Former Kentucky Wesleyan College soccer All-American and 1989 Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year Ty Stauffer enters his third season as the head women's soccer coach in 2025.
Stauffer served as the Panther’s inaugural women’s soccer coach in 1993, held the position of head women’s basketball coach and athletic business manager for two years, and previously served as an assistant for the men's soccer program.
He holds a National Soccer Coaches Association of American Advanced National Coaching License.Â
Stauffer received Adidas All-American honorable mention status and twice earned All-Great Lakes Valley Conference and All-Mideast Region honors as a four-year starter and team captain for KWC.
He was the first American to win the GLVC Player of the Year Award. Stauffer also was a four-year letterwinner for the basketball team and was a part of the 1990 NCAA Division II National Championship.
KWC inducted Stauffer into their inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame in February 2013.
At Shelby County High School, he captured all-region and all-state soccer recognition three straight years and played for the 1986 Kentucky All-Star Soccer Team.
His other prep sports included three-year starter on the basketball team and as a place kicker for the football squad.
Stauffer graduated from KWC in 1991 with a Bachelors of Science in English. He and his wife, Jennifer, have four children — Rainesford, Luke, Matt and Anne, with the latter being a current assistant coach for the program.
