Tyler Channell enters his fourth year as the head coach of SVSU Women's Soccer. Channell was named the interim women's soccer head coach in March of 2022 before being promoted to full-time head coach in May 2022, becoming the fourth head coach in program history. He spent six years as an assistant women's soccer coach at SVSU prior to the promotion.
Channel led the Cardinals to two straight GLIAC Championship appearances in 2024 and 2025. He coached Madi Bajis, who earned D2CCA All-American honors and the GLIAC Fall Commissioner's Award and was named GLIAC Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year after scoring 12 goals and tallying three assists for 27 points. Bajis is the second All-American in program history. SVSU had seven student-athletes named to All-GLIAC teams, the most in program history. Bajis earned First Team honors while Lauryn Fracassi, Abby Ellis, and Gracie Cwik earned Second Team honors and Kylie Cesarek, Emily Kolodin, and Jaidyn Veldhouse were named All-GLIAC Honorable Mentions. In 2025, the Cardinals went on a streak of four-straight shutouts during GLIAC play, outscoring opponents 14-0 in that time.
The Cardinals had five players receive All-GLIAC accolades in 2024. Madi Bajis was named to the first team while Stephanie Strong, Grace Miller, and Solana Kelly were all second team members. Brianna Cobbs was also listed as an honorable mention. SVSU also had two GLIAC Player of the Week honors with Strong earning Offensive Player of the Week on November 11 and Lainy Garbarz earning Defensive Player of the Week on September 30.
The 2023 season showcased defense and goaltending as the Cardinals posted a six-game shutout streak from September 22 through October 13, going 5-0-1 over that stretch and outscoring opponents 9-0. Four Cardinals were named to All-GLIAC teams with Stephanie Strong and Solana Kelly making the First Team list and Madi Bajis earning Second Team honors. Bajis and Kelly also earned Second Team D2CCA All-Midwest awards.
In Channell's debut season, the team went 11-6-3 and finished third in the GLIAC. Amy Babon and Stephanie Strong highlighted the four All-GLIAC Cardinals with First Team Honors. Babon went on to make the D2CCA All-Midwest Region Second Team list as well.
Channell was a part of the Cardinals during their historic Fall 2021 season, helping an SVSU team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in history and set a new program record 14 wins in a single season. Six Cardinals earned All-GLIAC honors, while four others earned All-Midwest Region honors. Stephanie Strong earned GLIAC Freshman of the Year honors and was named First Team All-GLIAC. She set a single-season program record with 14 goals scored. Olivia Argeros was named the GLIAC Goalkeeper of the Year and First Team All-GLIAC after setting a program single-season record with 13 shutouts. Amy Babon, Casey Rice, and Reegan Kingpavong earned Second Team All-GLIAC, while Zo Schultz was named Honorable Mention All-GLIAC.
Additionally the Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association named Argeros, Strong, and Babon Second Team All-Midwest Region after their stellar season, while the United Soccer Coaches named Strong All-Region First Team and Kingpavong to the Second Team.
During the 2020-21 spring season, Channell helped coach Alyssa Watts to Honorable Mention All-GLIAC and helped lead SVSU to the GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinals.
In 2019, Saginaw Valley posted a 12-7 overall record, sealing a trip to the GLIAC Tournament as the No. 2 seed. The Cardinals advanced to the title match of the tournament. Molly Vanderhoff and Sakura Bals each earned All-GLIAC Second Team honors while Autumn Kloha was named to the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention squad.
Channell helped coach the Cardinals to an overall record of 12-4-4 and 5-2-2 in the GLIAC in the 2018 season. He worked with Molly Vanderhoff who was named to United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-North/Central Region Team, garnered United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American honors, and was selected as All-GLIAC First Team for the second year in a row. Vanderhoff also earned D2CCA All-Midwest Region First Team honors and finished the 2018 season with 65 shots and 26 points good for fifth in the GLIAC.
During the 2018 season, Channell also coached Valentina Giambanco who received D2CCA All-Midwest Regional Second Team and All-GLIAC First Team honors. He also worked with Jennifer Muana and Lindsay Stroebel who earned All-GLIAC Second Team and honorable mentions, respectively.
He transitions over to the coaching side after a great career for the SVSU men's team, ranging from 2011-2015.
Channell earned GLIAC Offensive Player of the Year honors twice during his career, being honored as a sophomore in 2013 and again as a senior in the 2015 campaign.
