Bio

Colin Wylie enters his fourth season as the assistant women’s soccer coach and the head coach of the development team in the fall of 2024.

With Wylie on staff, Catawba is 53-6-7 and won the 2021 South Atlantic Conference regular season and conference tournament championships while earning hosting duties in the NCAA Regional in all three seasons.

A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Wylie arrived at Catawba College in the summer of 2021 after spending the 2020-2021 year as the assistant women’s soccer coach with Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). Prior to his time in Florida, he served as the assistant women at Francis Marion University (Florence, S.C.) during the 2019 season, helping guide the Patriots to an overall record of 8-8-1, setting the program’s best single season mark in 11 years. His responsibilities included training the goalkeepers, assisting with outfield player coaching, Coordination of student-athlete recruiting, arranging team travel, game day personnel management, maintaining equipment inventory and organization of compliance administrative forms.

Wylie also served as an assistant coach for the men’s soccer program at his alma mater, Ottawa University from 2015 to 2017 whilst earning his master’s degree. His responsibilities included assisting in running practices, recruiting, academic support, organizing team travel, scouting, and serving as the head coach of the junior varsity squad. The Braves improved upon their previous season’s win total in each of his two years with the program. After graduating, he also served as an assistant coach with Kaw Valley FC, a Sporting KC developmental partner and USL League 2 organization in 2018.

Further coaching experience includes a wealth of youth coaching experience, having worked with Sporting Kaw Valley, a youth program affiliated with Sporting Kansas City and working as an assistant coach with the Neosho County Community College women’s soccer program in Chanute, Kan.

He earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Ottawa University in 2010, and a master’s degree in education in 2017.

He holds a USSF National C Coaching License, an NSCAA Goalkeeper Level 3 Diploma, and an NSCAA National Diploma.