Casey Tate - Women's Soccer Coach - Grand Canyon University Athletics

PHOENIX, AZ - January 26, 2023: Women's Soccer has their first practice at the GCU Soccer Stadium. (Photo by: Garrett Ohrenberg/GCU)

Casey Tate

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
casey.tate@gcu.edu
Phone:
(602) 510-5173

Tate is in his second season on the GCU women's soccer coaching staff after joining the team on Aug. 1, 2022.

Tate returns to Phoenix after two seasons as the women's head coach at Oregon Tech, where he led the Owls to a historic 2021 season that ended with an appearance in the NAIA tournament semifinals. In two seasons under Tate's direction, the Owls finished with a 32-4-2 overall record and a 20-2 conference record.

Before Oregon Tech, Tate was an assistant coach at the professional level with Reno 1868 FC in the United Soccer League from 2017-20. Tate's three seasons in Reno resulted in 51 regular-season wins, tied for the most to in USL history for a club's first three seasons. Reno is one of six clubs to make the playoffs in each of its first three seasons.

Tate also spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at Nevada, helping the Wolfpack transition from the WAC to the Mountain West before serving as interim head coach in 2016.

Tate has experience in the Phoenix area, finding success at Chandler-Gilbert Community College and Seton Catholic Preparatory in the mid-2000s. Seton Catholic girls soccer had a dominant stretch, capturing state titles in 2006 and 2007 with Tate collecting Arizona State Coach of the Year honors in 2007 and 2008 and Region Coach of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2010. Meanwhile, at Chandler-Gilbert, Tate coached the women's team to the semifinals of the National Junior College Athletic Association national tournament.

Tate is also highly involved in coaching education and development, and holds a U.S. Soccer Federation "A" License, a La Liga Level 3 credential, National Soccer Coaches Association of America Futsal Diploma and NSCAA Goalkeeping Diploma. He is also a certified U.S. Soccer licensing instructor.

Tate played at Chandler-Gilbert, Indiana Institute of Technology and Arizona State. He received his degree from Ottawa University in history.