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The University of Central Missouri Jennies soccer team found its next head coach on April 13, 2007 as Athletic Director Jerry Hughes announced former Indiana State assistant Lewis Theobald would take the reins for the 2007 season.

"Lewis brings a wide variety of experience in the soccer world to UCM." Said Hughes. "We feel like he will build off the recent success of Jennies soccer and take the program to an even higher level."

Theobald will take over a program that comes off its first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history with a 12-5-3 record, while losing only one player to graduation.

“I really appreciate the administration giving me the opportunity for such a great position.” Said Theobald. “I get to take over a program that is in great shape already with the job that Geoff VanDeusen did.”

A 1999 graduate of the University of Kansas, Theobald served the past year as the first assistant coach at Division I Indiana State in the Missouri Valley Conference. While there, he was the lead recruiter and was responsible for scouting and game and player evaluations.

Prior to that, he coached in the Kansas City area. He had a stint as the boys and girls head coach at Olathe Northwest High School from 2003-2006 and as an assistant at Olathe East from 1999-2003. While at Olathe East, he helped the squad to the 2001 Kansas State Title and the team was nationally or regionally ranked in 1999, 2000, and 2001 by the NSCAA.

During his time in the area, he also coached one of the elite club teams in the area, the Kansas City Strikers United. Responsible for player and team development, the program was ranked as one of the top teams in the Midwest by gotsoccer.com.

Theobald has also been involved in the Olympic Development program for the past six years in both Kansas and Indiana. He helped with the selection of the state team and was the head coach of the 1988 girls age group that had two players selected to attend the national team camp and two players selected to the region team.

Theobald is nationally licensed by the United States Soccer Federation and a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). He also ran cross country and track for the Jayhawks, earning Academic Big XII three times and a Jayhawk Scholar honors six times.

He and his wife Katie have two children, newborn twins Gavin and Gareth.

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Entering her first season with the Central Missouri coaching staff is Shannon Patterson. She comes to the Jennies staff after three years of strength and conditioning experience, and will handle that area, as well as work with the goalkeepers at UCM.

Patterson was a student-athlete at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and earned her bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science. She has worked as a personal trainer and strength coach at both UWL and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. At UMass, she served as an intern and supervised agility classes while working specifically with the men's and women's soccer teams.

She has also served as a head coach for the La Crosse Soccer Club while in school and currently has her National 'E' coaching license. Patterson is currently working toward her masters degree at UCM.

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Other Coaching Staff
-Other MIAA, Division 1 & 2 coaches
-Current collegiate players