Cheyenne Spade begins her fourth season at Long Beach State in the Fall of 2025. She serves as an Assistant Coach and the Recruiting Coordinator for the Beach.
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\r\nA former women’s soccer letter winner at North Carolina State and Tennessee, she joined the LBSU staff after two years as an assistant coach for the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. Before she arrived in Louisiana, Spade played two seasons in the women’s soccer professional ranks in Sweden, where she was a midfielder for Enköping SK U.K. and Sandvikens IF.
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\r\nBefore embarking on her professional soccer career, Spade was an assistant coach at Towson University (2017) and Susquehanna (2016). During her lone season at Towson, Spade played a part in developing All-Colonial Athletic Association players Maddie Bove and Taylor Sebolao.
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\r\nSpade joined the Susquehanna coaching staff in 2016 and helped guide the River Hawks to a 12-6 overall record and a 4-3 finish in the Landmark Conference, earning a berth in the league tournament. Spade’s duties included:
Additionally, Spade organized a season timetable and scouted opposing teams. She motivated and encouraged student-athletes to achieve their goals in practice and on the game field. Spade spent two seasons at North Carolina State as a student-athlete, where she appeared in 39 games from 2011-12. Spade scored a pair of goals, adding three assists as a second-year student-athlete and earning ACC Student-Athlete academic honors.
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\r\nSpade then transferred to the University of Tennessee for her final two seasons beginning in 2014. She appeared in 40 games for the Vols, scoring seven goals, including five in her last campaign. Spade logged the first goal for the Volunteers in the SEC Quarterfinals, scoring on a loose ball just three minutes into the match. Spade later scored the final Tennessee penalty kick, helping the Volunteers advance 5-4 on P.K.s to the SEC Semifinals.
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\r\nThe Richfield, Pa., native appeared in 79 games during her collegiate career, finishing with 28 total points on nine goals and 10 helpers. Spade graduated in May 2015 from Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. In 2014, Spade played for the Knoxville Force in the Women’s Premier Soccer League. She was named first-team Southeast Conference.
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\r\nSpade’s stint at Susquehanna was not her first time coaching, as she was a coach with the F.C. Alliance from 2015-16. She communicated effectively with parents and children, including organizing and leading practice. She planned and created relevant, up-to-date drills for team building and success. She also handled game files and statistical reports for game operations.
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\r\nSpade obtained a U.S. Soccer 11v11 Coaching License in 2019.
Patrick Seymour enters his 12th season in Fall 2025 as Long Beach State’s goalkeeper coach.
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\r\nUnder Seymour’s mentorship, Aurora Schuck was named Big West Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 23, 2024 after posting back-to-back shutouts against Cornell and UC Riverside. Schuck\u00A0played every minute (1620) for LBSU in 2024, ending the regular season with the 58th most in Division I beginning this week. She made 74 saves,the fifth most in the Big West in the category. Schuck’s season-high in saves was nine, which she made against UCLA in the season opener.
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\r\nHis goalies own three of the program’s 10 best single-season goals-against average, total saves, and shutouts. Among them is all-time single-season leader Ashton McKeown, who posted a 0.62 goals-against average in 2015. McKeown also owns the second-most saves in a season, totaling 91 during Seymour’s first season in 2014.
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\r\nAfter working with the UCLA men’s soccer team from 2009-13, Seymour came to the Beach. During his five years, the Bruins advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight four times and to the College Cup in 2011. He coached Brian Perk and Brian Rowe to All-American seasons in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Rowe is now the starting keeper for the LA Galaxy. In addition, Seymour mentored Earl Edwards, who earned All-America recognition in 2013.
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\r\nSeymour was the head goalkeeper coach for the Cal-South ODP program from 2002-11 and was a member of the goalkeeping staff for the Region IV ODP program. He trained and helped develop over a dozen national and regional youth team members. He also won three national titles with his teams.
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\r\nSeymour has also had a strong presence on the club scene, working with Beach FC, Santa Clarita United, Santa Monica United, and the Westside Breakers. He also coached the soccer team and serves as an associate professor in the kinesiology department at Santa Monica College.
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\r\nSeymour played at Chico State from 1997-99 and graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He went on to earn his master’s degree in exercise science.