MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama women's soccer head coach Richard Moodie announced the addition of Taylor Brittingham as the newest assistant coach to the program on Thursday.

Brittingham comes to South Alabama from Southern Illinois Carbondale, where she served as the women's soccer interim head coach this past fall. While with the Salukis, her coaching produced an all-Missouri Valley Conference Freshman Team player, a conference scholar-athlete team player and a State Farm MVC Good Neighbor award-winner. The team also saw major increases in shots, shots on goal, corner kicks and goals per game.

Prior to SIU Carbondale, Brittingham was a graduate assistant and goalkeepers' coach at Missouri Southern State University for two years. In her time with the Lions, Brittingham's coaching helped the team reduce their goals allowed per game from 2.72 in 2019 to 1.75 in 2021. Her coaching assisted in producing all-conference first- and second-team selections alongside three United Soccer Coaches Athlete of Distinction award winners. 

Before arriving at MSSU, she coached at Atlanta Strength and Conditioning and was a volunteer coach for Sandra Burris, Director of the South Carolina Olympic Development Program.

Brittingham received her bachelor's in business management from South Carolina State University in 2018, where she was a goalkeeper for the women's soccer team. She had five starts and recorded a shutout in a 3-0 victory over Shaw University in her final season with the Bulldogs. 

Prior to playing at South Carolina State, Brittingham was a goalkeeper at Campbellsville University, where she helped the Tigers to third-place finishes at the Mid-South Conference Tournament and the NCCAA Division I Nationals. 

Brittingham's professional soccer career included time with the Knoxville Force (2016) and Alabama FC (2018) in the Women's Premier Soccer League.

Brittingham received her USSF E Coaching License from Oglethorpe University in 2015. 

"Taylor [Brittingham] has had a pretty interesting story on how she got here," said Moodie. "Going from being a graduate assistant to an interim head coach is a huge step for anyone. She'll be working with our goalkeepers a lot, so we're very excited to see what knowledge she has to offer to our student-athletes." 

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