Lindsey Martin enters her 12th season at the helm of the VCU Women’s soccer program in 2024 after taking the position on May 30, 2013. The Virginia native is the sixth head coach in the 28-year history of the program and has proven to be one of the top young coaches in the nation.

During the 2023 season, Martin became the first coach in program history to win 100 games as VCU's head coach when the Rams took down Richmond, 1-0, on Sept. 14. After the 2023 season, Anna Bagley was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference first team. Bagley also took home A-10 All-Academic team honors as well.

Following the 2022 season, where the Rams finished with an RPI of 65, freshman Kendyl Sarver was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year.

Martin was named the 2021 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year after the Rams won the A-10 regular season championship with a 13-4-0 overall record and a 9-1-0 mark in conference play, VCU's first conference crown since joining the league in 2012. VCU also tied a program record with nine straight wins from Sept. 19-Oct. 21.

The Rams showed improvement right away under Martin, going .500 in her first season and then quickly jumping to a .625 winning percentage in her second season.

VCU has tallied at least seven wins in every season with Martin leading the way, including in 2019 when the Rams posted a 9-6-3 overall record. In 2018, VCU Women's Soccer had its best season in program history. The Rams set a new school record for wins with a 16-4 overall record and a 9-1 record against Atlantic 10 competition en route to a No. 2 seed in the A-10 Tournament and a run to the 2018 conference championship game. 

In the three seasons before that, Martin made positive strides with the program, leading the Rams to at least six conference victories twice and posting an impressive 11-win season in 2017.

Under Martin, the Rams have earned 28 All-Atlantic 10 honors. These honors include 10 First Team, 14 Second Team and four All-Rookie Team honorees. In addition, the program has had eight All-Academic Team member selection sunder Martin’s direction. Lana Golob and Emma Kershner were named the A-10 Defender and Midfielder of the Year, respectively, after a historic 2021 campaign.

Seven players have also appeared on the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State teams while seven more have made United Soccer Coaches All-East Region teams.

The frequency at which the Rams have placed freshmen on the A-10 All-Rookie Team speak to the excellent recruiting Martin and her staff have done over the last six years. Lana Golob, Lyndsey Gutzmer and Megan Dell each made the list under Martin.   

Prior to her arrival at VCU, Martin spent two seasons as the head coach at Georgia Southern, where she guided the Eagles to their first Southern Conference Tournament title and an NCAA appearance.

During her two years in Statesboro, Ga., she accumulated a 17-19-7 record while rebuilding the Eagles from the bottom of the conference prior to her arrival to the program. The Eagles achieved more wins in Martin's first year than they had the previous two years combined. Prior to her time at GSU, she spent four seasons as an assistant at Hofstra, during which the program made two NCAA Tournament appearances and won a CAA Tournament championship and a regular season crown.

In addition to her success on the sidelines, Martin achieved success on the pitch as a player. She was a four-year standout at William & Mary, where she earned All-CAA First Team honors all four years, highlighted by being named the CAA Player of the Year in 2002, CAA Tournament MVP in 2001 and the CAA Rookie of the Year in 2000. She was the first player in conference history to achieve such a feat.

She was also named to the CAA's 25th Anniversary Women's Soccer team. All of her accolades came full circle in April of 2016, as she was inducted into the William & Mary Hall of Fame.

The Virginia native grew up in Chesapeake, VA, where she was a standout at Hickory High School. In June of 2015, she married Adam Martin and they have one daughter and one son.

LINDSEY MARTIN FILE

Hometown: Chesapeake, Va.

College: William & Mary '04

Coaching Record

Hofstra (Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator)

Season

W-L

Conf.

Notes

2007

18-4-0

9-2-0

CAA Tournament Champions

NCAA Tournament Second Round

2008

11-8-3

7-3-1

CAA Championship Game

2009

10-6-3

7-2-2

CAA Championship Game

2010

19-3-0

11-0-0

CAA Regular Season Champions

NCAA Tournament Second Round

HOF Totals

58-21-6

34-7-3

Georgia Southern (Head Coach)

Season

W-L

Conf.

Notes

2011

7-11-2

4-6-1

More wins than the previous two seasons combined

2012

10-8-5

4-6-1

SOCON Tournament Champions

NCAA Tournament First Round

GSU Totals

17-19-7

8-12-2

VCU (Head Coach)

Season

W-L

Conf.

Notes

2013

8-8-3

3-3-2

2014

10-5-5

5-1-2

2015

8-9-3

6-2-2

2016

8-10-1

4-6-0

2017

11-6-3

6-3-2

A-10 Championship Game

2018

16-4-0

9-1-0

Best record in program history

Finished 54th in RPI

2019

9-6-3

3-5-2

2020-21

7-4-2

4-2-1

2021

13-4-0

9-1-0

A-10 Regular Season Champions

A-10 Coach of the Year

Finished 55th in RPI

2022

8-3-8

6-1-3

Finished 65th in RPI

2023

5-9-4

4-4-2

VCU Totals

103-68-32

59-29-16

HC Totals

120-87-39

67-41-18