Mariel Wilner

Mariel Wilner
Assistant Coach, Penn State University
Director, SoccerPlus
Goalkeeper Coach, Region 1 ODP
Staff Member, NSCAA Goalkeeper Institute

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Mariel Wilner

Mariel Wilner is entering her fourth season as an assistant coach at Penn State (PSU). A former Harvard assistant, Wilner joined Erica Walsh in her move to PSU after spending the 2006 season with the Harvard Crimson. Wilner also served briefly as the goalkeeper coach at Northeastern, where she was a member of the team from 2003-05.

Wilner guided Nittany Lion 3-time All-American goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher to Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2007 and 2009. Before Penn State, she helped Harvard goalkeeper Lauren Mann to 2006 Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors.

Away from Penn State, Wilner is a director for Tony DiCicco’s SoccerPlus Camps. Additionally, she serves on the Region I ODP Goalkeeper staff. For the NSCAA, she has been an instructor for the NSCAA Goalkeeping Institute since 2006 and she now serves as Marketing Chair for the NSCAA Women’s Committee. She is also currently the head coach of the U-16 Central Penn United Spartans who she has coached since the summer of 2007.

A native of Owings Mills, MD, Wilner began her collegiate playing career at the University of Maryland from 2002-03 and eventually transferred to Northeastern in the spring of 2003. She was the starting goalkeeper at NU her junior and senior years, earning second team All-New England honors in 2005.

She set the Maryland state record for shutouts (38) during her prep career and earned All-State, All-County and All-League accolades at McDonogh School.

Wilner graduated magna cum laude in 2007 from Northeastern University with a B.S. in business administration. She is set to earn her Master’s in Business Administration from Penn State’s Smeal College of Business this spring. She has also earned the NSCAA National Diploma.