Maryclaire Robinson ‘86 – Head Varsity Soccer Coach
SFHS Head Varsity Soccer Coach
St. Francis alumna Maryclaire Robinson enters her ninth season as the head coach of the St. Francis soccer program in 2023-24. She joined the program after serving the 2015 as the interim head coach.
Robinson has led the Troubadours into the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs in each of her five seasons. In her first season, she led the team to a Sac-Joaquin Section finals berth before falling to Franklin 3-0 in the championship match. The Troubies were ranked fifth in the state by MaxPreps.
SF reached the Section final again in 2018-19, falling to Whitney. The team rebounded to win the inaugural CIF Northern California Regional Division II title. St. Francis ranked No. 39 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Fab 50, No. 16 in the state rankings and No. 6 in the regional list. SF was ranked No. 7 in the state and No. 21 in the nation by Maxpreps. Robinson was named the Section Coach of the Year by the NFHS.
She has posted a 87-21-16 record over the five seasons.
The program has been awarded the prestigious NSCAA Team Academic Award during each of her five seasons. She has helped tutor 23 players who have made college commitments or signed to play soccer in college.
Robinson, a 1986 graduate of St. Francis, is the former UC Davis women’s soccer coach and posted a 201-169-34 record during her tenure on the Aggies’ sideline. She led UC Davis to titles in the Northern California Athletic Conference and the California Collegiate Athletic Association. UC Davis also advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2002 NCAA Division II tournament.
She was named the 2011 Big West Coach of the Year after the Aggies advanced to the conference semifinals and finished with 11 wins, the most in the Division I era for the school. UC Davis recorded eight consecutive seasons with double-digit wins (1995-2002) while making four appearances in the CCAA Tournament and earning two NCAA berths.
Career Record
| 2015 | 19-3-2 | 10-2-2 | Section Finalist |
| 2016 | 14-4-4 | 7-3-4 | Section Quarterfinals |
| 2016-17 | 15-5-2 | 10-2-2 | Section Quarterfinals |
| 2017-18 | 16-6-4 | 10-3-1 | Section Quarterfinals |
| 2018-19 | 23-3-4 | 10-1-1 | Section Finalist/CIF Nor Cal Division II Champ |
| 87-21-16 | 48-11-8 |
Collegiate Soccer Players (25)
- Ari Avila (Fresno Pacific), 2016-17
- Aly Barr (William Jessup), 2016
- Erin Barr (Master’s College), 2016
- Hailey Barrett (UCSB), 2016
- Catie Brown, Southern Methodist University, 2015
- Darby Carrillo, Cal-State Monterey Bay, 2017
- Allie Carmickle, UC Davis, 2015
- Izzy Chelini, Cal Lutheran, 2015
- Meredith Cook (Occidental), 2016
- Janae DeFazio (UCLA), 2019
- Anna Gregg, Colorado College, 2015
- Anna Huber, Soccer, Wheaton
- Rachel Huber, Soccer, William Jessup
- Madison Kimball, Loyola Chicago, 2015
- Jackie Koerwitz, Miami , 2019
- Ashley Newland (UL-Lafayette), 2016
- Lindsey Porter (UCSB), 2019
- Taylor Simpkins, Point Loma Nazarene, 2018
- Annisah Surita, Folsom Lake College, 2018
- A.J. Tanner, San Francisco State, 2019
- Savannah Tijerino-Santos, American River College, 2017
- Addie Wallace, Villanova, 2015
- Rhys Wynbrandt (Hawaii Pacific), 2016
- Marlee Nicolos, Santa Clara, 2018
- Elise Urkov, Army, 2019
