Women's Soccer
Molly Poletto
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- polettom@bu.edu
- Phone:
- (617) 353-8497
Molly Poletto completed her second year as an assistant coach during the 2018 season.
Poletto helped BU return to the top of the Patriot League this past seasons, as the Terriers claimed their fourth Patriot League title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 14th time in program history. BU finished with an 11-7-4 record, including an unbeaten mark in Patriot League play at 7-0-2. Poletto was instrumental in guiding the goalkeeper unit to combine for 11 shutouts on the season.
In Poletto's first season in 2017, was instrumental in guiding the goalkeeping unit to record 10 shutouts as the Terriers finished with a 10-8-3 record and reached the Patriot League tournament semifinals. Under Poletto's watch, BU surrendered just 0.86 goals per game and the goalkeepers combined for a .798 save percentage.
The Englewood, Colo., native worked primarily with the Utes' goalkeepers unit in 2016 as a volunteer assistant coach after spending the previous three years as an undergraduate assistant coach. Following her promotion, the goalkeeping crew improved its goals against average from the 2015 season's 1.21 to a miniscule 0.65 while boasting a .860 save percentage after finishing the previous year at .784. The Utes also doubled their shutout total to 10 blank sheets.
Poletto originally joined Utah as a student-athlete in the fall of 2011 but saw her collegiate career cut short by injury, leading to the decision to focus on coaching. Besides assisting the Utes, she has also served as the Director of Goalkeeping and an age group head coach for the Utah Avalanche club team and worked with the state's ODP program the Region IV ODP goalkeepers.
As a high school goalkeeper, Poletto was named Most Outstanding Player three straight years (2008, `09, `10) at Cherry Creek in Colorado. She helped lead CCHS to the 2011 Region championship, while also participating in the U.S. Women's National Team Youth program, including U17 Youth National Team camps in 2009.
She holds a USSF "B" license and serves as an instructor for the USSF "E" licenses. After graduating cum laude from the University of Utah in 2015 with a degree in communications and a minor in psychology, she completed her Master's degree in sports psychology in the spring of 2017.
Poletto helped BU return to the top of the Patriot League this past seasons, as the Terriers claimed their fourth Patriot League title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 14th time in program history. BU finished with an 11-7-4 record, including an unbeaten mark in Patriot League play at 7-0-2. Poletto was instrumental in guiding the goalkeeper unit to combine for 11 shutouts on the season.
In Poletto's first season in 2017, was instrumental in guiding the goalkeeping unit to record 10 shutouts as the Terriers finished with a 10-8-3 record and reached the Patriot League tournament semifinals. Under Poletto's watch, BU surrendered just 0.86 goals per game and the goalkeepers combined for a .798 save percentage.
The Englewood, Colo., native worked primarily with the Utes' goalkeepers unit in 2016 as a volunteer assistant coach after spending the previous three years as an undergraduate assistant coach. Following her promotion, the goalkeeping crew improved its goals against average from the 2015 season's 1.21 to a miniscule 0.65 while boasting a .860 save percentage after finishing the previous year at .784. The Utes also doubled their shutout total to 10 blank sheets.
Poletto originally joined Utah as a student-athlete in the fall of 2011 but saw her collegiate career cut short by injury, leading to the decision to focus on coaching. Besides assisting the Utes, she has also served as the Director of Goalkeeping and an age group head coach for the Utah Avalanche club team and worked with the state's ODP program the Region IV ODP goalkeepers.
As a high school goalkeeper, Poletto was named Most Outstanding Player three straight years (2008, `09, `10) at Cherry Creek in Colorado. She helped lead CCHS to the 2011 Region championship, while also participating in the U.S. Women's National Team Youth program, including U17 Youth National Team camps in 2009.
She holds a USSF "B" license and serves as an instructor for the USSF "E" licenses. After graduating cum laude from the University of Utah in 2015 with a degree in communications and a minor in psychology, she completed her Master's degree in sports psychology in the spring of 2017.




