Christie Chappell is in her third season as an assistant coach with the Bison after serving as graduate assistant at St. Cloud State two years ago.  Chappell is currently working towards her master’s degree in sociology at NDSU. In 2007, she played semi-professional soccer for FC Muri in Muri, Switzerland.  She was also an assistant coach at Minnesota-Crookston in 2006.

An Ottawa, Ontario native, Chappell graduated in December 2006 from Minnesota-Crookston.  She was an all-conference soccer player for the Golden Eagles from 2003 to 2005.  She holds career records for goals (25) and points (62) and led the team in scoring in 2003 and 2004.  She was named team MVP twice and the university’s Female Student-Athlete of the Year in 2004.   She also served as president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council and was a recipient of the NCAA Degree Completion award.