Callie McKinney enters her first season as an assistant coach for the SMU women’s soccer program in 2025.
McKinney comes to the Hilltop after spending the 2024 season as the head coach of the women’s soccer program at Bellarmine.
In McKinney's first season overseeing the program, she guided Bellarmine to its first ASUN Tournament berth in three years and pushed the Knights to the quarterfinals after a first-round PK shootout win over Austin Peay. BU set new Division I-era program records for total wins and ASUN victories while garnering its first-ever ASUN postseason superlative award and landing a program-record three All-ASUN accolades.
In total, McKinney spent five seasons at Bellarmine (2020-2024). Before being promoted to head coach in March of 2024, she joined the women’s soccer staff as a graduate assistant in the summer of 2020 and was promoted to full-time assistant coach prior to the fall 2021 season.
In 2023, McKinny helped guide Emma Nicholson to second-team All-ASUN recognition while midfielder Sydni Whitehead was named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team. In 2022, Bellarmine was one of the top defensive units in the ASUN, ranking second in the conference in goals-against average (0.88) while tying for third in shutouts (eight). Goalkeeper Elyssa Francis garnered All-ASUN plaudits, and midfielder Alexa Orozco was an ASUN All-Freshman Team selection.
In the fall of 2021, McKinney helped Bellarmine advance to the ASUN Tournament semifinals for the first time in program history. Her first season with the Knights coincided with BU’s first in D1. In their inaugural season in the ASUN, the Knights saw two players recognized with All-ASUN honors
In the summer of 2023, McKinney was the head coach of the USL Racing Louisville W League team.
McKinney was a starting midfielder at the University of Louisville from 2016-19. She appeared in 72 games with 67 starts over her four-year tenure with the Cardinals. She was a two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection and helped U of L earn NCAA Tournament berths her final two years in the program, which included a 13-5-2 senior campaign in 2019 where she delivered the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Clemson.
McKinney played in the summer of 2019 with the Nashville Rhythm and garnered Southeast All-Conference Team accolades from the Women's Premier Soccer League.
A native of Franklin, Tennessee, and an All-State performer at Franklin High School, McKinney earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science at Louisville and a master’s degree in health science at Bellarmine
