Oglethorpe University Women's Soccer

Rob King Profile First Season as Head Coach: 2022-23 Tenure: 2025-26 is his 4th season Total W-L-T at Oglethorpe: 15-22-9 Total W-L-T Overall: 249-186-35 Alma Mater: University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1992 Rob King joined Oglethorpe's athletics staff as head women's soccer coach in January 2022. A multitime conference champion at the NCAA Division I level and national champion and national coach of the year at the Division II level, King brings with him a coaching record filled with success.  Notable Past Seasons 2023: The team finished 6-5-4 overall and 2-4-1 in the SAA. This was its highest win tally since 2019, and its four conference defeats matched the 2022 season as its lowest loss tally in conference play since 1999. The two conference wins marked the first time the program won two conference games since 2006 and matched the most since 2000. The season concluded with a scoreless draw at Hendrix in the quarterfinals of the SAA tournament, the first time Oglethorpe did not suffer defeat in the opening round of the conference tournament since the formation of the league in 2012. King's team had several notable postseason award winners, including Ella Price who became the first player in program history to be named the SAA newcomer of the year. 2022: King, in just his first season with the Stormy Petrels, led the program to unprecedented success. The team won its first Southern Athletic Association game since 2019 with a 1-0 victory at Birmingham Southern, also marking the program’s first-ever win over the Panthers. With only four league losses, King’s team posted its fewest conference losses since 1999. In seven SAA games, the team conceded only eight goals, and only twice did the Petrels allow a team to score more than one goal. Prior to Oglethorpe King comes most recently from Young Harris College where in four seasons he established the women’s soccer program into a conference and national contender within the Peach Belt Conference. Under his tenure, King led the team to its first ever Peach Belt Conference tournament semifinal appearance, and in the classroom, the team won the athletic department’s Adidas Promo Award for highest team grade-point average. From 2001 to 2015, King served Kennesaw State University in nearby Kennesaw, Georgia, as head women’s soccer coach and ultimately assistant athletic director. In just his second season at Kennesaw State, and the second season of the program itself, King led the team to the NCAA Division II national championship, topping Franklin Pierce 2-0 in the final. King won national coach of the year that season after leading the team to a 25-1 record, and the program won its last nine games without conceding a goal. Kennesaw State transitioned to NCAA Division I in 2009, during and after which time King won multiple Peach Belt Conference titles, Atlantic Sun Conference titles, and participated in a pair of NCAA Division I national tournaments. Along the way at Kennesaw State, King has mentored several all-Americans for both academics and athletics and developed multiple Division I and II head coaches. King earned a promotion to assistant athletic director at Kennesaw State in 2004. Charged with leading two special projects, he brought together community, corporate and nonprofit funding partners to design and build the $25 million Fifth Third Bank Stadium. Simultaneously, King wrote the bid to bring the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s College Cup to Kennesaw and for two years guided each component of the project. Prior to Kennesaw State, King served as head women’s and men’s soccer coach at University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama, from 1995 to 2001. There, he led the men’s program to the 1999 Gulf South Conference title, and both teams were runners-up multiple times during the six-year span. King was the Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year in 1999 and was a 2020 University of Montevallo Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee. King started his coaching career at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1992, and his men’s team won the 1993 NSCAA national championship. Education | Personal King graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology after completing his studies at Brunel University in London. Timeline Jan. 12, 2022 - Hired as head coach Sept. 1, 2022 - First win as Oglethorpe head coach Year-by-Year Season Overall W-L Conf. W-L Conf. Standing Tournament Finish 2024 5-9-2 1-4-1 SAA 6th/7 Quarterfinal 2023 6-5-4 2-4-1 SAA 5th/8 Quarterfinal 2022 4-8-3 1-4-2 SAA 8th/8 Quarterfinal

Tony Arnesen joined Oglethorpe in 2023 as a volunteer assistant and stepped in as full-time assistant in 2024. Prior to Oglethorpe Arnesen was born and raised in San Diego where he Coached at the ECNL club level with DMCV Sharks for 11 years while also serving as Girl's College Director. From 2019-2023, Arnesen served as Head Women's Soccer Coach at San Diego City College. In 2021, the program broke multiple records including 1) First State Playoff appearance in program history, 2) Most overall wins in program history, 3) Most conference wins in program history, 4) Best win percentage in program history, 5) Most goals in program history, and 6) Longest winning streak in program history. Also from 2019-2023, Arnesen served as Head Varsity Girls Soccer Coach at San Pasqual High School. In 2022, his team finished as California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) San Diego section champions and State Semi-Finalists. Education | Personal Arnesen earned his BA in 2010 from Cal State University, Chico. In 2020, he earned his Masters in Kinesiology from California Baptist University. Arnesen holds a USSF National "C" License, Coerver Coaching Youth Diploma, NFHS Coaching Diploma, and Positive Coaching Alliance Double-Coach Certification.