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2007 Women's Soccer Coaches

 
 
Steve BarrowsSteve Barrows
 Head Soccer Coach

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Head Coach Steve Barrows enters his seventh season at the helm of the Ranger soccer team. Since the team formed in 2001, Barrows has compiled a successful 60-49-6 record and has the program competing on a national platform in the NAIA.

Last season, Barrows’ team finished with a 4-12-1 overall mark. During the 2005 season, he led the Rangers to a winning season with a 9-7-2 overall record and with a 3-3-1 Sooner Athletic Conference mark. During the season, the Rangers defeated #14 Auburn-Montgomery and cracked the NAIA top 25 for the third consecutive season.

The Rangers’ most notable season was in 2004, when the Northwestern women finished 16-3-2 and took home the school’s first Sooner Athletic Conference championship.

Not only has Barrows been an influence on the field, he has been a force in the classroom. For the last three years, his squads received national team academic and sportsmanship recognition from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He received the John Sheffield Teacher of the Year Award for his outstanding efforts in the classroom during the 2006-07 academic year.

Following Barrows’ lead, the Rangers have played in the SAC Conference Playoffs from 2002-2005 and have competed in two Region VI tournaments.

The 2004 squad placed second in the Region VI Tournament and narrowly missed out on a chance to play in the NAIA National Tournament.

The inaugural season of 2001 did not turn out exactly as Barrows would have liked. After ending the season with a 4-14 record, he quickly got the Rangers going in the right direction.

Barrows not only showed improvement in the 2002 season, but he proved what kind of coach he is by turning in a 13-7 record. The Rangers finished third in the SAC and extended their season to the second round of the conference playoffs, where they lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to Oklahoma Christian University.

In 2003, the Rangers finished with an impressive 14-6-1 record and made it all the way to the Region VI playoffs.

Barrows brings experience to Northwestern soccer as both a former semi-professional player and coach.

He started his love of soccer at age 7 in St. Louis where he grew up and trained under former professional players from Europe and South America.

Barrows started his semi-professional career playing for F.C. Monterey in 1976 as their right wing. He then moved on to play in South Korea for the United Stars as the center forward from 1977-78.

His ties with Northwestern started in 1979 when he played the role of player/coach for the Rangers club team.

After he graduated from Northwestern in 1984 with degrees in psychology and sociology, he continued his tour of soccer playing. He was a player and captain for two teams in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before playing and coaching for the Albuquerque Gunners from 1986-90 where he became the general manager and president of the team.

Before Barrows made it back to Alva, he stopped at Kansas City from 1990-92 and played for the Lobos, a member of a premier indoor soccer league.

Barrows completed his master’s of psychology from Northwestern in 2003.

In 2006, Barrows officially retired after 25 years of distinguished service with the U.S. Army and the Oklahoma and Kansas Army National Guard units.

He resides in Alva with his wife, Vanedda.

 
Selina LamarSelina Lamar
 Graduate Assistant Coach

Former four-year starter Selina Lamar returns to the pitch for her third season as the Rangers’ assistant coach.

Lamar, a native of Lawton, played in all of the Rangers’ 80 games from 2001-2004. As a defender, she is tied for the career record of most games played and tied for the single season record of most games played in a season with 21.

During the 2003 and 2004 seasons, Lamar was selected as an NAIA honorable mention all-American. She also was named to the Region VI all-region team and to the Sooner Athletic Conference all-conference team. For her outstanding defensive play in 2004, she was awarded the prestigious Sooner Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year title.

The three-time captain of the Rangers recorded four goals, three assists and a game-winning goal in her four-year tenure as a Ranger.

Selina was a co-recipient of the Northwestern Hall of Fame Scholarship in 2004.

Lamar has two degrees from Northwestern, including a bachelor’s degree in computer science in May of 2005 and a bachelor’s degree in E-commerce, which she finished this past summer. She currently is working on her master’s degree in E-commerce from Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Rebecca Crawford
 Graduate Assistant Coach

Rebecca Crawford joins the coaching ranks after a season of playing for the Rangers.

Crawford played for Northwestern Oklahoma State in the team’s inaugural year of 2001. She started in all 18 games as a defender.

From 2003-05, Rebecca played on the Oklahoma Panhandle State Men’s International Club soccer team. While at Goodwell, she was instrumental in starting the Guymon girls soccer program. In addition, Crawford has attended the International Coaches Seminar.

Crawford, originally from Enid, currently is working toward her master’s in psychology while coaching. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health and sports science in December of 2006. Crawford has been a member of the Dean’s Honor Roll and Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities.