Rhianna Krutz

Former Illinois State player Rhianna Krutz joined the soccer staff as an assistant coach in May of 2019.

Krutz comes to Normal after having spent the 2018 season as an assistant coach with the Valparaiso women’s soccer program and as the director of operations for the women’s soccer team at Dayton during the 2017 season. At Illinois State, she will primarily work with the forward line and team defending, as well as play a significant role within recruitment and many other areas of the program.

A five-year member of the Redbird soccer program (2012-16), Krutz helped Illinois State win three Missouri Valley Conference regular season and four tournament championships during her collegiate career. As a defender, Krutz tallied five assists and scored one goal in her 2013 redshirt freshman season that saw the ‘Birds collect MVC regular season and tournament trophies, as well as advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Krutz graduated in 2016 from Illinois State with a bachelor’s degree in therapeutic recreation. A native of Des Plaines, Illinois, Krutz attended Maine West High School and played club soccer for Sockers FC.