Western Kentucky women’s soccer Jason Neidell has announced his new staff additions to the program.

Katie Nimitz, Roman DuChateau and Zach Salchli will all be in their first season at WKU this fall as the Lady Toppers kick off the 19th season in program history.

Nimitz will serve in the role of assistant coach, where her primary duty will be the training, mentorship and development of the team’s goalkeepers. Nimitz joins the Lady Toppers after two seasons as an assistant coach at Quincy University in Quincy, Ill., working primarily with the Hawks’ goalkeepers. Over that same time frame, Nimitz has also served as the head coach of Florida Sol FC, a WPSL side based in Jacksonville, Fla.

DuChateau joins the Lady Toppers as an assistant coach, where his primary duties will include recruiting coordinator and training the field players. DuChateau arrives at WKU following three head coaching stops at Lassen Community College (Susanville, Calif.), Antelope Valley (Lancaster, Calif.) and most recently at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kan. A two-time conference Coach of the Year selection in 2015 and 2016, DuChateau owns a 55-18-3 record as a head coach across five seasons.

Salchli will serve as the director of student-athlete development, where he will focus on leadership training, team-building and community service efforts. Salchli brings a local connection to the Lady Toppers after serving as the head coach at Greenwood High School for the last four years. In his time at Greenwood, Salchli coached the Lady Gators to a 64-19-9 record and reached at least the Region 4 championship match in each of his four campaigns.

Nimitz, DuChateau and Salchli join a program that finished 5-8-4 in 2018, but earned at least one point in five of its last six contests. All-C-USA First Teamer Ambere Barnett, who ranked as one of the top freshmen in the conference last season, is back along with eight other players who started at least nine matches for the Lady Toppers.