(SOC) Soccer in hands of young leaders

Bohon is really good. I get the concern that she isn't at a big school, but she does have SEC and ACC experience. Know some that have played for her and she is very well thought of. Certainly not a splash hire, but I tend to think that's overrated

 

Samantha Bohon is Gators Soccer Coach - Florida Gators

Bohon to Lead Florida Women’s Soccer Program - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

 

Hurrah or meh?

 

I truly hope I am wrong, and I am rooting for her to succeed, but this to me has mediocre middle-of-the-pack written all over it. And that would be a significant improvement over the last several years.

A quick look at her ERAU roster shows she goes hard on international player recruiting especially with the Scandinavian countries. That may be a path to getting this roster rapidly improved especially given the late start Bohon faces. The UF 2022 roster has been updated with the Bohon hiring. It sits with a grand total of 13 listed players down from 31 last Fall. Samantha has a lot of work ahead of her.

 

I’m just a casual soccer fan, but looks like she’s 43-28-10 over the last five years without much postseason success. I’m more of an optimistic type guy, but not much to get excited about here that I can see. Hopefully she’s a good recruiter because she’ll need to be, and fast.

 

Given what happened with women's bb and soccer to me unless it was the former fsu coach it was going to be a female,just my opinion

 

Bear in mind Embry transitioned from NAIA to D2 a few years back. That was a big transition AND the teams were ineligible for postseason play during the transition (2-3 years). Lot's of athletes didn't want to go somewhere that they were ineligible to play any postseason. It was very tough on all the coaches to recruit and motivate.
Then,Embry put all their sports teams at a HUGE disadvantage by deciding not to play in 2020 due to covid. Canceled the entire athletic year. Lost tons of recruits and transfers out.
Also a difficult academic route, not a slam dunk to get in or stay eligible.
It's not the easiest coaching gig out there.

 

Remember, Becky came from a d2 school,did ok.

 

Yeah, that doesn't bother me at all. From Florida, played at Duke, recruiting coord at UT, national team, coach in Florida for a long time. Checks a lot of boxes

 

Samantha has ties to the old guard:
For Bohon, this time was right time - Florida Gators

 

Very underwhelming hire. Man, SS …which his hires.

I really hope this one, bb, and women’s basketball succeed.

 

Yeah, another 'maybe could be' coach.

Wonder if UF even considered Krikorian.

 

I had no idea that she was Samantha Baggett, but that’s a name that rings a bell in Florida High School sports lore.

This was probably the one and only time that I would have been excited about hiring scraps from the Semis. But, I’ll be cheering for her and the Lady Gators to turn this mess around.