PULLMAN, Wash. – Molly Rouse was named the associate head coach of the Washington State University Soccer program, WSU Soccer Head Coach Chris Citowicki announced Saturday.
 
Rouse brings over a decade of Division-I coaching experience to the Palouse. In three seasons at Oxford, Rouse posted a 16-28-7 record in the juggernaut of the SEC. During the 2025 season, the Rebels returned 11 players, including three named to the conference preseason watchlists.
 
In 2024, the Rebels were led in goals by freshman Kayla Keefer with five. Keefer took home SEC Freshman of the Week honors after a hat trick debut on Aug. 15, 2024, against Southern to open the season. Under Rouse's leadership, Keefer became the first Rebel since 2020 to receive Freshman of the Week honors.
 
In her first year at the helm of the Rebels, Rouse guided the program to a 7-7-3 record and an impressive 6-1-2 record at home. Rouse won her opening game at Ole Miss against Southern Miss, a 2-0, shutout victory on Aug. 17, 2023. She won the first SEC match of her career against LSU as well, a 1-0 win on Sept. 15, 2023. Rouse led the team to wins over Missouri and Kentucky later in the season and draws against Auburn and at No. 15 South Carolina.
 
Rouse came to Oxford from St. George, Utah where she was the head coach of the Utah Tech women's soccer program for three seasons. Rouse was brought on to guide the program as Utah Tech made the transition from Division II to Division I, becoming the first head coach at the Division I level in program history.
 
During her three seasons at the helm of the program, Rouse won 19 games and picked up the program's first Division I win on March 11, 2021 as they beat Chicago State 4-0. In 2022, Rouse led the Trailblazers to their first winning Division I season in program history, finishing 10-6-2. Utah Tech went 6-3-2 in WAC play and earned a No. 4 seed in the WAC Soccer Tournament, their highest seed since joining the conference.
 
The 2022 edition of the Trailblazers led the Western Athletic Conference in goals against average and goals allowed. They allowed just 14 goals in 18 games for a 0.78 GAA. Utah Tech also posted nine shutouts in 18 games, including a stretch of seven-straight clean sheets. Rouse developed four All-WAC players in three seasons, including three in 2022: forward Karli Nyland and defenders Gracie Knutzen and Ella Carmody.

Before beginning her career as a head coach, Rouse served two seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, the University of Minnesota. In 2018, she was a part of a Golden Gophers team that won the Big Ten Tournament title over No. 15 Penn State and beat Auburn in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for their first postseason road win in program history.
 
Rouse also made stops as an assistant coach at four other Division I programs, including Iowa, Nebraska-Omaha, Buffalo, and Alabama State.
 
Rouse played her collegiate soccer at Minnesota for four seasons from 2007-10. She appeared in 88 career matches for the Golden Gophers and scored 18 total goals with 17 assists, including an assist in a school record tying five-straight matches in 2008. In 2008, Rouse started all 26 games for a Minnesota team that would earn a share of the Big Ten Regular Season Title. That team would win a program-record 22 games and make it to the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.
 
After finishing her career as a Golden Gopher, Rouse played professional soccer for the Minnesota Kings and Vancouver Whitecaps in the Women's Premier Soccer League.
 
Rouse graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education from Minnesota in 2010. She currently holds a U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) National "A-Senior" Coaching License.
A 2019 graduate of Gettysburg College, Nestor earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics.