University of Minnesota, Duluth Women's Soccer

Cane officially became the first head soccer coach in Bulldog history in 1994, and has paced the sideline for each of the teams 408 matches during the programs 22-year existence. During that time, the Duluth native has won at a .615 clip, piling up an overall record of 233-139-36. After a debut season that produced a 2-4-1 overall record, UMD went on to post double-digit win totals every year from 1995-2003 under Cane. The Bulldogs joined the upstart NSIC in 1996 and have claimed the league crown five times (1997, 1998, 2001-03) as well as five conference tournament titles (1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, and 2009) in 17 seasons of NSIC competition (The Bulldogs spent four seasons in the now-defunct North Central Conference from 2004-07). Cane has twice led UMD to unblemished conference marks (1997 and 2003) and both teams been named the NSIC Coach of the Year. Cane and the Bulldogs took a big step in officially establishing themselves as a legitimate program when the team claimed its first-ever national ranking in 1999. One year later, UMD set a team record with 17 wins and would be ranked as high as eighth nationally en route to capturing the programs first NCAA Tournament berth. The team matched that win total in 2013 and made its biggest splash yet in the postseason, hosting the NCAA II Central Region Tournament where it knocked off No. 22-ranked Winona State 1-0 in the second round (As the top seed, UMD received a bye in the opening round) and Southwest Minnesota 2-0 in the regional final before being knocked off by eventual NCAA II National Champion Grand Valley State, 2-1, in the quarterfinals. For a three-year period, Cane doubled as the head coach of UMD womens tennis starting in 1995. Under the watch of Cane, the Bulldogs produced a 30-15 overall record and won three-straight NSIC titles. In his first season, UMD set a single-season record for victories and winning percentage with a 15-2 mark as the Bulldogs made their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional. For his efforts, Cane was named the 1995 NSIC Coach of the Year. Following his graduation from Duluths Cathedral High School, Cane played varsity soccer for three seasons at the College of St. Scholastica. After graduating from CSS in 1983 with bachelors degrees in both secondary education and history, he remained at his alma mater as the head coach of the mens soccer varsity  team. In his nine years with the Saints, Cane rolled up a 106-53-12 mark while winning two National Small Colleges Athletic Association National Championships and five NAIA District 12 titles. The 1988 NSCAA Coach of the Year Award recipient averaged 12 wins per campaign with CSS and endured just one losing season. Cane later played an integral role in establishing the St. Scholastica womens soccer program in 1990 and posted an overall mark of 15-35-2 as the teams head coach from 1990-93. In September 2013, Cane was inducted into the St. Scholastica Athletic Hall of Fame. Cane lives in Duluth with his wife, Patti. Their daughter, Amanda, is a 2011 graduate of St. Scholastica and owns JaneCane Photography in Duluth.

Sidney Burrell begins her third season as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs in 2025.   Burrell came to UMD after a year-long stint as an assistant coach at Colorado State University Pueblo in Pueblo, Colo. Prior to CSU Pueblo, Burrell spent two years (2020-2022) as a graduate assistant coach at Concordia University, St. Paul in St. Paul, Minn., a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.   A Dakota Olympic Development assistant coach from 2020-2022, Burrell earned her U.S. Soccer Federation National D License in 2022 and her E License in 2018.    Prior to a two-year playing career at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D. – where Burrell was a team captain that accumulated seven goals and five assists – Burrell played two seasons at NJCAA member Sheridan College, where she was selected First Team All-Region in 2017. Prior to earning her Master of Arts in Sports Management from CSP in June of 2022,  Burrell graduated from Mary with a Bachelor of Arts degree in University Studies in May of 2020 and earned her Associate of Science degree in General Studies at Sheridan in April of 2018.

Fresh off of leading the Superior City FC women to a 6-2-3 record at the helm,  University of Minnesota Duluth women's soccer head coach Greg Cane hired Aaron Blanchard to serve as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs ahead of the 2024 season. Blanchard will begin his second season with the Bulldogs in 2025.   Blachard had already coached seven Bulldogs with Superior before he came to UMD -- including senior defender Cambelle Christensen, graduated forward Anna Tobias (who led the team in scoring), graduated midfielder Victoria Thorson, senior forward Morgan Eckerle, senior midfielder Malory Russ, sophomore forward Alyssa Doyle and sophomore defenseman Gwendolyn Lilly. Prior to taking over the Superior City FC, Blanchard was the head women's soccer coach and Fitness Center Coordinator at Northland College. For the three years before that, Blanchard was an assistant coach for both the Jacks and Jill's soccer programs from 2020 until 2023. Blanchard's coaching experience also includes roles at Cloquet High School (JV coach and assistant varsity coach 2019-2020), as well as with the Gitchi Gummi Soccer Club 2018-2020).   Prior to graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Superior with a degree in exercise science and coaching minor in 2020, Blanchard was a defender for the Yellowjackets for two seasons in 2017 and 2018 and played in 32 games. He helped UW-Superior win two UMAC championships over that span and scored the game-winning goal against Augsburg in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2018 to advance the Yellowjackets to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history. Before his time at Superior, Blanchard was a starter for North Iowa Area Community College and is a native of Omaha, Nebraska.