Former UC Riverside soccer player Kerri Patterson returned to the Highlander program for her second stint as an assistant coach in the summer of 2007. Patterson, who was a three-year letter winner for the Highlanders from 2001-03 after transferring from Wyoming, was a student-assistant coach in 2004 and 2005.
In addition to earning two Big West Academic All-Conference Awards during her career, Patterson also scored a pair of game-winning goals during the 2002 season.
After graduating from UCR in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, she then went on to be the head soccer coach at Upland High School in 2006. She guided the program to a 23-1-1 record and a No. 1 ranking in the nation by the NSCAA.
The Etiwanda High School graduate has a masters of sports science with an emphasis in coaching from the United States Sports Academy. She holds a United States Soccer Federation “B” Coaching License.
Her hobbies include running at the beach, reading, and hanging out with her husband (Michael Patterson) with whom she tied the knot in the spring of 2008. She and her husband reside in Corona, CA.
