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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denise Helen Reddy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-09-14)September 14, 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Hazlet, New Jersey | ||
| Position | Center back | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 81 | (5) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995 | Umeå IK | ||
| 1996–2005 | Malmö DFF | 336 | (35) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1989–1994 | New Jersey ODP | ||
| 1994 | Cornell Big Red (assistant) | ||
| 1996–2001 | Borger HS (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Procivitas HS | ||
| 2006 | New Jersey Wildcats (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2008 | Jersey Sky Blue | ||
| 2008–2010 | Chicago Red Stars (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Linköpings FC (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Linköpings FC | ||
| 2012–2014 | B.93/HIK/Skjold | ||
| 2015–2016 | Vittsjö GIK | ||
| 2016–2017 | Washington Spirit (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Sky Blue FC | ||
| 2020 | United States U20 (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2024 | Chelsea (assistant) | ||
| 2024- | United States (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Denise Helen Reddy (born September 14, 1970) is an American professionalsoccer coach and former player who is currently an assistant head coach for theUnited States women's national soccer team.
Reddy holds a UEFA Pro License and previously coachedSky Blue FC of theNational Women's Soccer League. She has also served as an assistant coach toJim Gabarra atWashington Spirit and as head coach ofLinköpings FC andVittsjö GIK in Sweden,B.93/HIK/Skjold in Denmark, andJersey Sky Blue of theUSL W-League. She played four years as a starter atRutgers University and 11 years as a professional in Sweden.[2][3][4]
Reddy is fromHazlet, New Jersey and graduated fromRaritan High School.[5]
Reddy was a four-year starter for theRutgers Scarlet Knights, from 1988 to 1991. During that span, the Scarlet Knights won two Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship titles, and Reddy was named to the NSCAA All-America second team in 1991. During her collegiate career, she scored 5 goals and 9 assists in 81 appearances.[2]
Reddy also played for the Rutgers women's basketball team from 1990 to 1993, including an appearance in the 1993 Atlantic 10 Championship.[2] She received her bachelor's degree in exercise science and communications.[6]
After college, Reddy joined Swedish sideUmeå IK in 1995, then moved toMalmö DFF in 1996, where she played for 10 years. For seven of those seasons, from 1999 to 2005, Reddy was the team's captain. During Reddy's time on the team, Malmö DFF won the 1997 Swedish Cup, reached the semifinals of the2003–04 UEFA Women's Cup, and appeared in the 2005 Mediterranean International Cup championship. During her career at Malmö DFF, she scored 35 goals in 336 appearances.[2]
Reddy coached in the New Jersey Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 1989 to 1994, and served as an assistant coach atCornell University in 1994. During her professional playing career, Reddy also coached or was an assistant trainer at Borger (1996–2001) and Procivitas (2004–2005) high school academies in Sweden.[2][7]
Charlie Naimo, then head coach of holdingUSL W-League championsNew Jersey Wildcats, hired Reddy as an assistant in April 2006, following her retirement as a professional player.
After the season, she was hired as the head coach of the W-League'sJersey Sky Blue, where she served until 2008.[3] Jersey Sky Blue was chaired byThomas Hofstetter, who would go on to formSky Blue FC in 2009, and Reddy is credited as one of the club's founders and instrumental in the establishment of the Sky Blue Soccer School.[6][8]
Reddy joined the coaching staff of theChicago Red Stars ofWomen's Professional Soccer in 2008 as an assistant, where she served until 2010.[6][7]
Reddy was hired byLinköpings FC of the SwedishDamallsvenskan in 2011 as an assistant, a year in which Linköpings reached theUEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinals.[6][9] She became a co-head coach with Christian Anderson in 2012.[10]
Reddy coached Danish sideB.93/HIK/Skjold from 2012 to 2014.[3][6]
Reddy joined Swedish clubVittsjö GIK as head coach in January 2015, and remained with the team into 2016.[3][6]
In theNational Women's Soccer League, former Sky Blue FC head coachJim Gabarra took over as head coach of theWashington Spirit after the departure ofMark Parsons toPortland Thorns FC. Gabarra hired Reddy as a defensive assistant coach, where she served until November 2017. Reddy was also the Spirit's Maryland Developmental Academy director.[4][11][12]
On November 15, 2017, Sky Blue FC named Reddy as their new head coach, succeedingChristy Holly, who resigned during the2017 National Women's Soccer League season.[4] Reddy was briefly the only woman as a head coach in the NWSL, between the departure ofLaura Harvey fromSeattle Reign FC at the start of November 2017[11] to November 27, whenLaura Harvey was hired to manageUtah Royals FC andVera Pauw was named head coach of theHouston Dash.[citation needed]
On June 28, 2019, Reddy was relieved of her head coaching duties.[13]
Reddy joinedChelsea as assistant coach on August 19, 2020.[14]
Reddy joinedUnited States women's national soccer team as assistant coach on May 24, 2024.[15]