Jennifer Simonetti (sem-oh-net-e) enters her 3rd year at the helm of the Eastern Oregon University Women’s Soccer program in 2014.
In 2013 Simonetti led the Mountaineers soccer team to the second best season in school history. The nine wins the Mountaineers recorded is the second most in a single season. EOU also pitched seven shutouts, the most in a single season. Simonetti was named Co-CCC Coach of the Year in 2013.
During her tenure at EOU, Simonetti has coached one first team All-CCC selection, three second team All-CCC selections and two All-CCC honorable mentions.
Prior to her time at EOU Simonetti was the cross country head coach at Chatham University. Chatham is a NCAA Division III institution in Pittsburgh, Penn. While in Pittsburgh, she was a staff coach at the Foothills Soccer Club and the Pennsylvania-West Olympic Development Program.
Before coaching at Chatham, Simonetti was the head coach at NCAA Division III Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, in 2010. She was originally hired as an assistant coach for both the men's and women's programs in 2009. In addition to helping to coordinate the planning and execution of practices and games, she developed and oversaw the strength and conditioning programs for both squads and served as the primary recruiter for the women's team.
Prior to joining the Pioneer program, she spent three years as an assistant with the Waynesville High School boy's soccer team. While with the Spartans, Simonetti was named the Miami Valley Assistant Coach of the Year in 2007. She also served as the girl's varsity track and field head coach at Waynesville from 2006-09. Before Waynesville, she was the assistant for the girl's soccer team at Bellbrook High School.
In addition to her time at Waynesville and Bellbrook, Simonetti coached the Metro FC in Kettering, Ohio. She also worked as a camp clinician with various teams in the area around Dayton, Ohio. Simonetti, who earned her United States Soccer Federation (USSF) “D” license in 2010, was the Girls Director of Coaching for the River Valley Soccer Club and assisted with the '97 women's team for West Virginia's Olympic Development Program.
Simonetti started as an outside defender for the Cincinnati LadyHawks of the United States Women's Soccer League in 2003. In 2008, she also participated in the USASA Elite Player Program in San Bernardino, Calif.
She was a four-year starter for Dayton from 2001-04. The defender/center midfielder helped the Flyers win four Atlantic 10 regular season titles and three Atlantic 10 tournament championships during her time on the field.
As a freshman, Simonetti earned All-Atlantic 10 and All-Great Lakes Region honors as Dayton made the NCAA Sweet 16. She repeated All-Atlantic 10 honors as a sophomore and earned both awards again as a senior when she was also named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and SoccerBuzz both voted Simonetti an All-America selection in 2004.
Simonetti, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Physical Therapy and Exercise Science from the University Dayton in 2005
| Season | W | L | T | CCC Finish | Winning % |
| 2013 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5th | .633 |
| 2012 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9th | .125 |
| Total | 10 | 18 | 3 | -- | .370 |
