The Nance File

Personal

Hometown

Severna, MD

Education

UMBC, 2016 (Bachelor's)

Frostburg State, 2019 (Master's)

Professional

2019-Present

Johns Hopkins University

Assistant Coach

2017-2019

Frostburg State University

Graduate Assistant

2012-Present

Pell's Keeper School

Instructor

Updated: August 29, 2023

Jennifer Nance enters her fourth season and fifth year as a member of the Blue Jay coaching staff.  During her first three seasons with the team, Nance has helped guide the Blue Jays to a 56-5-8 record and the program's first NCAA Championship.

Nance was instrumental in leading Johns Hopkins to a 23-0-2 record and a 21-game season-ending winning streak that culminated with a 2-1 win over Case Western in the 2022 NCAA Championship game.  The Blue Jays reeled off the 21-game run that included six wins in the NCAA Tournament to seal their championship.  Hopkins set a school record by scoring 99 goals during the 2022 season and outscored its six NCAA Tournament opponents 20-3.  Nance, a standout goalkeeper during her playing days, also helped guide a Blue Jay defense that tied the program record with 17 shutouts on the year.

Nance, head coach Dan Weiler and fellow assistant coach Greg Ridout were named the United Soccer Coaches National Coaching Staff of the Year and the Centennial Conference Coaching Staff of the Year after the magical 2022 season.  In addition, three Blue Jays earned All-America honors, one grabbed Academic All-America status and a program-record-tying eight players were named to the All-Centennial Conference Team.

In 2021, Nance and the Blue Jays advanced to the Sweet 16 and posted a 16-2-2 record. Hopkins went a perfect 10-0 during the Centennial Conference regular season and reached as high as #2 in the United Soccer Coaches poll during the 2021 season.

There was no shortage of individual honors in 2021 as a pair of Blue Jays were named United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Americans in Katie Sullivan and Bonnie Shea. Five Blue Jays earned All-Region honors two earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.

In her first season at Hopkins in 2019, the Centennial Conference champion Blue Jays won 17 games with 12 shouts.  Hopkins reached the Elite Eight before falling to William Smith and the Jays were ranked sixth in the final national rankings.

Prior to Hopkins, Nance spent two years as an assistant coach at Frostburg State University while earning her Masters of Higher Education in 2019. In addition to working with the Blue Jays, she has been coaching at Pell's Keeper School, a local training institution specifically for goalkeepers, for the last 11 years.

Nance, a 2012 graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, earned her B.A. in Psychology.  As a goalie at UMBC, she set a school record with nine shutouts in 2014 and served as a team captain.