East Texas A&M University soccer coach Ashley Gordon appointed Steven Cooney as an assistant coach for the 2025 season, tasked with working with the Lion goalkeepers.
Cooney’s past collegiate coaching stops include North Texas and UT Dallas. He joins a Lion soccer program that is the only program in the Southland Conference to finish in the top three in each of the last three seasons.
Along with working with the Lions, Cooney is also a goalkeeper coach for the Denton Diablos 2 of the USL, head boys’ goalkeeping ECNL coach for the BVB International ECNL, serving as the Director of Goalkeeping of North Texas Olympic Development Program, and the Director of Coaching Goalkeepers and Strikers for the One and 9 Soccer Training.
Holding over 20 years of soccer coaching experience, Cooney was the goalkeepers coach for UT Dallas for five years, followed by a two-year stint with North Texas. Originally from the United Kingdom, Cooney also held a coaching position within Arsenal’s regional program.
Cooney USSF National ‘B’ Coaching License, United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma, US Youth Soccer National Youth License, and FA Level 2 Coaching Badge.
