Luke Babson

Luke Babson is in his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Western Oregon women's soccer team. Babson assits with all aspects of the program including the training of all student-athletes on the squad. In addition to his regular coaching duties, Babson assists with organizing travel, preparing budgets, coordinating camp and fundraising activities as well as scheduling.

In his four seasons with the program, Babson has helped revamp the WOU soccer program alongside head coach Steve Ancheta.

In 2012, Babson helped lead WOU to a fourth-place finish in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the highest league finish and most wins for the Wolves since 2006.

In his first season with the program, Babson helped coordinate a defense that gave up 24 fewer goals than the previous year's squad.

Babson also serves as the head coach for the Portland Timbers 2002 boys Vancouver RTC team, an assistant coach for the Portland Thorns 2002 ODP team, and is the Eastside Timbers U-16 Man City team.

Prior to joining WOU, Babson spent the last two season as the coach of Reynolds High School's women's junior varsity team. In addition to his WOU duties, Babson serves as a youth coach for the Eastside Timbers.

He has playing experience from his collegiate days at Colorado State-Pueblo, where he was a two-time letterwinner as a midfielder for the Thunderwolves. His collegiate career also included a stop at Clark College in Vancouver.

Luke was born in Portland, Ore., and graduated from Sam Barlow High School.