Coaches

Roman DuChateau

University of California, Merced Executive Director for Recreation & Athletics David Dunham named Roman DuChateau the Bobcats head women's soccer coach on March 11, 2022. DuChateau maintains a 65-24-6 overall career record coupled with a 10-6-3 mark at UC Merced.


Through one year at UC Merced, DuChateau has already made a splash in the California Pacific Conference by winning a Cal Pac Tournament match, finishing second in goals scored, and third in goals against average. In addition, DuChateau coached Trinidad Quiroz to Cal Pac Offensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year honors, as well as a NAIA Honorable Mention All-American nod. DuChateau led the Bobcats to a 10-6-3 overall record in year one and an 8-3-1 record in Cal Pac play.


Along with Quiroz, DuChateau also saw three others earn All-Cal Pac First or Second Team honors.


Prior to coming to UC Merced, DuChateau, spent the last three years as an assistant coach for Western Kentucky University. While there, Western Kentucky posted a pair of ten-win seasons and won a Conference USA East Division Championship.


Western Kentucky made the postseason all three years with DuChateau on the Hilltop and for the first time in program history earned the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the Conference USA Tournament back-to-back seasons. DuChateau's primary duties included serving as the program's recruiting coordinator and training the field players. He mentored the program's first NCAA All-American in midfielder Ambere Barnett and saw ten field players earn postseason honors overall. In 2021, Western Kentucky held opponents to just 13 goals on the season, which is tied for the second fewest in program history.


DuChateau's 65-24-6 head coaching record stems from six seasons at UC Merced (2022-Pre.), Ottawa University Kansas (2018), University of Antelope Valley (2016-17) and Lassen Community College (2014-15).


In his one season at Ottawa, DuChateau coached the Braves to a 15-4-1 overall record while being ranked as high as No. 14 in the nation at the NAIA level. DuChateau's side featured two First Team All-Conference selections, four Second Team picks and two Honorable Mention players, a group that included Reighna Walker, the KCAC Freshman of the Year. The Ottawa squad also had a 2018 NAIA Women's Soccer All-America Honorable Mention Selection (Brooke Mays) and a 2018 United Soccer Coaches NAIA Women's All Region Selection (Leigh Anne Bartlett).


Prior to Ottawa, DuChateau posted back-to-back 12+ win seasons at Cal Pac member school University of Antelope Valley. He was named California Pacific Conference Coach of the Year in his first season with the Pioneers and led them to a runner-up finish in the conference tournament.


He also earned coach of the year honors in 2015 while leading Lassen Community College to a Golden Valley Conference Title. Along with a 10-0 record, DuChateau coached the GVC Player of the Year and All-State selection Maria Sanchez.


Prior to his head coaching career, DuChateau spent nearly three and a half years as a senior staff coach with Shenzhen United in Shenzhen, China, while helping to develop technical and tactical development for the club's youth academy players. DuChateau developed a goalkeeping curriculum that was adopted across the club and was also responsible for the team's scouting and post-match performance analysis.


The Roseville, Calif., native played collegiately at Cosumnes River College and Cal State Stanislaus.


DuChateau earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cal State Stanislaus in 2009 before earning a Master of Science degree from American Military University in 2016.