Jacquette enters her second season as the Rams' women's soccer head coach in 2026. She was named the program's head coach in March 2025.
Her first season with the Rams was a historic season in 2025, with the team going 17-3-1 with a 10-0-1 CACC record to earn the top seed in the CACC Tournament. Jefferson would compete in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season, the first under Jacquette, and reach their second straight Sweet 16 match. She coached two CACC yearly award winners while having a program-best nine All-CACC honorees on the team. Yeager and Dedes garnered D2CCA All-America recognition, with Dedes getting on the United Soccer Coaches All-America team as well. Jacquette saw Yeager and Dedes, alongside Lesko, be named to the CSC Academic All-Ameirca Team as well. She went to coach 11 CACC All-Academic athletes.
Jacquette joins Jefferson after a year with as an Assistant Coach at Temple University. She was named the interm Head Coach for the Owls during the 2023 season. Jacquette evaluated individual knowledge, skills, and strengths of athletes as well as organize and implement training sessions, travel coordination, nutrition, and scheduling. She helped with budgeting the teams scholarships and day-to-day needs along with recruiting.
Before going to Temple, Jacquette was the Associate Head Coach over at Swarthmore College for five years. Her duties included organize and implement practices, games, travel, physical training, budget management, equipment purchasing, scheduling, and fundraising as well as teaching college level Physical Education courses. She setup and ran multiple ID Clinics for recuriting purposes that raised over $25k. During her time with the Garnet, she coached 1 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans, 10 All-Regions, and 17 All-Conferences players.
In 2017, Jacquette earned the Penn State University Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award as she led the team to a 10-2-2 record.
She spent the 2016 campaign as an assistant at Bryn Mawr College. Prior to coaching with the Owls, Jacquette also served as the assistant women's soccer coach at Neumann University from 2008-11 and at Gwynedd Mercy University for one season. She got her start in collegiate coaching as an assistant at the College of Southern Maryland from 2003-07.
Also a head coach at Nether United Soccer Club for seven years, Jacquette owns a National 'C' coaching license from the United States Soccer Federation and advanced regional certification from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Jacquette earned her bachelor's degree in business communications from the University of Maryland and recently graduated from Widener University with a master's degree in instructional technology. She also owns a teaching certification from Eastern University and spent one year as a physical education and health teacher at Chester Community Charter School.
| Michelle Jacquette Coaching Record |
| Year |
School |
Record |
Pct. |
Postseason |
| 2025 |
Jefferson |
17-3-1 |
.833 |
CACC Semifinals / Sweet 16 |
| Career Record |
17-3-1 |
.833 |
|
