Former California Lutheran University star goalkeeper Gabby Flores joined the Cal Poly women’s soccer program as an assistant coach specializing in goalkeeping in the spring of 2023.

Flores, a member of the Cal Lutheran women’s soccer team from 2017-21, was a five-time Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Defensive Player of the Week for the Regals. In 2017 as a freshman, she helped the program reach the Sweet Sixteen in the Division III NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

After graduating from Cal Lutheran in 2021, the Santa Maria native and Mission College Prep grad began coaching for the Central Coast United Soccer Club in San Luis Obispo in the spring of 2022. She also served as an assistant varsity coach at San Luis Obispo High this past season.

Flores said she’s had a strong relationship with associate head coach Scott Williams for a number of years and her ties to the area and the Central Coast United helped foster this opportunity to join the Mustang coaching staff.