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Erin Egolf is in her sixth season as the head coach of the University of Illinois Springfield women’s soccer program in 2021. She is in her 12th straight year as a member of the program between being a player, assistant coach, and now the head coach.

Egolf enters the 2021 season with a record of 29-47-8, and she is the program’s all-time winningest coach. The Prairie Stars improved their offensive numbers in their first two seasons under Egolf, including tying the school record for goals in 2017. Defensively, the program has also seen some of its top seasons in its history under Egolf, including its top three GAA marks being set in the last four years.

In the shortened 2021 spring season, Egolf helped the Prairie Stars have one of the defenses in program history with a 1.13 GAA. UIS allowed more than one goal in a game just twice in 12 contests.

The Prairie Stars were one of the most improved teams in the GLVC in 2019. Included in that season was a program-record seven GLVC victories.

Egolf’s top season came in 2017 with a record-setting year for the Prairie Stars. UIS went 9-6-4 overall and 6-5-3 in GLVC play. The Prairie Stars clinched a spot in the GLVC Tournament for the first time with a 1-0 victory over Rockhurst on the final day of the regular season. UIS finished above .500 overall and in conference play for the first time in program history, and its nine overall victories were also new standards for the team.

In her first season as head coach in 2016, Egolf helped the Prairie Stars improve by two wins in her debut.

Egolf assisted in the development of Maggie Juhlin throughout her career, and Juhlin became the first UIS player to earn first-team all-GLVC honors in 2019. Juhlin was also honored on the second-team all-region squad.

Off the pitch since she was named head coach, the women’s soccer players have also had success in the classroom. Over the last five school years, the women’s soccer team has won 96 GLVC academic all-conference awards. UIS has also earned the GLVC Team Academic All-Conference award in each of her seasons.

Egolf was an assistant coach for the Prairie Stars from 2013-15. In that time, UIS improved its record each year, including winning five overall games and four conference contests in 2015.

Egolf was a star player for UIS from 2010-12. She holds the program’s all-time records with 26 goals and 60 points, and also holds the single-season records in those categories with 10 goals and 23 points. She was a two-time team captain and a three-time all-GLVC selection, earning second-team honors in 2010 and 2012 and third-team accolades in 2011. As a junior, she was also selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region third-team.

Besides her work on the field, Egolf excelled in the classroom, earning Academic All-GLVC honors each of her three seasons with the Prairie Stars. She also earned United Soccer Coaches College All-Region Scholar honors as a junior and senior.

Egolf holds her USSF National D License, United Soccer Coaches National Diploma, and earned the United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Diploma.

Egolf graduated in May 2013 from the University of Illinois Springfield with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and graduated in May 2015 from the University of Illinois Springfield with a Master of Business Administration.

Under Hall, the Prairie Stars have been mark by a strong defense, including a GAA mark under 1.25 in each of the last four seasons. Offensively, UIS has four of its top five scoring seasons at the NCAA level since Hall has taken over the program.

In the shortened spring 2021 campaign, UIS had one of the top defenses in NCAA Division II, ranking tenth nationally with a 0.59 GAA. The Prairie Stars had five shutouts, and only allowed more than one goal in one contest. UIS went 4-3-3 in the GLVC, and kept its streak of GLVC Tournament appearances alive.

Goalie Pijus Petkevicius earned all-conference honors for the second time in his career.

During the 2019 season, UIS won nine matches for the second straight year, and advanced to its third straight GLVC Tournament. The Prairie Stars finished the year with a 9-8-2 record, and finished sixth in the GLVC with a 7-6-2 conference mark.

Hall helped Mario Falsone earn all-conference honors, as well as a third-team all-region award.

In 2018, UIS finished above .500 for the first time as a NCAA program. The Prairie Stars went 9-6-3 overall and finished third in the GLVC with an 8-3-2 mark. UIS earned the right to host a first-round GLVC Tournament game for the first time in program history.

Hall helped in the development of three all-conference players, including Rhys Wallace becoming the first UIS player to earn first-team honors. Wallace also made program history by being the first first-team all-region performer, and he was one of two players named to an all-region team.

In 2017, Hall and UIS made school history by advancing to the GLVC Tournament for the first time. The Prairie Stars went 8-5-1 in conference play and placed sixth in the final standings. UIS had an overall record of 8-8-1, its highest winning percentage since moving to the NCAA.

Hall helped two players earn all-GLVC honors with Rhys Wallace earning second-team honors, and Jack Coombes being a third-team award winner.

In his first year at UIS in 2016, Hall led his team to seven overall victories, three more than the previous season, and six GLVC wins, four more than 2015. The Prairie Stars offense improved by 114 percent that season, and they set the program’s NCAA scoring record with 32 goals.

The Prairie Stars had their first all-GLVC selection in 2016, as Hall helped Zachary Allevi earn third-team honors.

Off the pitch, the men’s soccer team has earned 70 GLVC academic all-conference awards over the last five years, including setting a program record with 21 during the 2020-21 school year. In 2019, Dan Mahony became the first UIS player to earn Academic All-American honors when he was selected to the third-team.

Prior to coming to UIS, Hall was the head coach at former GLVC member Saint Joseph’s College for the 2015 season. He led Saint Joseph’s to a 9-7-2 record, the first winning season for that program since 2009. Saint Joseph’s made the conference tournament for the first time in 20 years, and was the fifth-seed. He also helped the team be ranked as high as No. 7 in the NCAA regional rankings.

Hall was the head coach at Ancilla College from 2013-14. He helped the junior college program win 26 games in those two years, including a school-record 16-4-1 mark in his second year. He helped that squad win the conference championship in 2013, and it was the Region XII runner-up in 2014. He earned MCCAA Coach of the Year honors in 2013.

Hall coached several players that earned national and regional honors at Ancilla, including Dayle Robertson who earned first-team All-American honors after he led the nation in scoring with 30 goals in 2014.

Hall also has collegiate coaching experience as an assistant at Martin Methodist College and Wesley College. Other experience includes leading the U16 team in the Central Delaware Soccer Association and coaching the Mishawaka High School, and the Junior Irish Soccer Club.

Hall graduated from Martin Methodist with a degree in sports management in 2007, and later received his master's degree in physical education with an NCATE Accreditation in 2010 from Wesley.