Coaching Staff

Lady Knights Varsity Head Coach

TERRY QUIGLEY

He grew up in St. Louis Mo. He was the Lexington Catholic boys' soccer team's head coach in 1985 and 1986. This the 32nd year as head coach of the girls' soccer team. He is married to Kathleen McNeese Quigley a Lexington Catholic graduate. They have 2 children, a son Sean and a daughter Caroline who both are graduates of Lexington Catholic. He also has a Golden Retriever named Molly who has yet to start school.

Girls Assistant Varsity Coach

Megan Skinner

Megan starts her 5th year with the Lady Knights team. Megan’s coaching experience began in 1995 coaching 10 years with the University of Nebraska and she has been the Girls’ Director of Coaching and Player Development for two different youth soccer clubs in Nebraska and Kentucky. Megan currently coaches club with the Lexington Futbol Club (LFC) serving as the Girls Academy Director and U18 coach. Megan holds a USSF A coaching license and has also previously coached on the ODP Region II staff. During her playing days, Megan was a four-year started for the University of Creighton, Captain, and 1994 MVP (senior year). Megan is married to UK Volleyball Coach Craig Skinner and has three children, Sophie (18), Izzy (16), and Eli (13).

Katie Branch

Katie returns for her 5th year as an assistant coach. Katie is an alumna of Lexington Catholic, where she was a four year Varsity starter. She was named second-team All-State her junior year and first-team All-State her senior year. She was a member of the 2001 State Runner-up team and the 2002 State Championship team, where she had an assist and scored the winning goal. Katie played two years at Miami of Ohio before graduating from the University of Kentucky.

During her soccer career, Katie was a member of the Kentucky Olympic Development Program and played for both the Kentucky Kickers Soccer Club and Lexington Football Club.

Katie has gone on to attain two Masters Degrees in Education and is beginning her 13th year as an elementary school teacher. She is also the mother of a eight year old son, Charley.

Javier Garcia-Penya

Girls Junior Varsity Head Coach

A native of Torrellas, (Zaragoza) Spain, Coach Garcia-Penya is beginning his

ninetieth year with the Lexington Catholic program and his 38th year coaching

high school soccer in Lexington. Coach Garcia-Penya (“G-P”) served as assistant

head coach and JV head coach for the boys’ soccer program at Tates Creek High

School where he was part of the 1985 and 1988 State Championship teams. He

initiated the girls’ soccer program at Tates Creek in 1985 and served as their head

coach until 2001. Coach G-P compiled a record of 205-104-15 and his 1995 team

made it to the State Finals.

At LCHS, Coach G-P is honored and blessed to work with the girls’ JV squad.

He is married to Christine Timko, a world language teacher at LCHS and they have

two children, Jordi and Amaya. G-P is staring his eighth year as faculty at LCHS in

the World Languages department.