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 Oregon State Soccer CampsCoaching Staff  Assistant Coach Morgan Crabtree, a former standout student-athlete on the Oregon State women’s soccer team, has been named as an assistant coach with the program, head coach Linus Rhode announced on Tuesday. Crabtree joins Oregon State after three seasons as an assistant coach at Idaho. “We are very excited to have Morgan (Crabtree) join our staff,” head coach Linus Rhode said. “As a former Oregon State player, she is knowledgeable about the university and will be a great role model for the student-athletes on the squad. Her professional playing experience and collegiate coaching experience has allowed her to build a solid recruiting network and she is a great fit for our program.” During her three seasons at Idaho, Crabtree was responsible for all facets of coaching as she played an integral role in recruiting student-athletes, organized team travel and assisted in the planning and implementation of team training sessions. As a student-athlete at Oregon State, Crabtree spent her playing days as a center midfielder for the Beavers, earning All-Pac-10 honorable mention selections during her sophomore and junior seasons. She also was a first-team All-Academic honoree during her junior and senior seasons as she graduated with a degree in philosophy in 2003. Her playing experience continued after college as she spent two summers as a member of the New Hampshire Phantoms of the WLeague. Crabtree currently holds a United States Soccer Foundation National “D” License and has had extensive coaching experience at the club, high school and Olympic development level. She served as an assistant coach for the Idaho ODP 92 Girls team and worked with the Region IV ODP during the summer of 2006. Crabtree began her coaching career in 2003 with the Oregon United Soccer Academy and continued as a coach at Tigard (Ore.) High School in 2004. She has also served as a coach with the Lake Oswego Soccer Club for the 2004-05 season and the Moscow United U18 girls soccer team. ________________________________________________________________________  Dane ChristianAssistant Coach Dane Christian enters his first season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Oregon State University women's soccer program after recently serving as a volunteer assistant with Washington State University women's soccer. At WSU, Christian was responsible for individual and small group technical and functional training, as well as monitoring the physiological performance of the athletes. In 2006 and 2007, he coached at the summer soccer camps for Washington State University and Oregon State University. Christian coached for one year with the Moscow High School Varsity and Junior Varsity team in Moscow, ID. In the spring of 2007, he also coached an Under-18 Moscow United club boy's team. Christian played his collegiate soccer at Concordia University Wisconsin and Concordia College Alabama. In 2001, he played in the Central Florida Soccer League and in 2004 he played in the Atlanta District Adult Soccer League. He was born in Trinidad & Tobago and played club and high school soccer with some of the best players the country has produced. In 2001, he was selected to participate with Trinidad & Tobago's U-23 team in several preparation matches. Christian's passion is teaching. In 2001 he taught high school math and science at Selma High School in Alabama. He also taught an undergraduate course in elementary logic and last spring he co-taught a graduate course in educational statistics at WSU. Christian is currently pursuing a doctorate at Washington State University in Educational and Psychological Measurement. In 2006, he completed a master's degree in Philosophy at WSU. In 2003, he earned his bachelor's degree in Humanities and English with minors in Philosophy and Natural science from Concordia University Wisconsin. Christian is married to Morgan Crabtree, assistant women's soccer coach at Oregon State University. They enjoy watching hours of the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga and UEFA Champions League futbol in their spare time. ________________________________________________________________________  Steve ReeseVolunteer Assistant Coach Steve Reese, a former professional player who saw time in Major League Soccer and overseas in Romania, is in his second season on the Beavers’ staff as a volunteer assistant coach. Reese is currently the Director of Coaching for Cascade FC in Salem. He is also a coach in Oregon’s ODP system. He was a goalkeeper for the MetroStars of MLS briefly in 2004, and for several teams in Romania from 2000-03, including Poli AEK Timisoara and FCM Bacau in the first division. At a semi-pro level, he saw time with the Portland Timbers of the “A” League, the Cascade Surge of the PDL and Isle of Wight FC in England. A Salem native, he was an all-state player at South Salem High School. He attended Western Baptist College and played soccer there for one season before turning pro. He holds a USSF national “B” license.  |
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