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East Texas Baptist University

East Texas Baptist Tiger Athletics
 One Tiger Drive Marshall, TX 75670
Division 3 Texas South
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Joey Petrich

Joey Petrich enters his first year as the head women's soccer coach for ETBU after serving on the East Texas FCA staff and volunteering as a coach for the Tyler Junior College women's soccer team. He brings a wealth of soccer knowledge to ETBU with a USSF National License and NSCAA Levels 1-3 Goalkeeper diploma.


"I am excited to announce Joey Petrich as the new head coach for the Tiger women's soccer program," Erwin said. "Joey's vision and passion for Christ-centered athletics and philosophy for developing student-athletes, both on and off the field, makes him a perfect fit for ETBU Soccer," Erwin added. "We are looking forward to the future of the Tiger women's soccer program under Coach Petrich's leadership. I am confident in his abilities to lead the program because of his commitment to excellence and Christian sports discipleship."


For the past three years, Petrich has been the East Texas FCA staff serving the campuses of UT Tyler and Tyler Junior College and staying heavily involved coaching women's soccer at the junior college level. At TJC, the goal keepers have been his main concentration as the program has gone 60-2-3 in that time winning the 2021 NJCAA Division I National Championship. During the 2022 season, he coached NJCAA Division I All-American goal keeper Daniella Wilken.


Petrich's first collegiate coaching position came at Concordia University (Moorhead) in 2015 where he coached the first player to be named All-Conference as a goalie in Ben Glogoza. He then went to UT Tyler in 2016 as an assistant coach through 2019. The Patriots went 40-18-10 in that time and received a berth in the 2017 NCAA Division III National Tournament after being the American Southwest Conference tournament runners-up. That season, UT Tyler went 11-4-3 in their final NCAA Division III season before transitioning to NCAA Division II in 2018. In the first two years at UT Tyler, he coached two USC All-Americans in Lucas Pereira (2016, 2017) and Leandro Cid-Fernandez (2016) along with having the ASC Goalkeeper of the Year in John McGuffin (2016).


The Elk River, Minn., native played collegiately at Saint Mary's University which is a NCAA Division III program in the MIAC. He was a four-year player for the Cardinals in goal recording 135 saves and was a two-time MIAC Academic All-Conference member.


He is married to his wife, Caitlin, and they have three children in daughter, Piper (4), and two sons, Thomas (3), and Ezra (1).

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Kiersten Ehler

Joining head coach Kristin Cox’s coaching staff bringing NCAA Division II soccer experience to East Texas Baptist University is Kiersten Ehler. She comes to Marshall, Texas, from the University of Texas Tyler where she was a grad assistant and former player.


Ehler coached the 2022 fall season at Texas Tyler in their second full year of NCAA Division II play. In that season, they won seven matches, started the season off 5-0, and made an appearance in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional rankings.


She played five seasons for the Patriots from 2017 to 2021 participating 64 matches scoring five goals. Her biggest goal came in the spring 2021 CoVID season netting the game winner over Stephen F. Austin on February 5.


Bringing a passion for sports ministry, Ehler worked two summers for Mission Athletes International in 2018 and 2019. She worked in Chicago and Brazil coaching summer camps, visiting public schools, playing soccer with the local children, and leading Bible studies. In 2022, while coaching at UTT, she was the Director of Soccer for the Tyler Athletic and Swim Club. For four months, she also assisted with the local FC Dallas U16 girls’ team and was the U10 girls’ team coach in 2021.


In the community, she has been a small group leader for Grace Community Church, on the Texas Tyler FCA Leadership team, and has taught private soccer lessons.


She received both her Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Kinesiology from Texas Tyler in 2020 and 2022.

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