Allie Jara completed her first season as UC Riverside's goalkeepers' coach in 2021, most recently serving in the same capacity for one season at New Mexico State. Before that, she was the graduate assistant at Utah Valley while also training club-level goalkeepers for Utah Arsenal FC. Jara is originally from Yorba Linda, Calif., in Orange County and played club soccer for Slammers FC.
In her first season, Jara helped develop Makenna Gottschalk and Dmitri Fong in an intense position battle at goalkeeper in the 2020 season that was postponed to the spring due to COVID-19. Jara helped Gottschalk earn All-WAC Honorable Mention. Fong also set the career saves record for the program. Overall, Aggie goalkeepers sported a .729 save percentage and 102 total saves.
Jara last played for UVU during the 2019 season, when she started 18 of 19 matches played as a graduate transfer. She secured 11 wins, 62 saves and five shutouts as the Wolverines made it to the Western Athletic Conference championship match. Jara also received All-WAC Academic honors for the 2019 campaign.
Prior to her time at UVU, Jara was a three-year goalkeeper at San Diego.
Jara earned her bachelor's degree in business administration from San Diego in 2019 and completed her master's of business administration from UVU in August 2020.
