Shannon Coley joined the Rhode Island women's soccer staff in August of 2022 as a volunteer assistant coach. Coley was previously on the Western Michigan staff for the last two seasons as an assistant coach.
Prior to her time at Western Michigan, she spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons as an assistant coach at Lawrence Tech. She helped the Blue Devils to seven wins in both campaigns. Lawrence Tech was stout at home in Coley's final season, going 6-3-1 in home contests.Â
During the 2018 season, Coley helped a pair of Blue Devils to Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference All-Newcomer Team honors and four to NAIA Scholar-Athlete accolades. In 2017, Tia Lamie and Alayne Nyboer earned second team all-conference recognition with two more on the all-newcomer squad.Â
A standout goalkeeper for Oakland University, Coley was a four-year letter winner from 2008-12. She finished her time with the Golden Grizzlies playing in 36 games, recording 15 wins and 14 shutouts.
In one of Coley's most memorable performances with Oakland, she was in net and saved three penalty kicks in a shootout win over fourth-seeded Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2012, helping the Golden Grizzlies advance to the second round.
She left Oakland with the single-season record for shutouts with eight in 2012 and was a Summit League All-Tournament Team selection in 2012
