Angel Hailey enters her fourth season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Northwest women’s soccer program.
In her first season as a volunteer assistant coach, Hailey helped Northwest to a 15-2-3 overall record last season and the program’s first appearance in the NJCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Championship tournament. She and other members of head coach James Beattie’s staff received MACCC Coaching Staff of the Year accolades, while also earning Women’s Junior College Division II Mid-South Region Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches organization.
Last season, Hailey and the Northwest coaching staff repeated their success, leading the Lady Rangers to a 21-2 overall record and the program’s first 20-win campaign. Additionally, Northwest also won the program’s first NJCAA Region 23 Championship, a share of the MACCC title and a repeat appearance in the NJCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Championship tournament.
In 2024, Hailey and Northwest had its best season yet, compiling a 22-0 overall record and earning the program’s first-ever NJCAA Division II championship. Along the way, the Lady Rangers also captured MACCC and NJCAA Region 23 titles, marking the second straight region title and the program’s first outright conference title.
Primarily working with the Lady Ranger goalkeepers, Hailey has helped develop two of the best keepers in program history. In her first season, she worked with sophomore Addy McCann, who left Northwest with 124 career saves (fourth all-time), an .867 save percentage (third all-time) and a career-best 0.75 goals against average.
Over the past two seasons, Hailey worked closely with current sophomore Anna Kathryn Harrell, developing the Tupelo native into one of the best goalkeepers in the NJCAA ranks. Harrell was a two-time NJCAA All-American and a two-time All-MACCC and All-NJCAA Region 23 honoree. She signed with the University of Central Arkansas after capping off her historic Northwest career.
Hailey has a familiar history with Northwest, both as a coach and a player. The Southaven native spent two seasons with the Lady Rangers from 2017-18, leading the NJCAA in total saves during her sophomore campaign. She currently still holds the program’s career record for saves (255).
Spending most of her freshman season as a reserve, Hailey still compiled 65 saves in 13 games with five starts. She also finished with a 7-1 record and helped Northwest to an 11-6 mark and the MACJC semifinals, before recording 190 saves as a sophomore, leading the conference and the NJCAA.
Hailey also finished with an .848 save percentage and 2.49 goals against average in nearly 1,230 minutes during her 2018 season. She was an NJCAA and MACJC All-Academic Team selection and three-time honoree on Northwest’s Vice President’s List.
Hailey signed with ULM for the 2019 season and spent one season at the Division I level, logging 641 minutes and collecting 35 saves against 16 goals. Her only winning decision came in a 1-0 victory against Southern Miss on Sept. 1, 2019, where she played a full 90 minutes and collected a season-high 11 saves.
From there, Hailey joined the University of Montevallo for the 2020-21 seasons. She played 503 minutes in six matches, recording a 2-2-1 record and 16 saves during a shortened spring 2021 season. She returned for five matches this fall, garnering 17 saves in 480 minutes for the Lady Falcons.
More recently, Hailey has had semi-professional stints with the now-defunct Memphis Americans of the National Indoor Soccer League and the Memphis Mayhem of the Premier Arena Soccer League. While with the Americans, Hailey won two Gold Glove awards and helped the franchise to back-to-back NISL titles.
THE HAILEY FILE:
PERSONAL
Hometown: Southaven, Miss.
Colleges:
- Northwest Mississippi Community College - Associate of Arts (General Studies)
- University of Montevallo - Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design)
PLAYING EXPERIENCE:
• DeSoto Futbol Club
• Northwest Mississippi Community College
• University of Louisiana at Monroe
• University of Montevallo
• Memphis Americans (NISL)
COACHING EXPERIENCE:
2022-present: DeSoto Futbol Club (Youth Goalkeeper Coach)
2022-present: Futsal Escola (Youth Goalkeeper Coach)
2022-present: Northwest Mississippi Community College (Volunteer Women's Assistant Coach)
