Gaby Alfaro joined the women’s soccer staff as an assistant coach in June of 2023. Alfaro joined the Terriers after two seasons as an assistant at Nova Southeastern University.
In the 2023 season, the team was 5-11-4 overall and were 2-5-2 in the Southern Conference. The league schedule was highlighted by wins over UNC Greensboro and VMI, along with ties against The Citadel and Furman. In the opening round of the SoCon Tournament, the Terriers picked up a 2-1 win over VMI before falling to #1 seed Western Carolina. Ines Obradovac was named second team All-Southern Conference following the season.
Alfaro spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Division II Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida. In her two years as an assistant, the Sharks posted back-to-back winning records and made an NCAA Tournament appearance in the 2022 campaign. In that 2022 season, the Sharks outscored their opponents 30-13, allowing less than one goal per game (0.81).
Outside of the college ranks, Alfaro has been heavily involved as a coach in the club and academy scenes. She served as a girls academy coach for Florida United Soccer Club in 2022. For six years since 2017, Alfaro has served as the lead coach of the GVA Soccer Training Academy in Davie, Florida. She served in her club and academy coaching capacities whilst she was still a full-time student-athlete.
Before joining the NSU coaching staff, Alfaro spent three seasons playing as a defender for the Sharks. A team captain, Alfaro logged over 3,600 minutes of playing time between the 2016-18 seasons, scoring two goals and notching two assists. She helped her squad post double-digit wins in each of her three seasons, including 13 victories in her final season in 2018. The Sharks made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament during all three of her seasons, and she helped lift her team the 2017 Sunshine State Conference Regular-Season Championship, the program’s first. She earned recognition on the 2018 Fall SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Alfaro also competed internationally for her country, representing Costa Rica as a captain for both the U17 and U20 National Teams.
In 2024, she began working as a USA Youth National Team Talent ID Scout.
A native of San Jose, Costa Rica, Alfaro graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in finance and business administration in May of 2017. She added a Master of Business Administration in Human Resources from NSU in May of 2019.
