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The Primavera File |
Education
High School: Mansfield HS
Bachelors: Midwestern State '09 |
Playing Experience
Four-year letterwinner as goalkeeper at Midwestern State (2005-08) |
Coaching Background
Graduate Assistant at MSU - 2009
Assistant Coach at MSU - 2010-present |
Heather Primavera enters her fourth season as an assistant coach at her alma mater with the primary role of goalkeeper coach.
As the program's first full-time assistant hire, the former four-year letter winner has helped mentor Midwestern to two of its most successful seasons in program history.
The Mustangs claimed their first regular season championship and spent eight weeks in the NSCAA Top 25 reaching as high as No. 18 in 2010 while qualifying for its first NCAA Division II postseason appearance.
MSU then claimed its first LSC title in 2011 and won its first NCAA Division II postseason contest while advancing to the South Central Region finals.
In her first season as a full-time assist in 2009, Primavera mentored goalkeeper Mallory Whitworth to a school record and Lone Star Conference leading goals against average of 0.53 as the Mustangs established a program record with 11 shutouts.
Whitworth then earned Daktronics All-South Central Region first-team honors during her sophomore year of 2010 earning 15 wins while tying the program's single season high-water mark with eight shutouts. She would add six more clean sheets as a junior in 2011 gaining second-team All-LSC honors.
Primavera enjoyed a stellar playing career between the posts at MSU posting a 1.09 goals against average and 31 wins with 11 career shutouts.
Primavera graduated with a BA in mass communications in the spring of 2009.
