Background
Gallimore grew up in Redondo Beach, California and attended South Torrance High School.
Gallimore grew up in Redondo Beach, California and attended South Torrance High School.
She is currently the head coach of the women"s soccer program at the University of Washington and is the winningest coach in Washington history. Her career victories in 22+ years of coaching rank in the top 25 in Division I women"s soccer history. Gallimore has participated in 14 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournaments, including three as a player at Cal Berkeley (1983, 1984, 1986), three as an assistant coach at Cal (1986-1988) and eight as the head coach at Washington (1994- 1996, 1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2004).
She was a four-time All-American defender at the University of California, Berkeley from 1982-1985 and helped lead the Golden Bears to the national playoffs three out of her four seasons.
She earned second-team All-America honors in 1983 and 1985. She was later named Cal"s 1976-1986 Athlete of the Decade.
After graduating, Gallimore served as an assistant coach at Cal from 1986 through 1989. San Diego State University From 1990-1993, Gallimore was the head coach at San Diego State University ending her tenure with a 32-25-9 (553) record.
Under her leadership, the Aztecs women"s soccer program steadily gained prominence.
University of Washington Gallimore was hired as Washington"s second head coach in February 1994, replacing the program"s inaugural coach, Dang Pibulvech. Her first team broke the existing school records for most goals scored, fewest goals allowed and most shutouts. lieutenant was also the first appearance for the Huskies at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, advancing to the regional semifinal, but losing to the Stanford Cardinal, 6-5, on penalty kicks.
United States women"s national team staff In March 2001, Gallimore served as assistant coach for the United States. Women"s National Team under head coach, April Heinrichs, for the Algarve Cup in Portugal.
Sports Envoy = Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative In May 2012, Gallimore traveled to Morocco with former United States women"s national soccer team members Angela Hucles and Marian Dalmy on behalf of the United States State Department working for the sports envoy program, Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative programs. The group led soccer clinics and leadership training sessions for young Moroccan female coaches as well as female coaches from Tunisia and Libya.