Vandal Soccer Camps

Head Coach Jeremy Clevenger

Jeremy Clevenger became the fifth head coach in Idaho soccer history in July of 2018, bringing more than a decade of collegiate coaching experience to the Vandals. He enters his seventh season at Idaho.

Clevenger made history with the Vandals women's soccer team leading them to the NCAA first round for the first time ever. Idaho's season ended with a 1-0 loss at Gonzaga, facing the No. 15 offensive team in the nation. Idaho punched their ticket to the NCAA's with a 2-1 win over NAU in the Big Sky Conference Championship hosted by the Lumberjacks. Clevenger made history in another sense, becoming the winningest coach in Idaho women's soccer history with win No. 51 against NAU on October 22, 2023. He has since extended his number of wins to 53. The team finished with a record of 12-5-2 overall and 5-2-1 in conference. Under Clevenger, eight Vandals earned Big Sky All-Conference accolades highlighted by Kira Witte with her second-straight Goalkeeper of the Year honor and Alyssa Peters as Co-Defensive MVP. Peters was joined by Jayd Sprague and Jadyn Hanks on the first team followed by Rebekah Reyes, Cassidy Elicker, Witte, and Margo Schoesler on the second team and Hannah Alfaro with an honorable mention. Reyes was named the Big Sky Tournament MVP and was joined by Peters, Witte, Sprague, Naomi Alvarez, Maddy Lasher, and Black with all-tournament honors. On the academic side, six Vandals were named to the CSC Academic All-District Team in Annika Farley, Sprague, Schoesler, Witte, Reyes, and Maya Hamilton.

Clevenger led the team to a second place Big Sky tournament finish in the 2022 season. The team had a heartbreaking end to the tournament with a loss in PKs to NAU. Four athletes were names to the Big Sky All-Tournament team, including Kira Witte, Margo Schoesler, Jayd Sprauge, and Cassidy Elicker. The team finished the season 12-3-3 overall and 6-2 in conference play. The Vandals posted 13 shutouts, the best in the Big Sky. Eight Vandals earned Big Sky honors, including Savannah Foster, Witte, and Elicker on the First Team. Sprauge, Alyssa Peters, and Schoesler were named to the Second Team while Rebekah Reyes and Maddy Lasher earned Honorable Mention. Witte reigned supreme for the Vandal defense, ranking tied for first in the NCAA with 13 shutouts, named #51 on the TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Top-100, 3x Big Sky Defensive POTW, Big Sky Newcomer of the Year, and Big Sky Goalkeeper of the Year.

Clevenger was named the Big Sky Coach of the Year for the Spring 2021 season. The team was 5-3 in conference play, earning the second seed in the northwest division and a berth in the playoffs. Four Vandals earned All-Big Sky recognition, including Myah Merino and Kaysie Brust who were named to the First Team. Merino was also the Co-Offensive MVP for the league. Taylor Brust earned Second Team accolades, while freshman Margo Schoesler earned Honorable Mention.

Following the 2019 season, two Vandals earned All-Big Sky accolades, with Taylor Brust being named to the First Team, and Hadley Sbrega earning Honorable Mention.

The 2018 season got out to a slow start, with back-to-back losses on the road to start the season.  The Vandals took some time to acclimate to Clevenger’s system, but bounced back with a 3-1 win over Grambling State in the home-opener.  The biggest win of the nonconference schedule came in the final weekend when the Vandals traveled to Seattle U and defeated the Redhawks, 3-2, in overtime.  The overtime win was the first for the Vandals in more than six years.

Despite being picked seventh in the preseason coaches’ poll, the Vandals finished Big Sky play at 6-1-2 and earned the No. 2 seed in the Big Sky Tournament.  Six student-athletes earned All-Big Sky recognition, including Kelly Dopke and Myah Merino with First Team honors.  Dopke was also named the Big Sky Defensive Most Valuable Player, while Makayla Presgrave was tabbed as the co-Goalkeeper of the Year.

The team set a handful of team records on the year, including fewest goals allowed (19) and best home winning percentage (.929). The team finished unbeaten at home for the third time in the last four years, and was the only team in the nation to not give up a goal from the run of play at home.  The squad continued to improve throughout the year, and closed the season with a program record five consecutive shutouts.  Idaho did not concede a goal in the entire month of October.

In his first season with Idaho, Clevenger helped lead the Vandals to their best RPI since 2015, as the team peaked at No. 113 after the non-conference schedule.  The team finished with nine wins, more than twice as many as any other first year coach in team history.

Clevenger joined the program after two seasons at Northern Iowa.  While there, the Panthers saw unprecedented success, setting a number of program records along the way.   The team won 14 games in 2017, the most in program history, and recorded 11 shutouts, the most in team and Missouri Valley Conference history.  The Panthers advanced to the MVC Tournament Championship game with a pair of shutout wins along the way.

His first season at UNI was also a tremendous success.  The Panthers had their highest conference finish in program history at the time, while also setting then-team records for goals, points and shutouts.

Prior to UNI, Clevenger spent four seasons as the head coach of Western State College in Gunnison, Colo.  There, Clevenger started the program, and quickly led the team to national prominence with wins over ranked Division II opponents.

He spent one season at Fort Hays State as an assistant with both the men and the women, also in their first seasons as programs.  His previous stops include Houston Baptist, Baylor, Ottawa University, Central Missouri and San Joaquin Delta College.

A native of Stockton, California, Clevenger boasts a NSCAA Coaching Diploma and Regional Goalkeeper Diploma, and has a United States Soccer Federation Coaching License. He holds a bachelor's of science degree in kinesiology from San Francisco State University and a master's degree in sports and business administration from Central Missouri.

All camps or clinics are open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).