Bio
Domenique Edwards joined the Kansas soccer staff as an assistant coach in July 2022. Edwards has experience coaching soccer at a multitude of levels, most recently as a youth academy soccer coach for Legends Soccer Club in Merriam, Kansas. She has also coached youth and prep soccer in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Caldwell, New Jersey.
As a player, Edwards (Esposito) competed at Rutgers for four years and was a two-time team captain, helping the Scarlet Knights to two NCAA Tournament appearances. In addition to her years at Rutgers, Edwards played for the Jersey Sky Blue in the W-League from 2007-09 while also serving as a soccer trainer and marketing executive for the club.
Edwards broke into coaching at Monmouth University, where she was an assistant coach from 2009-12 and helped the Hawks to an NEC Championship in her first season. From there, she became the head girls soccer coach at Mt. St. Dominic High School in New Jersey from 2014-17.
A native of Riverdale, New Jersey, Edwards holds a U.S Soccer C License in addition to AFPA Holistic Nutritionist Certification. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Rutgers in 2007 and a master’s degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in Special Education from Monmouth University in 2012.
