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Forbes is in her fourth season as a UIC women's soccer assistant coach after she joined the Flames' staff in February 2014 before the first season of competition.

Serving as the goalkeepers coach, Forbes has coached two-time Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year Kelly Fritz, who has also placed on the All-Horizon League First Team twice. In four seasons, UIC has taken its goals-against-average from 2.23 in 2014 to a program-best 1.59 in 2017 while it has secured 18 total shutouts.

The Flames made it to the postseason for the first time in program history in 2017 with its 5-4-0 conference record for a fifth-place finish. In the years prior, the team narrowly missed the Horizon League Tournament with its 6-10-2 record in 2016 after it went 5-12-2 in 2015 with an improvement from its 2014 record of 3-15-0.

Forbes came to UIC following a decorated four year-career at fellow Horizon League school Milwaukee. She started three years in goal for the Panthers and concluded her career ranking second in all-time minutes played, wins and shutouts. Her 27 career shutouts also rank second in Horizon League history. In 2011, Forbes was named the league's Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year. During her time in Milwaukee, Forbes participated in four NCAA tournaments, winning the Horizon League regular season all four seasons.

Since 2005, Forbes has been working with numerous youth academies and soccer clubs, including Northwestern Girls Soccer Academy, Milwaukee Soccer Academy, Eclipse Select Soccer and UIC Women's Soccer Camp. She holds NSCAA Goalkeeping Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Advanced National Goalkeeper Diplomas as well as a USSF D License.

The St. Charles, Ill., native earned her Bachelor's degree from UWM in Information Science and Technology in December of 2013.