Adding her services to the women's soccer staff is Shannon Colligan. After serving as the Volunteer Director of Operations and Alumni & Community Outreach Liaison, Colligan was promoted to assistant coach in the spring of 2023.
In 2024, the Rams posted a 10-5-4 record and a top four finish in the conference, allowing the Rams to host their first home playoff game in over two decades. It was Fordham’s best finish in the conference standings since 2009. As a team, the Rams finished 2024 with 37 team assists, which ranked as the second-best mark in team history, while having 36 goals (5th) and 109 points (3rd). The 2025 season saw the Rams advance to the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinals for the first time since 2015. Individually, Fordham had three All-Atlantic 10 selections, one All-Rookie Team pick, and two All-East Region honorees.
Colligan is very familiar with Coach Nilerud, having played soccer for him at the University of Bridgeport, as well as lacrosse. Her senior season, she helped the soccer team make it to the NCAA Elite Eight, was named to the All-East Region First Team, and was selected to the All-East Region All-Star Team. Prior to Bridgeport, she played soccer at North Carolina State and Richmond, playing both soccer and lacrosse for the Spiders. In her junior soccer season, she finished tenth in the NCAA Division I for assists, which put her second in the Richmond Spiders' record book.
Since Bridgeport, Colligan played professional soccer in Sweden for Sandviken Dam FC in 2019, while also working for BlueStreak Sports Training for seven years, specializing in speed, strength, agility training and trained skill development for lacrosse and soccer players. She also served as the Assistant Girls Soccer Coach at New Canaan High School and the Assistant Girls Lacrosse Coach at Greenwich High School.
She graduated with her degree in Psychology from the University of Bridgeport in 2018.
