RENO, NEV. – After being the head coach at Idaho State for three years, Debs Brereton will be joining the Wolf Pack as an assistant coach. 

Brereton joins the Pack after being the fourth head coach ever in Idaho State history, and brings to the table tons of soccer experience dating back the last two decades. Head Coach Erin Otagaki talks about the importance of this hiring to the program. 

"I am absolutely thrilled about the addition of Debs Brereton to our Pack Soccer staff," Otagaki exclaimed. "Debs is not only an exceptional soccer coach but a wonderful person. She will make an immediate impact within our program with her knowledge of the game, her energy on the field and her ability to connect with student-athletes, fellow coaches and the greater Nevada community. I am so grateful to be able to work alongside Debs!"

Prior to her tenure with Idaho State, Brereton was the associate head coach at Ohio University, where her final season saw the team advance to the MAC conference semifinals and boasted a league play record of 6-3-2. 

Before her job at Ohio University, Brereton spent five seasons as an assistant coach at East Tennessee State. While there, the Bucs posted a 50-32-4 record, including four postseason berths in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. In 2012, Brereton helped coach the Bucs to their second consecutive 12-win campaign, tying the program mark for wins in a single season. In 2014, East Tennessee State topped that record by winning a program best 15 games. 

Prior to joining the Buccaneers, Brereton spent three seasons as a graduate assistant on the women's soccer staff at Middle Tennessee State University. While working on the Blue Raider staff, Brereton helped guide the 2010 team to the program's first Sun Belt Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance.

Brereton has earned many different coaching licenses throughout her career. She has earned a USSF A license. In 2001, she earned the Union of European Football Association Level 2 License. In March of 2006, she earned the United States Soccer Federation D License and three years later she earned the USSF C License. In June of 2012, she earned her B License with the USSF.'

During her playing career, Brereton played the 2004 season at Middle Tennessee State where she was the Sun Belt Conference Player of the year. She earned first-team all-conference, all-tournament and all-region that year. She finished the year ranked fifth nationally for goals scored with 19 and she was named to the Sun Belt Conference All-Time Team as one of the Top 30 players from 1976-2006.

After her collegiate career, Brereton played in the Women's Premier Soccer League from 2006-10. During this time she played for the Nashville Lady Blues, Hampton Road Piranhas, San Diego Sunwaves, San Diego United and Fort Wayne FC.

Brereton will look to improve and join a Nevada Soccer team that finished with a 4-5-2 conference record, a program best since joining the Mountain West.