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• B.S., Physical Education – Strength & Conditioning, Limestone University

Holly Zador joined the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ women’s soccer coaching staff as an assistant coach in spring 2025.

She came to ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ after four seasons at Mars Hill University, where she served as a graduate assistant from 2020-21 before being promoted to full-time assistant coach in August 2021. Zador played a key role in helping the Lions achieve their most successful season in more than a decade during the 2023 campaign.

A standout student-athlete at Limestone University, Zador was named team captain during her freshman year and earned numerous honors throughout her collegiate career. From 2016 to 2018, she was a First-Team All-Conference Carolinas selection, a D2CCA and NSCAA All-Southeast Region First-Team honoree, and a Conference Carolinas All-Academic Team member. She was named a United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-American in 2017 and Third-Team All-American in 2018. In her senior year, she earned First-Team United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American honors and was named Conference Carolinas Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She helped lead Limestone to four conference tournament titles and three regular season Conference Carolinas championships.

Zador began her coaching career in 2011 as a community coach with the AFC Fylde Community Foundation. She also volunteered with Preston North End Football Club and the Sir Tom Finney Foundation throughout the decade.