BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Portland Thorns Women backroom staff

We hold the names of 11 people on Portland Thorns Women's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Robert Vilahamn manages the first team. Portland Thorns Women's is the 8th longest staff list of the 14 NWSL clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED11

COACHING3

MEDICAL2

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS2

NATIONALITIES4

MEDIAN AGE45

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 3 people

Portland Thorns Women coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY
Robert Vilahamn	Manager	First team	42	Sweden
Sarah Lowdon	Coach	First team	34	-
Vytautas Andriuškevičius	Coach	First team	34	Lithuania

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 2 people

Portland Thorns Women medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Eric Marchek	Chief doctor	55	United States
Kelly Strasser	Head physio	44	-

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 2 people

Portland Thorns Women scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY
Mark Carr	Chief scout	Club-wide	50	United States
Nico Ruiz	Performance analyst	First team	31	United States

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person

Portland Thorns Women football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Mike Norris	Technical director	45	England

Owners and directors

Who owns Portland Thorns Women and sits on its board

Portland Thorns Women owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Alex Bathal	Owner	50	United States
Lisa Bhathal Merage	Chair	50	-
Jeff Agoos	Director	57	United States

Backroom staff at every NWSL club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

Gotham FC Women 20 Bay FC Women 15 Houston Dash Women 15 Angel City FC Women 14 Chicago Stars FC Women 14 KC Current Women 12 Washington Spirit Women 12 Portland Thorns Women 11 San Diego Wave FC Women 10 Utah Royals Women 10

Orlando Pride Women 9

Seattle Reign FC Women 8

NC Courage Women 6

Racing Louisville FC Women 4

Portland Thorns Women's list is the 8th longest of the 14, against a median of 12 across the division. Gotham FC Women names the most, 20. Racing Louisville FC Women names the fewest, 4.

Portland Thorns Women against the NWSL, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

Portland Thorns Women staff by department against the NWSL average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	PORTLAND THORNS WOMEN	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	3	5	8	Gotham FC Women
Medical and sports science	2	2	5	Houston Dash Women
Scouting and analysis	2	2	5	Bay FC Women
Football management	1	0	1	Gotham FC Women
Owners and directors	3	3	5	Angel City FC Women

Backrooms the size of Portland Thorns Women's, in every league

Portland Thorns Women's 11 names make the joint 781st longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 781st to 801st, with Portland Thorns Women among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
781	AS Saint-Étienne Women	Division 1 Féminine	11
781	Bayer 04 Leverkusen Women	Frauen-Bundesliga	11
781	Cartagena	-	11
781	Crawley Town	League Two	11
781	Forge Football Club	Canadian Premier League	11
781	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Scottish Championship	11
781	Logroñés	-	11
781	Melbourne City FC	A-League	11
781	MKE Ankaragücü	-	11
781	Odisha	Indian Super League	11
781	Portland Thorns Women	NWSL	11
781	RC Lens Women	Division 1 Féminine	11
781	SV Sandhausen	-	11
781	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Women	Frauen-Bundesliga	11
781	Uthai Thani FC	Thai League	11
781	Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club	A-League	11
801	Aldershot Town	National League	10
801	Alhama Women	Liga F	10
801	Football Club Fleury 91 Coeur d'Essonne Women	Division 1 Féminine	10
801	Fuenlabrada	-	10
801	Jamshedpur	Indian Super League	10
801	Levante Women	Liga F	10
801	Montpellier HSC Féminines	Division 1 Féminine	10
801	PAS Giannina	-	10
801	Pattani FC	Thai League	10
801	Punjab FC	Indian Super League	10
801	RB Leipzig Women	Frauen-Bundesliga	10
801	Real Sociedad Women	Liga F	10
801	San Diego Wave FC Women	NWSL	10
801	Tamworth	National League	10
801	Utah Royals Women	NWSL	10

Where Portland Thorns Women's staff come from

4 nationalities across the 8 staff whose nationality we hold

United States 5

England 1

Lithuania 1

Sweden 1

United States supplies 5 of the 8, 63%. The median age is 45. The oldest is Jeff Agoos, director, at 57, and the youngest Nico Ruiz, performance analyst, at 31.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Portland Thorns Women's manager?

Robert Vilahamn is the Portland Thorns Women first-team manager, aged 42.

Who is Portland Thorns Women's head physio?

Kelly Strasser is head physio at Portland Thorns Women.

Who is Portland Thorns Women's chief scout?

Mark Carr is chief scout at Portland Thorns Women.

Who is Portland Thorns Women's technical director?

Mike Norris is technical director at Portland Thorns Women.

How many backroom staff do Portland Thorns Women have?

We hold the names of 11 people on Portland Thorns Women's staff for 2025/26: 3 in coaching, 2 in medical and sports science, 2 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 3 owners and directors. That is the 8th longest list of the 14 NWSL clubs we hold, against a median of 12. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 781st longest of 815.

Where to next

For what Portland Thorns Women pays its squad, see Portland Thorns Women player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Robert Vilahamn. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on NWSL wages.