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Melissa Charloe concluded her second season on the Stanford coaching staff in 2023.

Charloe helped lead the Cardinal back to the NCAA National Championship match for the sixth time in 2023, finishing as the runner-up after defeating BYU 2-0 in the NCAA Semifinal. Stanford finished the year 20-1-4 overall and posted an 8-0-3 mark in its final season in the Pac-12 Conference. Sophomore Jasmine Aikey was named 2023 Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year and senior Ryan Campbell earned Goalkeeper of the Year, highlighting a group of 10 Cardinal on All-Pac-12 teams. Stanford matched a national-high with four players on the 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region first team, with Campbell and Aikey being joined by Maya Doms and Elise Evans. The Cardinal averaged 2.16 goals per game to rank second in the Pac-12, while also posting 13 shutouts and limiting opponents to just .595 goals against to lead the conference and rank 14th nationally.

In her first season with Stanford, Charloe helped lead Stanford to a Pac-12 title in 2022. The Cardinal went 17-2-3 overall and posted a 9-1-1 record in conference play to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Stanford earned a national-best five All-Region selections and was the only team in the nation to feature four first-team honorees. The Cardinal finished the season ranked first in the nation in shots per game (11.05) and boasted the eighth-best scoring offense at 2.64 goals per contest. On the defensive side, Stanford posted 12 shutouts while limiting opponents to just .54 goals per match – best in the Pac-12 and sixth nationally.

Before arriving on The Farm, Charloe had served as a head coach with MVLA Soccer Club since June 2019. Prior to her time with MVLA, she spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Kentucky. While at Kentucky, Charloe specifically worked with midfielders while aiding in recruiting and preparing and delivering scouting reports and film sessions.

Charloe joined Kentucky after a two-year stint as an assistant coach with Metropolitan State University at Denver, where she helped guide the RoadRunners to winning seasons in each of her two seasons in the Rockies. Assuming all head coaching duties, Charloe served as Interim Head Coach during the 2015 season at MSU Denver.

Competing at the highest levels of the game, Charloe began her collegiate career at North Carolina – where she tallied four points in 15 appearances to help the Tar Heels to the 2006 NCAA College Cup Championship her freshman season. She then transferred to Penn State where she played the remaining three years of her college career from 2007-09.

In her time with the Nittany Lions, Penn State advanced to the NCAA Tournament all three seasons, including an appearance in the Sweet 16 her first year with the program in 2007. She played in 68 matches overall for Penn State, earning 55 starts, scoring two goals and tallying eight assists.

Following her collegiate career, Charloe played professionally for one season in Madrid for Torrejon FC.

Charloe also has extensive work with U.S. Soccer and the developmental program, having played for the United States Women's National Team at the U-14 (2002), U-16 (2003-04) and U-17 (2004-05) levels. Charloe helped carry the U-16s to the 2003 Ballymena International Tournament Championship and led the Sereno White club team from 1997-2006 serving as a team captain.

Prior to joining the RoadRunners in Denver as an assistant coach, Charloe served as an elementary teacher for low-income communities. She graduated from Penn State in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in communication arts and sciences and a minor in Spanish before spending two years in the Teach For America program.

A native of Cave Creek, Ariz., Melissa married Kevin Charloe in 2013.