Coaches' Profiles

Assistant Varsity Coach

Steve Goebel

Steve Goebel is a 1980 graduate of Worthington High School. He is the owner of Trevor Custom Homes and resides in Westerville with his wife Paula, two sons Trevor and Evan and daughter Allie.

Before being named assistant varsity coach at Orange in 2017, Steve was the assistant varsity coach of the Westerville North women’s soccer program from 1989-2011. As assistant coach at Westerville North Steve compiled a record of 317-86-57 in twenty three years. During his time at North the Warriors won two state championships ( 1990,1992), 4 regional championships, 10 district championships, and 10 OCC championships. Steve was named Ohio high school assistant varsity coach of the year in 2002 and 2010.

Junior Varsity Orange Coach

Allie Sieradzki

This will be Allie’s sixth year coaching the JV Orange team at Olentangy Orange High School, and her seventh year of coaching overall. She started her coaching career at Westerville Central High School in 2016 where she also worked with the Junior Varsity team. Allie is a Westerville North graduate and played for Tim and Steve from 2008 to 2011. After high school, Allie received a scholarship to play soccer at Cleveland State University where she was voted team captain her junior and senior year, and won numerous team and league awards. Allie got her degree in Middle Childhood Education and is currently a 6th grade science teacher in Hilliard.

Junior Varsity Blue Coach

Samantha Vaughan

Samantha is an Olentangy Orange High School graduate and will be in her fourth year of coaching the JV Blue.

After high school, Samantha received a scholarship to play soccer at Youngstown State University where she received her degree in Integrated Social Studies Education in 2018. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Special Education while teaching in 8th grade in Columbus City Schools.

Goalkeepers Coach

Matt Salmon

This is Matt’s third season working with the Olentangy Orange goalkeepers. Matt is a staff coach at Classics Eagles Soccer Club and coaches both his daughter and son’s teams in the program. Prior to coming to Orange, Matt was the varsity assistant and goalkeeper coach for the Olentangy Liberty boys program for 3 years. Matt holds a USSF Grassroots coaching license.

Matt is a 1998 graduate of Worthington Kilbourne High School. Matt had a career record of 55-12-4 as a 4 year starter. Matt earned OCC and District Player of the Year honors and 1st team All-Ohio as a senior.

Matt received a scholarship to play soccer at Marshall University and graduated in 2002 with a B.A in Criminal Justice.

Matt lives in Powell with his wife Katie, daughter Sloan (10) and son Koeller (8).

Varsity Head Coach

Tim Lawrence

Tim Lawrence will be in his sixth season as the Lady Pioneer head coach. Lawrence is a 1988 graduate of The Ohio State University with a bachelor of Science Degree in Health and Physical Education. He has a Master Degree in Sports Science from Ashland University.

This past season the Lady Pioneers had a 14-2-4 record. The Orange varsity won the program's first district championship in 2019. Coach Lawrence also led the program to OCC championships in 2017, 2019, and 2020.

Before being named head coach at Orange in 2017, Tim was the head coach of the Westerville North women’s soccer program from 1989-2011. Tim also coached in the Classics Eagles soccer club from 2012-2017. While at Westerville North, Tim compiled a record of 317-86-57 in 23 years as head coach. During his time at North, the Warriors won two state championships (1990, 1992), four regional championships, 10 district championships, and 10 OCC championships. Tim was also named state of Ohio HS coach of the year twice (1991, 2003). Tim was inducted into Westerville North’s Athletic Hall of Fame in February, 2020. Tim was also inducted into the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association's Hall of Fame following the 2021 season.

Tim is a 1983 graduate of Westerville South High School and is currently a Health/PE teacher at Westerville Central HS. Lawrence holds an United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Diploma and a USSF National Youth License. Tim resides in Galena with his wife Amy, son Jake (UC student), and daughter Maggie (UD student).