Kate McArthur joined the CSU Bakersfield women’s soccer coaching staff in spring of 2018. She enters her third season with the Roadrunners this Fall.
McArthur was the head coach at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. for four seasons (2014-17). She helped turn the Big Blue around, leading the squad to an 8-8-1 record in 2016, its best performance since 2010.
Before Millikin, McArthur was the Associate Head Coach at Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa. The squad went 4-14 in her first year but finished 9-9-1 at the end of her third and last season with the Warriors.
McArthur got her collegiate coaching start at Bemidji State in Minnesota, where she was an assistant coach. She was also a Club Trainer for the Valley Soccer Academy in West Virginia. McArthur holds an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and an NSCAA Goalkeeper 1 and 2 License.
Before earning a Master of Science in Sport Studies from Bemidji State, McArthur graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Davis and Elkins College. While playing at D&E, she earned All-Conference honors three times and was named the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year in 2005.
McArthur resides in Bakersfield, Calif. with wife Kristi Haakma.
