Isabelle Vaccari - Women's Soccer Coach

Isabelle Vaccari

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
Isabelle.Vaccari@sfasu.edu

Isabelle Vaccarri enters her first season as Assistant Coach in 2024. Vaccari joins SFA after five years as goalkeeper for Miami of Ohio.

"I am extremely grateful to Ben Williams and the entirety of Stephen F. Austin State University athletic department for this amazing opportunity," said Vaccari. "I cannot wait to get to work with these incredible athletes, coaches, and support staff to continue building off the success in previous years and continuing that into the future. I look forward to putting my all into the Lumberjack family and community."

"I am thrilled to announce Izzie Vaccari as the newest member of our coaching staff at SFA, said Head Coach Ben Williams. Izzie is a hard working, dedicated, knowledgeable coach who will add great value to our program. Adding a specific Goalkeeper Coach who has experience of competing at the DI level was important for us to continue move this program forward."

In her final season at Miami (OH) in 2022, Vaccari started in all 20 matches for the Redhawks while leading the team in minutes with 1800. She conceded nine conference goals, and 14 overall which ranked her third in the MAC for the least number of goals conceded. Vaccari also recorded 10 shutouts that season which broke her previous record of six set her junior year and placed her third in Miami's record book with 20 career shutouts. During the 2022 season, she also moved into second all-time in career saves with 295. Vaccari was also named to the All-MAC Second Team.

During the 2021 season, Vaccari started in all 18 games, recorded a 1.17 goals against average with an 72.4 save percentage in 1618 minutes of play. She finished the season with 55 saves while posting six shutouts and averaging two saves a game. In 2020, Vaccari played in all eight matches and finished the year with a 2.12 goals against average and 44 saves. During her sophomore season, she appeared in 17 of the Redhawks 18 games (starting the final 16 matches), recorded a 1.44 goals against average with an 82.6 save percentage (second in MAC), and allowed one goal or fewer in 11 of her 17 appearances.

Vaccari played her freshman year at Fairmont State before transferring to Miami (OH). During that year, she earned All-Mountain East Conference honorable mention while landing on the MEC All-Freshman team. She started in 18 matches, finished with a record of 8-6-4 with a .82 goals against average, 83.9 save percentage and seven shutouts.

Overall, during her career, Vaccari played in 81 games, recorded 373 saves with an 80.4 save percentage, 1.13 goals against average and 28 total shutouts.