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K-State’s Corbin Adds Post to Coaching Staff
Apr 03, 2025 | Soccer
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State soccer head coach Colleen Corbin added to her inaugural coaching staff as she hired Elissa Post as an assistant coach. This is Post's second stint at K-State, as she served as a volunteer coach with the Wildcats for three seasons from 2018-20 before departing for Wofford.
"I am absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to add Elissa to our staff," said Corbin about the addition of Post to the staff. "Elissa bleeds purple. She is a K-State alum who is passionate about the growth and development of our program and wants nothing more than to see our student-athletes succeed. Her experience as both a Division I assistant and head coach will add to our already dynamic staff. I'm excited about her ability to connect with our young women as people and help them become the best they can be. I feel incredibly fortunate to have Elissa with us here in Manhattan and I look forward to the positive impact I know she will have on both our staff and our players."
Before returning to Manhattan, Post was an assistant coach at Wofford in 2021, associate head coach in 2022 and was the head coach of the Terriers in the 2023 and 2024.
"I am elated to be a Wildcat again," stated Post on returning to the Little Apple. "Colleen has given me an incredible opportunity to work at my alma mater and I am extremely grateful to her and her belief. Her ability to lead, coach and connect with young women in the game is so exceptional and to bring all of that to such a special place like K-State makes this program so unique. I am excited to help build her vision for this program."
During her time in the head chair, Post carded an overall record of 11-23-6. In the 2024 season, Post guided the program to a 6-12-2 overall record. At the conclusion of the season, Post saw six of her players garner College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors and freshman forward Kate Markey was named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team.
In her first season as head coach, the team was 5-11-4 overall and were 2-5-2 in the Southern Conference. Following the season, Ines Obradovac was named second team All-Southern Conference.
As an assistant coach, Post helped guide the Terriers to one of their best seasons in recent history in 2022. After a 5-12-2 mark in 2021, Post moved up to the associate head coach role and lifted the squad to a 9-8-3 record with a 3-4-2 SoCon record. It was the first winning season for the program since 2013 (8-5-6) the and most overall wins since claiming 10 triumphs in 2000. With seven shutout wins in 2022, the Terriers tallied their highest number of clean sheets since eight in 2013.
Prior to her first stint in Manhattan, Post served as an assistant coach at Emporia State from 2016-18. With the Hornets, she was responsible for facilitating practice plans, conditioning and recovery of student-athletes while also coordinating recruiting efforts. Eleven players earned MIAA All-Academic honors during her time with Emporia State while seven were selected to the All-MIAA Team.
Before her time at Emporia State, Post served as a youth club coach with Sporting Kaw Valley in Manhattan, as she helped with the development of the U12 boys and the high school girls programs.
Post also worked as a KSYSA staff assistant coach for the 2001-02 girls program. She also served as the junior varsity girls head coach and an assistant varsity coach with Manhattan High School in two stints with the program, the first from 2014-16 and the second in 2018.
She is certified with NSCAA goalkeeper level 1, USSF national B, C, D and E licenses and NFHS fundamentals of coaching, concussion certified and first aid certified.
Post graduated from Kansas State in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education with an emphasis in social studies. In 2018, Post completed her Master of Science degree in HPER from Emporia State. She and her wife, Felicity, have a daughter, Serenity, and a dog, Luna.
"I am absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to add Elissa to our staff," said Corbin about the addition of Post to the staff. "Elissa bleeds purple. She is a K-State alum who is passionate about the growth and development of our program and wants nothing more than to see our student-athletes succeed. Her experience as both a Division I assistant and head coach will add to our already dynamic staff. I'm excited about her ability to connect with our young women as people and help them become the best they can be. I feel incredibly fortunate to have Elissa with us here in Manhattan and I look forward to the positive impact I know she will have on both our staff and our players."
Before returning to Manhattan, Post was an assistant coach at Wofford in 2021, associate head coach in 2022 and was the head coach of the Terriers in the 2023 and 2024.
"I am elated to be a Wildcat again," stated Post on returning to the Little Apple. "Colleen has given me an incredible opportunity to work at my alma mater and I am extremely grateful to her and her belief. Her ability to lead, coach and connect with young women in the game is so exceptional and to bring all of that to such a special place like K-State makes this program so unique. I am excited to help build her vision for this program."
During her time in the head chair, Post carded an overall record of 11-23-6. In the 2024 season, Post guided the program to a 6-12-2 overall record. At the conclusion of the season, Post saw six of her players garner College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors and freshman forward Kate Markey was named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team.
In her first season as head coach, the team was 5-11-4 overall and were 2-5-2 in the Southern Conference. Following the season, Ines Obradovac was named second team All-Southern Conference.
As an assistant coach, Post helped guide the Terriers to one of their best seasons in recent history in 2022. After a 5-12-2 mark in 2021, Post moved up to the associate head coach role and lifted the squad to a 9-8-3 record with a 3-4-2 SoCon record. It was the first winning season for the program since 2013 (8-5-6) the and most overall wins since claiming 10 triumphs in 2000. With seven shutout wins in 2022, the Terriers tallied their highest number of clean sheets since eight in 2013.
Prior to her first stint in Manhattan, Post served as an assistant coach at Emporia State from 2016-18. With the Hornets, she was responsible for facilitating practice plans, conditioning and recovery of student-athletes while also coordinating recruiting efforts. Eleven players earned MIAA All-Academic honors during her time with Emporia State while seven were selected to the All-MIAA Team.
Before her time at Emporia State, Post served as a youth club coach with Sporting Kaw Valley in Manhattan, as she helped with the development of the U12 boys and the high school girls programs.
Post also worked as a KSYSA staff assistant coach for the 2001-02 girls program. She also served as the junior varsity girls head coach and an assistant varsity coach with Manhattan High School in two stints with the program, the first from 2014-16 and the second in 2018.
She is certified with NSCAA goalkeeper level 1, USSF national B, C, D and E licenses and NFHS fundamentals of coaching, concussion certified and first aid certified.
Post graduated from Kansas State in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education with an emphasis in social studies. In 2018, Post completed her Master of Science degree in HPER from Emporia State. She and her wife, Felicity, have a daughter, Serenity, and a dog, Luna.
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