LAKELAND, Fla. – Florida Southern College women's soccer has its seventh head coach in program history with the hire of Maddi Moon, announced by Drew Howard, Director of Athletics and Dean of Wellness.
 
"Maddi Moon is an outstanding fit for our women's soccer program and for Florida Southern," said Howard. "Her leadership, energy, and commitment to excellence—both on and off the field—will have an immediate and lasting impact on our student-athletes."
 
Moon makes the move to Lakeland after spending the 2025 season at the University of Iowa as an assistant coach. Moon was previously a head coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis for five seasons. A collegiate soccer player at Central Arkansas, Moon brings a lifelong passion for the sport and a resume to lead the Moccasins as the next head coach.
 
"I'm honored to be named the head coach at Florida Southern College, and I am grateful to Drew Howard for trusting me with this opportunity," said Moon. "I'm excited to get to work and continue to build a growth-minded culture that challenges and develops our players every day, while holding ourselves to a high standard. Our expectation is to compete for championships while developing competitors, leaders, and women beyond the game."
 
In her only season as an assistant at Iowa, Moon helped the Hawkeyes to a 12-5-4 overall record and an appearance in the NCAA tournament. During the regular season, Iowa upset No. 6 Arkansas, later getting a bid to the NCAA postseason, where they shut out South Dakota State to advance to the round of 32. Moon joined the Hawkeyes after spending the past five seasons as the head coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
 
In 2024, the Tritons posted a 14-4-3 record, including a 9-3-2 conference record. USML won the GLVC Conference Tournament before falling to Grand Valley State in the opening round of the Division II NCAA Tournament. The conference tournament victory marked the program's first time ever winning the tournament.
 
Prior to being named the head coach at UMSL, Moon spent three years as an assistant coach at Central Missouri from 2017-19. Moon's first coaching stint came at Missouri Southern, where she was an assistant during the 2016 season.
 
In Moon's first season as an assistant at Central Missouri, the Jennies posted a 26-0 record as they won the 2017 Division II National Championship. Moon was a member of the United Soccer Coaches National Staff of the Year as well as the United Soccer Coaches Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year. In her three seasons, UCM posted a 64-8-2 record, where they also won the 2018 NCAA Central Region Championship, as well as making the Sweet 16 in 2019.
 
Moon played collegiately at the University of Central Arkansas before playing one season professionally with the Melbourne Victory.
 
Moon graduated in 2015 from Central Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in business administration in marketing. Moon then earned her Master of Education with an emphasis in Sports Psychology from the University of Missouri in 2016.