Michele is entering her fourth year of coaching Women’s Professional Football. She started with the St. Louis Slam (NWFA) as an assistant coach in the 2003 and 2004 seasons. A job transfer brought her to the KC area where she finished the 2004 season as an assistant coach with the KC Krunch (NWFA).

She has been a successful head coach/manager and player for women’s competitive sports in the St Louis area for many years. Michele played competivly with the US Air Force softball team . Played women’s travel tournament softball (USSSA) and ASA for approximately 25 years. Served on the youth FAKL advisory board and coached select competitive softball, basketball, and soccer for girls in the St. Louis community for over 20 years. Earned A.S.A. coaching credentials and was a certified fast-pitch pitching and batting instructor for over 15 years for a sports clinic out of St Louis.

Coming from a family of coaches, her father coached successfully, her grandfather Eddie Hickey was inducted into the Sports Hall Of Fame as head coach for St.Louis U Billikens college basketball. Michele feels the desire to teach competively and have a winning record that was bred into her. She also believes it's an honor to coach in a sport that women are breaking ground into and would love to coach a team to a National championship. She lives to see the day when women get recognized and payed for the talents they have as athletes like men in their same sports.