Danielle de Serière joined the Bruins as an assistant coach in January of 2026 after 12 seasons instructing the goalkeepers at UC Irvine.
From 2014-25, de Serière helped lead UC Irvine to four Big West titles and three NCAA appearances, including back-to-back seasons advancing to the Round of 16 in 2022 and 2023. With UC Irvine’s conference title in 2017, she became the first female coach to win a Big West title as both a coach and a player.
She coached Glo Hinojosa to All-West Region honors from 2021-23 and to Big West Goalkeeper of the Year acclaim in 2021. In 2016-17, she was one of just four NCAA Division I coaches selected to the NSCAA 30 Under 30 program.
de Serière also has experience coaching the U.S. Youth National Teams, working as the goalkeeper coach for the U-16 team in 2017 and 2018. She also coached the U-15 team in 2018.
A member of UC Irvine’s Athletics Hall of Fame, de Serière is the Anteaters’ all-time leader in wins (43), shutouts (31), and goals-against-average (0.80) and ranks second in goalkeeper saves (271). In 2010, she was named the Big West Goalkeeper of the Year and set the school’s single-season records in wins (19) and shutouts (11). That Anteater squad went 19-3-2, won the Big West and advanced to the NCAA Round of 16. Following her collegiate career, de Serière played professionally in the Netherlands with FC Twente from 2011-13.
de Serière graduated from UC Irvine in 2014 with a degree in history and became a certified health and wellness coach in 2024. She holds a LGBTQ+: Diversity & Inclusion certification.