Head Coach - Sara Renard
Sara Renard begins her second season as the head women’s soccer and softball coach at Walsh University. Her appointment last year marked the first collegiate head coaching position for the Stow, Ohio native. Last season, she guided the Cavaliers to a 6-9-3 overall record and a 6-5 American Mideast Conference record. Walsh also went to the playoffs in her first season, marking the team’s second consecutive playoff appearance. She also led the Cavs’ softball team to the post-season with an overall record of 21-20 and 11-5 in the AMC.
Renard earned her BS in mathematics from Malone College in May of 2003 and her Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology in August of 2007. She lettered for the Malone soccer team and served as Team Captain in 2001 and 2002. Renard earned NAIA and American Mideast Conference Scholar-Athlete recognition and was named the Pioneers’ Best Defensive Player her senior year.
In 2008, she was the boy’s junior varsity head coach at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, where she also taught mathematics. She also served as a graduate assistant in women's soccer at Malone for the 2005 season. She served as an instructor at the Malone Pioneer Women's Soccer Camp from 2000 to 2006 and at the Campbell University and Kent State University Soccer Camps. Sara was the head girls soccer coach at Cuyahoga Falls High Soccer from July 2003-May 2004.
Renard resides in Stow with her husband, Dave (also her assistant coach), and daughter, Mia.
