USF's Schilte-Brown to Lead New Tampa Bay USL Super League Team
TAMPA ( www.sportsdayjax.com ) – Longtime University of South Florida women’s soccer head coach Denise Schilte-Brown, a winner of six American Athletic Conference titles, has been selected as the first head coach of the new Super League Tampa Bay team that will begin play in August of 2024. Brown will complete her 17 th season leading the highly successful USF women’s soccer program this fall before assuming her new position following the completion of the Bulls’ 2023 campaign, which gets underway with an Aug. 5 exhibition match vs. Jacksonville. Super League Tampa Bay will be the Bay Area’s highest-level women’s professional sports franchise and be part of a 10 to 12 team league in the first season of the USL Super League. The USL is headquartered in Tampa and also oversees the men’s professional league, which includes the Tampa Bay Rowdies. “We are saddened by Denise’s departure from the USF program, but also excited for her tremendous opportunity to c...