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Betsy Warren

Head Women's Soccer Coach

bwarren@chatham.edu

412-365-2953

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Warren is entering her 11th season as the head women's soccer coach at Chatham University in 2022. The 3-time PAC Women’s Soccer Coach of the year is the longest serving and winningest coach in Chatham program history.

The Cougars are coming off of a history making 2021 campaign, with a record of 12-6-1, winning their second PAC Championship and earning their first ever NCAA Tournament berth (becoming the first women’s team in Chatham Athletics History to advance to NCAA’s). Coach Warren & Morgan Anderson were named the PAC Coach of the Year and PAC Player of the Year for the second year in a row and Anderson garnered United Soccer Coaches All-Region III Team and Academic All- Region honors.

In 2020-21, Coach Warren led the Cougars to an 8-1-2 season and the program's first-ever PAC Championship title and first women’s PAC Championship in Chatham history. Warren was named the 2020-21 PAC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year and junior Morgan Anderson was named Player of the Year & became the first All-American in program history when she was named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America team. The Cougars earned their highest national ranking at #18 following the season and off of the field the Cougars 3.83 team GPA was the 3rd highest GPA in the country for all United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award winners across all divisions.

During her time at Chatham, Warren has overseen a complete overhaul of the Women’s Soccer Program. Since transitioning from Chatham College for Women, to fully coed Chatham University, the Cougar Women’s Soccer program has amassed a record of 69-40-10 (62.18% winning percentage) and developed into one of the top programs in the Presidents Athletic Conference.

The Cougars have finished in the top 4 of the PAC for 6 straight years, appeared in 6 straight PAC Semifinals (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and have appeared in the PAC Championship for 3 straight years (2021 -2019). Off of the field the program has received 10 straight United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards.

In addition to the team success, the program has seen some impressive individual awards and player accolades along the way.

3 x PAC Women’s Soccer Coach of the year (2016, 2020, 2021)

ECAC Division III South Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year (2016)

2 x PAC Player of the Year (2020, 2021) 

1 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American

12 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Players

25 ALL- PAC team Conference Selections

91 PAC Fall Academic Honor Roll Recipients (3.6 GPA or higher)

                  2021 - 18 Student Athletes

                  2020-21 - 22 Student Athletes

                  2019 - 14  Student Athletes

                  2018 - 17  Student Athletes 

                  2017 - 16 Student Athletes

                  2016 - 14 Student Athletes

                  2015 - 12 Student Athletes

In addition to her Head Coaching role at Chatham, Warren is part of the Chatham Title IX Team, Chatham Green Dot Team  (bystander intervention program), serves on the United Soccer Coaches National Rankings Committe as the Region IIV Chair, and is the PAC Women’s Soccer Representative for both the United Soccer Coaches Regional Rankings & NCAA Regional Rankings committees.   

Coach Warren’s college coaching resume includes stints at three other institutions, most recently serving as the Head Coach at Pitt-Greensburg from 2011-2012. Prior to Pitt-Greensburg, Warren spent two years (2007-2009) as the Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach, Assistant Track & Field Coach and SAAC Advisor at Carnegie Mellon University. While at CMU, the Tartans advanced to the ECAC Tournament and garnered some impressive individual player accolades including one All-American, two All-Region Players, and one UAA Rookie of the Year.  

Warren started her college coaching career as the Assistant Men’s & Women’s Soccer Coach at Ashland University (2004-2007).  During her time with the Eagles, the women’s soccer program was ranked as high as seventh in the nation, won a GLIAC Conference Championship, made an NCAA Division II Elite Eight Tournament appearance and accumulated a 38-15-4 record. Warren was part of a coaching staff at Ashland that produced two All-Americans, the 2004 GLIAC Offensive Player of the Year, the 2004 GLIAC Defensive Player of the Year and five First-Team All-GLIAC Players.

Coach Warren has 20 years of experience in youth soccer and is currently the Director of the PA West Girls Olympic Development Program and was recognized as the 2019 PA West Girls Olympic Development Coach of the Year. Warren holds both an NSCAA National Diploma and National “C” License and has been a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America since 2005.  

As a student-athlete, the Northern Virginia native was a standout soccer player at Division I Radford University in Radford, Va. Named team captain her senior season, Warren helped her squad to an overall record of 46-28-6, which included both Big South regular season and conference tournament titles as well as an NCAA Division I tournament appearance.

Warren earned her Bachelor of Social Science degree with minors in Anthropology and History from Radford University in 2002 and a Master of Education degree in Sports Education and Administration from Ashland University in 2006.

The Warren File

Year

Record

PAC Record

Winning Percentage

2012

2-13

0-9

.133

2013

1-15-1

0-8-1

.088

2014

3-15

0-9

.167

2015

8-8

2-7

.500

2016

11-6-2

6-3

.632

2017

11-6-1

5-3-1

.639

2018

11-6

5-3

.647

2019

8-7-4

4-2-2

.526

2020-21*

8-1-2

7-1-1

.818

2021*

12-6-1

7-2

.658

Total

75-83-11

36-47-5

.476

*PAC Champions

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