Frostburg State head women's soccer coach Brian Parker has announced the addition of Danielle Gunderson to his coaching staff for the 2015-16 athletic year.
Gunderson joins a Bobcat coaching staff that has won the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament in two of the last three seasons with two appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
She arrives in Frostburg after serving as an assistant coach at Susquehanna University for the last two years. The Crusaders were named a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Academic Team both years, while four players were named to the All-Landmark teams.
In the summer of 2013, Gunderson worked a pair of women's soccer camps at both William and Mary and Christopher Newport, while in 2014 she worked at Bucknell University at the women's soccer ID clinics.
A 2013 graduate of Christopher Newport, she was a standout collegiate women's soccer player. She started her career at NCAA Division I Radford, helping the Highlanders to the Big South Conference Tournament semifinals.
Gunderson finished her career at CNU playing the final three years (2010-12), while finishing as one of the Captains' top scorers. As a sophomore she totaled 21 points and led CNU to the USA South regular season and tournament championships. Over her final two seasons, she totaled 50 points and helped Christopher Newport to the USA South Tournament each year. She was a three-time All-USA South selection and was a Third Team NSCAA All-Region honoree.
She also played for the Virginia Beach Piranhas of the USL W-League for back-to-back summers in 2011 and 2012.
Gunderson holds a Level 1 goalkeeping NSCAA certificate and a Level 2 NSCAA coaching certificate.
