre State Association. That was on top of being the head coach for the latter program’s U19B and U10B squads.   Fertenbaugh also previously worked with Elite Soccer as goalkeeping coach for U-10 to U-17, and further prior experience came with Keystone FC (as goalkeeping technical director, goalkeeping academy director and coach from 2015-2017), as an assistant coach at York College of Pennsylvania, and at Mallard Creek High School, where he earned Mecklenburg District Assistant Coach of the Year.   Prior to entering into the coaching ranks, Fertenbaugh was a prolific player as well. He played professionally with Harrisburg Heat of the Major Arena Soccer League, and while in college, earned 2008 USCAA All-American honors with the Penn State Beaver squad. Also there, the year prior, he was named PSUAC All-Conference and All-Academic. As a member of the Penn State Soccer Club, he helped lead the team to the national quarterfinals in 2009.   Fertenbaugh earned his bachelor of science in economics from Penn State, and has numerous coaching licenses, including his USSF D license, and an NSCAA advanced national goalkeeper diploma.

Brian Bouhl joined the Hoya men in 2018 as the volunteer assistant coach and he helped lead the Hoyas to the NCAA Championship in 2019.  He was promoted to assistant coach prior to the 2023 campaign and now works as an assistant and as the director of operations for both the men's and women's squads.   Last season, the Hoya men won the BIG EAST Championship and earned an NCAA Tournament berth along with the number three overall seed. The coaching staff earned East Region Staff of the Year honors, and Georgetown had four All-Region honorees, the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year as well as two players selected in the MLS SuperDraft. In 2021, Georgetown advanced to the national semifinal for the third time in program history along with winning the BIG EAST Regular Season and Tournament Championships. Individually, Dante Polvara was named the MAC Hermann Trophy winner and the Blue & Gray boasted three All-Americans.    In 2019, the Hoyas had a historic run winning the national championship with a 3-3 victory over Virginia that was decided in penalty kicks, 7-6.  GU finished the year with a mark of 20-1-3 which set the program record for wins in a season.  Georgetown also boasted the program's first three-peat, winning the BIG EAST Championship for the third-consecutive year in a 3-1 victory over Providence College at Shaw Field.  It was just the second time in program history that the squad has won both the regular season and the championship in the same year.   Individually, the Hoyas had three All-Americans for the first time in program history as well as nine players named All-East Region.  Additionally, senior Dylan Nealis was the second MAC Hermann Trophy finalist in program history. The coach staff was also named the Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches.   In his time at Georgetown, the team has won four BIG EAST Championships and had six NCAA Tournament berths including the title in 2019. He has coached 10 All-Americans, 12 BIG EAST major award winners, 44 All-BIG EAST selections and 18 MLS draft picks or European signees. Additionally, the coaching staff has earned league, region and national coach of the year honors.   Prior to working at Coastal Carolina, Bouhl spent three seasons at the University of Kentucky where he was the director of operations for men’s soccer.  There he worked with all aspects of the program focusing on team operations including training, sport science, travel and camps. During that time, the Wildcats made NCAA tournament appearances in 2015 and 2016, including a program-first No. 16 seed in 2016.   While in Lexington, Bouhl was a staff coach with Lexington FC for five years, coaching the 1999 and 2001 boys age groups, as well as coaching goalkeepers for the club.   He began his coaching career at Centre College in 2014 as an assistant coach.  At Centre, Bouhl coached the goalkeepers while also managing the squad’s daily schedule from training to equipment and social media.   Bouhl also spent time coaching in the PDL with Myrtle Beach Mutiny and Derby City Rovers.   A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Kentucky. He holds his United States Soccer Federation (USSF) E License as well as the United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeping Diploma 1.   Bouhl resides in the Glover Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C.