Women's Soccer
McAlpine, Keidane
Keidane McAlpine
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- soccer@usc.edu
- Phone:
- (213) 740-3849
Head Coach Keidane McAlpine enters his eighth season at USC in 2021, after leading the program to its seventh straight NCAA Tournament appearance this past spring.
In his seven seasons at the helm for the Trojans, he has led USC back to the NCAA Tournament each year, including guiding the Trojans to the program's second NCAA Title in 2016 and third quarterfinal appearance in 2019.
In 2014, McAlpine's first season, the Trojans made the tournament for the first time since 2010. Then in 2015 he led the team to the program's third NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. Then, after just two full seasons of rebuilding the program, he led the program to the promised land, as they defeated No. 1-ranked West Virginia 3-1 in the 2016 Women's College Cup final. With the win, McAlpine put the team in elite company, as the first Pac-12 program to win two titles, and also just one of four programs nationally to win multiple titles in the sport at the time. The Trojans followed that up by making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2017 and in 2018 USC played its way back into the Sweet 16 for the third time in five years under McAlpine, falling to eventual NCAA Champions Florida State in PK's. During the 2019 season, USC reached as high as No. 2 in the national polls and made it's third ever run into the Elite 8, falling to eventual national runners-up North Carolina on the road.
Under McAlpine's guidance, USC has never missed the postseason, has won at least one NCAA Tournament game five of the last six years and has never finished worse than fourth in the Pac-12. The Trojans have averaged nearly 16 wins a season during his tenure (*excluding the shortened 2020 season) and own a 12-2-6 postseason record under his watch. McAlpine's teams have produced 11 All-Americans, 33 All-Conference selections, two Pac-12 Forwards of the Year (Tara McKeown, 2019/Penelope Hocking, 2020), one Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (Mandy Freeman, 2016), one Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (Penelope Hocking, 2018) and two Pac-12 Goalkeepers of the Year (Sammy Jo Prudhomme, 2016/Kaylie Collins, 2018). McAlpine and his staff also picked up United Soccer Coaches West Region Staff of the Year honors in 2018.
McAlpine, the 2013 Pac-12 and NSCAA Pacific Region Coach of the Year, was named the new head coach of the USC women's soccer team on Dec. 16, 2013. He came to Troy after serving the prior two seasons (2012-13) as head coach at Washington State, where he guided the Cougars to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and a program-best second place finish in the Pac-12 in 2013.
"We conducted a national search with a great pool of candidates, and Keidane really stood out with his vision of what he wants to bring to the USC soccer program," then-USC athletic director Pat Haden said of McAlpine. "He has already shown his ability to coach and succeed at the highest level, and his experience as a head coach in the Pac-12 is a big plus. We believe he is uniquely qualified to lead USC back to the successful level that we expect for our soccer program."
"Thank you to Pat Haden, Max Nikias and Steve Lopes for the opportunity to come to such a prestigious institution," McAlpine said at the time of his hire. "I'm excited to get to work and be a part of the Trojan family. I thank (WSU president) Elson Floyd, (WSU Director of Athletics) Bill Moos and (WSU Senior Associate AD/SWA) Anne McCoy for all their wonderful support and guidance. It was great to work with the student-athletes at Washington State, and I thank them for their hard work and dedication. I'm looking forward to working with a new set of women, with the goal of bringing the national championship back to USC."
Keidane (kuh-DAWN-ee) McAlpine (mik-AL-pine) is the fourth USC women's soccer head coach, replacing Ali Khosroshahin, who spent the seven years (2007-13) at Troy. In 2013 at Washington State, McAlpine's Cougars tied the program record for victories with a 14-3-4 mark. His team and players set or tied 27 school records. In his first season at WSU, McAlpine went 6-4-1 in Pac-12 play and finished up 12-6-2 overall in reaching the 2012 NCAA Tournament. In his two years in Pullman, McAlpine saw one Cougar named an NSCAA All-American and Pac-12 Player of the Year while picking up his own selection as the 2013 Pac-12 Coach of the Year. In those two years, McAlpine coached six Cougars to All-Pac-12 honor rolls.
Considered an offensive-minded coach, McAlpine showed his defensive savvy while at WSU as the Cougars finished 2013 ranked No. 7 in the nation with only 11 goals allowed. Prior to Washington State, McAlpine spent six years (2006-11) as an assistant at Auburn, helping the Tigers to NCAA appearances each season along with three SEC West titles. A 1997 graduate of Birmingham-Southern College, he spent three seasons (1998-2000) as an assistant women's coach before taking over as his alma mater's head women's coach in 2001 for the program's first season of NCAA competition following participation at the NAIA level. In 2004, McAlpine's fourth season as head coach at Birmingham-Southern, the team won the Big South championship and reached the NCAA Tournament, helping secure McAlpine honors as the Big South Coach of the Year. He helped develop 12 all-conference selections and a Big South Freshman of the Year recipient as the Panthers went 40-48-11 (.460) in the first five seasons (2001-05) in NCAA play. As an assistant at BSC during the Panthers' NAIA years, he helped the team to its first NAIA Tournament in 2000. In all, McAlpine has spent seven seasons as a head coach (five at Birmingham-Southern, two at Washington State), having accumulated a 66-57-17 (.532) record at the helm of those two programs, with three NCAA appearances.
McAlpine has been active in Olympic Development Program for many years He also worked in Region III as head coach for the U-13 group and was on the U-14 staff in the summer of 2010 after joining the U-13 staff in the summer of 2009. McAlpine holds a National "A" Coaching License from the United States Soccer Federation and a National Goalkeeping License. He was actively involved as a coach with the Alabama Youth Soccer Association Olympic Development Program and several club teams. In the summer of 2004, he was selected as a staff coach for the USYSA Region III squad.
McAlpine was a four- year starter at Birmingham-Southern and was team captain in 1996. During that season, the Panthers finished as runners-up in the NAIA Tournament after advancing to the semifinals the previous season. After graduation, McAlpine spent the 1999 season playing for the Tennessee Rhythm of the A League. A native of Huntsville, Ala., McAlpine earned a bachelor's degree in music business with a minor in computer science from Birmingham-Southern in 1997.
KEIDANE’S HEAD COACHING RECORD
In his seven seasons at the helm for the Trojans, he has led USC back to the NCAA Tournament each year, including guiding the Trojans to the program's second NCAA Title in 2016 and third quarterfinal appearance in 2019.
In 2014, McAlpine's first season, the Trojans made the tournament for the first time since 2010. Then in 2015 he led the team to the program's third NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. Then, after just two full seasons of rebuilding the program, he led the program to the promised land, as they defeated No. 1-ranked West Virginia 3-1 in the 2016 Women's College Cup final. With the win, McAlpine put the team in elite company, as the first Pac-12 program to win two titles, and also just one of four programs nationally to win multiple titles in the sport at the time. The Trojans followed that up by making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2017 and in 2018 USC played its way back into the Sweet 16 for the third time in five years under McAlpine, falling to eventual NCAA Champions Florida State in PK's. During the 2019 season, USC reached as high as No. 2 in the national polls and made it's third ever run into the Elite 8, falling to eventual national runners-up North Carolina on the road.
Under McAlpine's guidance, USC has never missed the postseason, has won at least one NCAA Tournament game five of the last six years and has never finished worse than fourth in the Pac-12. The Trojans have averaged nearly 16 wins a season during his tenure (*excluding the shortened 2020 season) and own a 12-2-6 postseason record under his watch. McAlpine's teams have produced 11 All-Americans, 33 All-Conference selections, two Pac-12 Forwards of the Year (Tara McKeown, 2019/Penelope Hocking, 2020), one Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (Mandy Freeman, 2016), one Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (Penelope Hocking, 2018) and two Pac-12 Goalkeepers of the Year (Sammy Jo Prudhomme, 2016/Kaylie Collins, 2018). McAlpine and his staff also picked up United Soccer Coaches West Region Staff of the Year honors in 2018.
McAlpine, the 2013 Pac-12 and NSCAA Pacific Region Coach of the Year, was named the new head coach of the USC women's soccer team on Dec. 16, 2013. He came to Troy after serving the prior two seasons (2012-13) as head coach at Washington State, where he guided the Cougars to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and a program-best second place finish in the Pac-12 in 2013.
"We conducted a national search with a great pool of candidates, and Keidane really stood out with his vision of what he wants to bring to the USC soccer program," then-USC athletic director Pat Haden said of McAlpine. "He has already shown his ability to coach and succeed at the highest level, and his experience as a head coach in the Pac-12 is a big plus. We believe he is uniquely qualified to lead USC back to the successful level that we expect for our soccer program."
"Thank you to Pat Haden, Max Nikias and Steve Lopes for the opportunity to come to such a prestigious institution," McAlpine said at the time of his hire. "I'm excited to get to work and be a part of the Trojan family. I thank (WSU president) Elson Floyd, (WSU Director of Athletics) Bill Moos and (WSU Senior Associate AD/SWA) Anne McCoy for all their wonderful support and guidance. It was great to work with the student-athletes at Washington State, and I thank them for their hard work and dedication. I'm looking forward to working with a new set of women, with the goal of bringing the national championship back to USC."
Keidane (kuh-DAWN-ee) McAlpine (mik-AL-pine) is the fourth USC women's soccer head coach, replacing Ali Khosroshahin, who spent the seven years (2007-13) at Troy. In 2013 at Washington State, McAlpine's Cougars tied the program record for victories with a 14-3-4 mark. His team and players set or tied 27 school records. In his first season at WSU, McAlpine went 6-4-1 in Pac-12 play and finished up 12-6-2 overall in reaching the 2012 NCAA Tournament. In his two years in Pullman, McAlpine saw one Cougar named an NSCAA All-American and Pac-12 Player of the Year while picking up his own selection as the 2013 Pac-12 Coach of the Year. In those two years, McAlpine coached six Cougars to All-Pac-12 honor rolls.
Considered an offensive-minded coach, McAlpine showed his defensive savvy while at WSU as the Cougars finished 2013 ranked No. 7 in the nation with only 11 goals allowed. Prior to Washington State, McAlpine spent six years (2006-11) as an assistant at Auburn, helping the Tigers to NCAA appearances each season along with three SEC West titles. A 1997 graduate of Birmingham-Southern College, he spent three seasons (1998-2000) as an assistant women's coach before taking over as his alma mater's head women's coach in 2001 for the program's first season of NCAA competition following participation at the NAIA level. In 2004, McAlpine's fourth season as head coach at Birmingham-Southern, the team won the Big South championship and reached the NCAA Tournament, helping secure McAlpine honors as the Big South Coach of the Year. He helped develop 12 all-conference selections and a Big South Freshman of the Year recipient as the Panthers went 40-48-11 (.460) in the first five seasons (2001-05) in NCAA play. As an assistant at BSC during the Panthers' NAIA years, he helped the team to its first NAIA Tournament in 2000. In all, McAlpine has spent seven seasons as a head coach (five at Birmingham-Southern, two at Washington State), having accumulated a 66-57-17 (.532) record at the helm of those two programs, with three NCAA appearances.
McAlpine has been active in Olympic Development Program for many years He also worked in Region III as head coach for the U-13 group and was on the U-14 staff in the summer of 2010 after joining the U-13 staff in the summer of 2009. McAlpine holds a National "A" Coaching License from the United States Soccer Federation and a National Goalkeeping License. He was actively involved as a coach with the Alabama Youth Soccer Association Olympic Development Program and several club teams. In the summer of 2004, he was selected as a staff coach for the USYSA Region III squad.
McAlpine was a four- year starter at Birmingham-Southern and was team captain in 1996. During that season, the Panthers finished as runners-up in the NAIA Tournament after advancing to the semifinals the previous season. After graduation, McAlpine spent the 1999 season playing for the Tennessee Rhythm of the A League. A native of Huntsville, Ala., McAlpine earned a bachelor's degree in music business with a minor in computer science from Birmingham-Southern in 1997.
KEIDANE’S HEAD COACHING RECORD
| OVERALL | CONFERENCE | |||||||||
| Year | School | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | Conf. |
| 2001 | BSC | 8 | 6 | 3 | .559 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2002 | BSC | 5 | 11 | 2 | .333 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2003 | BSC | 7 | 12 | 2 | .381 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .429 | Big South |
| 2004 | BSC | 12 | 8 | 3 | .587 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .813 | Big South |
| 2005 | BSC | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | Big South |
| 2012 | WSU | 12 | 6 | 2 | .650 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .591 | Pac-12 |
| 2013 | WSU | 14 | 3 | 4 | .762 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | Pac-12 |
| 2014 | USC | 12 | 6 | 3 | .643 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | Pac-12 |
| 2015 | USC | 15 | 6 | 2 | .696 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | Pac-12 |
| 2016 | USC | 19 | 4 | 2 | .800 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .773 | Pac-12 |
| 2017 | USC | 15 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .773 | Pac-12 |
| 2018 | USC | 17 | 2 | 3 | .841 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .773 | Pac-12 |
| 2019 | USC | 17 | 5 | 1 | .761 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | Pac-12 |
| 2020 | USC | 7Â Â Â Â | 3 | 4 | .643 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .636 | Pac-12 |
| Birmingham Southern | 40 | 48 | 11 | .460 | 12 | 8 | 3 | .587 | ||
| Washington State | 26 | 9 | 6 | .707 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .636 | ||
| USC | 102 | 29 | 17 | .747 | 50 | 20 | 5 | .720 | ||
| CAREER | 168 | 86 | 34 | .642 | 77 | 35 | 10 | .676 | Â | |
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