Head Women’s Soccer Coach at Lewis & Clark (2010-present, 2023: 14th season) 

Career Record: 354-198-64 (62.6 %)

Career Conference Record: 223-133-44 (61.3%) 

Record at L&C: 82-128-36 (40.7%) 

NWC Record at L&C: 61-105-26 (38.5%) 

L&C Resume 

Enters the 2023 season 12th among active DIII women's soccer coaches with 354 wins 

Most wins and conference wins in program history 

Led team to most conference wins (9-5-2) in program history in 2021

Led team to first three double-digit wins seasons (2013, 2015 and 2021) since return to varsity level

Coached one All-Region honoree 

Coached one NWC Rookie of the Year

Coached four First Team All-Conference honorees

Coached 24 All-Conference players 

Head Coach at Willamette University (1993-2007, NCAA DIII)

Record at Willamette: 237-53-23 (79.7%), Conference record: 151-27-15 (82.1%) 

3x NWC Coach of the Year: 1993, 1994 and 1997 

Nine-time NWC Conference Champions: 1993-1999, 2001-2002

Led the Bearcats to the NAIA Final Four in 1998 and 2001 

Inducted into the Willamette Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009 

Head Coach at University of Portland (1986-88, NCAA DI) 

Record at U. of Portland: 35-17-5 (65.8%), Conference record: 11-1-3 (83.3%) 

Led team to first-place finishes in the NCSC in the program’s first two years at the DI level

Two-time Conference Coach of the Year 

Played at U of Portland (1977-80, NAIA) 

Owns the career program record for: most points (167) and goals (66) and sits second in assists (35) 

Owns the single-season program record for: points (64 in 1977), goals (26 in 1977) and shots (151 in 1977) 

Owns the single-game program record for: goals (5 vs Willamette 1978), assists (4 vs Willamette 1978) and points (14 vs Willamette 1978) 

Led the team in goals and points in three of his four seasons  

Inducted into the U. of Portland Hall of Fame in 1995 

Jim Tursi enters his 14th season as the head women’s soccer coach at Lewis & Clark College in the fall of 2023. In October of 2021, Tursi was also named head men’s soccer coach. The men’s soccer program debuted in the fall of 2022. 

Tursi took over a fledgling Pioneers program in 2010 that had only returned to the varsity level in 2004. After the program posted six losing seasons in their return, Tursi needed just four years to record the program’s first winning season (2013) since 1985. The Pioneers finished the 2013 season 10-9-1 and have posted winning seasons in five of the last 10 years. He stands as the program leader in both overall wins (82) and conference wins (63) and is the longest-tenured coach in program history. 

Women’s soccer set the single-season record for conference wins in 2019 (8-6-2), only to reset that record in their next full season. The 2021 team went 9-5-2 to post their second-straight fourth-place finish in the Northwest Conference. The 2021 team went 11-6-3 to match the 2015 team’s win total (11-8-1) for most wins since the program restarted in 2004. Overall, Tursi has led the Pioneers to four top-four finishes in the NWC (2012-13, 2019, 2021). 

During the 2022 season, Tursi coached the program’s first-ever NWC Rookie of the Year (Megan Yanagi) and the program’s first All-Region selection (Brecklyn Beighle) since their return to varsity status. Lewis & Clark set single-season program records for ties (eight) and conference ties (seven), including a tie against NWC Champion Pacific Lutheran University on Senior Day.

Season

Overall

Conference

2010

3-13-4

1-13-2

2011

3-15-2

2-13-1

2012

7-9-3

7-6-3

2013

10-9-1

7-8-1

2014

9-8-3

7-7-2

2015

11-8-1

7-8-1

2016

6-12-2

5-9-2

2017

3-14-3

2-12-2

2018

4-14-2

2-13-1

2019

9-8-3

8-6-2

2020

2-5-1

2021

11-6-3

9-5-2

2022

4-7-8

4-5-7

Totals (13 Seasons)

82-128-36

61-105-26