Heidi Axtell enters her 16th season as the head coach of the Cortland women’s soccer program in 2019. She has posted a career record of 150-103-38 and is second all-time in wins at Cortland.  

Axtell led the Red Dragons to NCAA Division III tournament "Elite 8" and an 14-6-3 overall record in 2011. That season was Cortland's best campaign since the program won 1992 NCAA Division III title. Cortland tied for fifth nationally and won the SUNYAC regular-season-title for the first time since the conference went to one division in 1995. In 2012, her squad won the SUNYAC tournament crown, advanced to the NCAA Division III "Sweet 16" and finished 12-5-6.

In all, Axtell's teams have reached double-figure wins nine times, most recently in 2018 with an 11-5-2 mark and a second-place SUNYAC tournament finish and in 2017 with a 10-5-3 mark and a tie for third in the SUNYAC tournament. The Red Dragons were 12-5-3 in 2009, 11-6-3 in 2010, 12-6-2 in 2007, 12-9 in 2005 and 10-8-1 in 2006, in addition to the seasons mentioned above. Cortland has finished as SUNYAC tournament runner-up seven times under Axtell's guidance. She was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year in 2007.

Axtell's players have earned 67 All-SUNYAC honors, including one Player of the Year and two Rookie of the Year designations, along with 18 all-region, seven All-ECAC and three All-NYSWCAA awards.

Axtell is a 2002 graduate of Nazareth College, where (as Heidi Brown) she earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and was a starting center defender for the nationally ranked women’s soccer program. As a senior, she was named a second team All-American and the Empire 8 Player of the Year. A 2010 Nazareth Sports Hall of Fame inductee, she was a two-time all-region and three­-time all-state and all-conference selection. She earned her master’s degree in sports science from the United States Sports Academy in the summer of 2005. She served as an assistant coach for the Red Dragons for one season prior to becoming head coach.

Formerly Heidi Woodcock during her Cortland coaching tenure prior to 2016, Axtell and her husband Steve, the Cortland men’s soccer coach, live in Tully with their daughter, Allie, and Heidi's two daughters, Mari and Kenzie.

Kelsey Van Alstyne was named the women's lacrosse head coach at SUNY Cortland in August 2021.

Van Alstyne previously served as head coach at Division II Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania for four seasons from 2018-21. The winningest coach in program history, she guided The Rock to a combined 27-24 record, including a program-best 13-5 mark and a berth into the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) tournament in 2018 for the school’s second playoff showing in nearly 30 years. 
 
Van Alstyne coached nine All-PSAC players, including the 2018 conference Player of the Year, along with six all-region and one All-America honoree. Her 2021 squad boasted a cumulative 3.53 grade point average. Under her guidance, Slippery Rock finished 2018 leading the nation in ground balls per game (29.06) while also ranking third in caused turnovers per game (14.78), third in save percentage (.535), 11th in goals allowed per game (8.78) and 22nd in win percentage (.722).
 
Prior to her tenure at Slippery Rock, Van Alstyne was the head coach at Morrisville State three years from 2015-17. She led the Mustangs to North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) titles and NCAA playoff appearances in 2015 and 2017, while never posted a losing record. She was selected as the 2017 NEAC Co-Coach of the Year and she coached 20 All-NEAC selections, including the 2015 Player and Rookie of the Year and the 2016 and 2017 Defensive Player of the Year. 
 
A native of Burnt Hills, N.Y., Van Alstyne also served as interim head coach at Buffalo State in 2014 after being an assistant coach the previous year. She led the Bengals to an 8-7 record, including a win over 16th-ranked Brockport as part of a schedule that featured six national top-20 teams. Van Alstyne also served as an assistant coach for one season at Ithaca College and one year as a strength and conditioning intern at Cornell University. During her season at Ithaca, the Bombers finished 7-0 in league play and the coaching staff was named the Empire 8 Women’s Lacrosse Staff of the Year.

Van Alstyne, whose maiden name is Kelsey Schwan, graduated from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania in 2011 with a degree in exercise science and earned a master’s degree in sport management from Cortland in 2014. Her collegiate athletic career began at West Chester University, where she played volleyball for one season and earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors. She transferred to Bloomsburg following her freshman year and played three years of lacrosse for the Huskies, serving two seasons as captain and earning Scholar-Athlete honors in each of those years.

In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, Van Alstyne also has coached USA teams in International competition in Australia, Germany and the U.K. for the last three years and has worked at various camps, including the Nike Cup. 
 
Van Alstyne and her husband, Chris, have a one-year-old daughter, Adelynn. Chris, who is currently an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Cornell University, is a 2013 Cortland graduate and was a member of the Red Dragon football team during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. In addition, Van Alstyne's uncle, Pete Schwan, was a wide receiver for the Red Dragons from 1978-81 and her brother, Ian, was a tight end on the team in 2010.

Colby Gay became the Lead Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach at SUNY Cortland in the Fall of 2022. As the Lead Assistant, Gay is the recruiting coordinator for the program and performs a variety of other duties within the program including travel coordination, scouting, on-field coaching, academic performance management, and more.

In 2022, he helped lead the Men’s Soccer program to a 13-6-3 record and a SUNYAC Regular Season Championship. The program would go on to reach the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. In 2023, he helped build upon their success in 2022, leading the program to an improved 16-3-3 record, a SUNYAC Regular Season championship, and a SUNYAC Conference Tournament championship. The Men’s Soccer program would go on to another NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance, after hosting the NCAA First and Second round. Gay, alongside the rest of Cortland Men’s Soccer Staff, was named SUNYAC Conference Staff of the Year, as well as the United Soccer Coaches Region 3 Coaching Staff of the Year.

Gay came to Cortland from the University of Dubuque, where he served as the Assistant Coach from the Summer of 2020 through the Spring of 2022. He was part of the Spartans’ 2020 United Soccer Coaches Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year and the North Region Staff of the Year as the team won the American Rivers Conference title. In the fall of 2021, Dubuque finished 13-4-1 overall and won the American Rivers Conference Regular Season while becoming the first team in American Rivers Conference history to finish 8-0-0 in league play. Gay earned his Masters in Sports Management from the University of Dubuque in 2022.

Gay is a 2020 graduate of Castleton University, where he played soccer for four seasons from 2016-19. He was a captain and four-year starter at midfield, where he registered eight goals and nine assists in 70 games. Castleton won the 2017 North Atlantic Conference title and earned an NCAA tournament berth, losing 1-0 to eventual national champion Messiah in the opening round. Gay was an All-State player at Milton High School, where he served as a team captain and led the league in total goals scored.

The camp director is Tim Smith, the varsity volleyball coach at Calvert High school in Prince Frederick, MD. Tim started coaching at SUNY Cortland as an assistant coach for their women’s volleyball team. For three years the Red Dragons were SUNYAC Conference champions and they competed in the NCAA tournament. Coach Smith moved to MD to teach Physical Education and Health and currently teaches at Calvert High. He just completed his 14th season as the head varsity coach of the Calvert Cavaliers volleyball team. Coach Smith led the Cavaliers to the Maryland State finals in 2012 and 2023, the state semi-finals in 2011 and 2016. In 14 years, his teams have won the region 6 times, including the last three seasons. Also in 2012 and 2017, Coach Smith was named the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. In 2013 Coach Smith worked as an Assistant Coach to Larry Bock with the United States Naval Academy women’s team. He has worked summer volleyball camps at SUNY Cortland and the Naval Academy. In the past, for six years, Coach Smith was the Director of Coaches and also coached with the Southern Maryland Junior's volleyball club.