Doug Starnes is in his first season as the Marian women's soccer developmental team head coach and top first team assistant.
Doug Starnes comes to Marian University after spending the past season as first assistant at IUPUI where his primary on-field responsibility was with the team's defensive shape. In the Covid shortened season, the Jags posted a 5-2-2 record, securing six clean sheets - most notably a 1-0 victory that ended the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin's four-year home win streak - and qualified for the Horizon League tournament. Additionally, the IUPUI women's soccer team earned five all-conference honors, achieved the highest team GPA in the university's athletic department, and honored its first Academic All-American in center back Natalie McNally.
Prior to IUPUI, Starnes was Director of Goalkeeping at Indiana University under then first-year-head-coach Erwin Van Bennekom. In Bloomington, Starnes was responsible for training goalkeepers, defensive set-pieces, student-athlete academic progress, and alumnae outreach. He was part of a staff that guided the Hoosiers to their first Big10 tournament appearance since 2016. In that season, the Hoosiers finished top of the Big10 in fewest set-piece goals allowed and starting goalkeeper Bethany Kopel secured program records in career shutouts, season shutouts, and Big10 shutouts.
Before his time at Indiana University, Starnes spent another year at IUPUI as an assistant coach in charge of goalkeepers, and four seasons - including one as an interim head coach - at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Starnes holds a Premier and an Advanced National Goalkeeping diploma from the United Soccer Coaches of America. Born in Scotland and raised in Texas, Starnes earned his BA at Baylor University and MA at Indiana State University. He lives with his wife and two young children in Indianapolis.
