Northwestern State soccer co-head coach Anna Jobe led the program to 13 wins and a conference tournament championship game appearance in her second year in Natchitoches.
The Lady Demons made their third postseason appearance in four seasons after not making the tournament since 2008.
The Lady Demons finished second in the regular season in 2019, going 8-2-1, and downing champion Lamar, handing the Cardinals their only conference defeat.
NSU finished with the second most wins (8) and second most points (25) in conference play in program history. For her efforts, she and co-head coach Jess Jobe were named co-All Louisiana Coaches of the Year.
Primarily in charge of the goalkeepers, Jobe guided a unit to allow just 1.24 goals per game, the program's best mark since 2009. Senior Kayla Bomben allowed just 0.99 goals per game and was named to the All-Louisiana first team. Acelya Aydogmus recorded six shutouts on the year, which is fifth in school history. Together, they recorded eight shutouts, the most in a season since 2009.
Before NSU, Anna spent 2017 as a volunteer assistant coach at Dallas Baptist, which won the Heartland Conference regular season and conference tournament titles.
The Patriots finished 15-4-2 and advanced to the Division II NCAA Tournament. DBU’s Abigail Olmos garnered All-American status with Lindsay McManus earning Academic All-American status in Anna’s one season at DBU.
Anna cut her coaching teeth with four seasons on the coaching staff at Baylor (2013-16) under coaches Paul and Marci Jobson. The Bears posted winning records in all four seasons and winning Big 12 conference records in Jobe’s two seasons as a full-time assistant.
The Bears reached the Big 12 Tournament all four seasons.
Anna primarily worked with goalkeepers at Baylor and Dallas Baptist.
She continues her role as a mentor and spiritual advisor that started at Baylor and Dallas Baptist.
Anna earned her master’s degree in sports pedagogy from Baylor and her bachelor’s degree in human performance and exercise science from the University of Mobile.
At Mobile, Anna (then Maddox) was an accomplished goalkeeper.
She achieved NAIA All-American status three times, was a two-time defensive player of the year (Southern States Athletics Conference) and a four-time all-conference selection.
During the summer before her senior season, Jobe played semi-professional soccer in the WPSL with the Buxmont Torch.
Concurrent with her playing career, Anna spent two seasons as the head girls’ soccer coach at the Alabama School of Math and Science, leading the Dragons to an undefeated season in her first campaign.
Her coaching licenses include the NSCAA National Diploma as well as the NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma.
The Auburn native married Jess in December of 2016, and they have two Doberman pinschers Cal and Dirk.
The Auburn native married Jess in December of 2016, and they have two Doberman pinschers Cal and Dirk.
