[4] Gallimore grew up in Redondo Beach, California and attended South Torrance High School.

[5] Gallimore was a four-time All-American defender at the University of California, Berkeley from 1982–1985 and helped lead the Golden Bears to the national playoffs three out of her four seasons.

[5][7] From 1990–1993, Gallimore was the head coach at San Diego State University ending her tenure with a 32–25–9 (.553) record.

While at SDSU she also won the National Amateur tournament as a player and captained the West to the Olympic Festival gold medal in 1993.

It was also the first appearance for the Huskies at the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the regional semifinal, but losing to the Stanford Cardinal, 6–5, on penalty kicks.

[5] In March 2001, Gallimore served as assistant coach to April Heinrichs for the U.S. Women's National Team at the Algarve Cup in Portugal.