Oberlin College Athletics

Taylor Houck is in her fourth season as head women's soccer coach at Oberlin College in 2025–26, after being hired in the spring of 2022.

Guiding the team to 21 wins in three years, Houck has mentored two North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) All-Decade honorees, as well as a three-time NCAC Offensive Player of the Year. Under Houck’s leadership, the Crimson and Gold have produced two United Soccer Coaches (USC) All-Region accolades, two All-Ohio women’s soccer laurels, and 12 All-NCAC recipients. In the classroom, the Crimson and Gold have recorded 40 All-NCAC Academic Honor Roll student-athletes, four All-Ohio Academic awards, and ten College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District recipients while Houck was at the helm. 

Houck returned to Oberlin after most recently serving as the head coach at Knox College for three years with two full seasons of competition. Her tenure was highlighted by two Midwest Conference (MWC) championships, the 2021 MWC Offensive Player of the Year, and the nation’s leader in game-winning goals. Prior to her stint at Knox, Houck was the head coach at Caltech from 2016 to 2019. Before that, Houck served as the assistant coach at Oberlin for two seasons (2014-15) where she helped guide the Crimson and Gold to their first winning season in 25 years in 2014 (10-8-0) while tying the program record for wins and shutouts.

A former standout player at Villanova University, Houck was a four-year starter, two-time team MVP, and two-year captain who earned All-BIG EAST honors in 2012 and 2013, along with BIG EAST All-Academic recognition each of her four years. After graduating in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in sociology, she played professional soccer in Finland for Pallokissat for one season. In 2019, she earned a master's degree in Positive Coaching & Athletic Leadership from the University of Missouri. Houck also holds a USSF "E" National License and NSCAA Goalkeeper diplomas at Levels 1, 2, and 3.