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Lizzy Johnson is in here first year as Recruiting & Video Coordinator. She was hired in March 2023.

She was previously an assistnat at Colgate. In her first season with the Raiders, Johnson helped guide Colgate to its first Patriot League championship appearance since 2014. The Raiders capped the regular season with back-to-back shutouts to extend their Patriot League record of consecutive postseason appearances to 13. From there, the Raiders knocked off Boston University 1-0 in double-overtime and hosted the championship game for the first time since 2012.

Under Johnson’s guidance, Colgate landed one All-Patriot League First Team honoree, four Second Team selections, and two Third Team members. The Raiders finished the 2020-21 season 4-3-2 overall with a 3-3-1 conference mark.

Johnson came to Colgate after three seasons in the assistant post at Pennsylvania. She helped lead the Quakers to one of their best seasons in program history in 2018, which included their first Ivy League title since 2010 behind a 13-2-1 overall record and 5-1-1 conference mark.

Pennsylvania during Johnson’s tenure compiled 26 wins and 10 conference triumphs with two winning seasons. Johnson helped guide 13 All-Ivy student-athletes, including a Defensive Player of the Year in 2018 and six first team selections.

During the 2018 season, Pennsylvania boasted one of the top defensive teams in the country. The Quakers led the nation in goals-against average, save percentage, and shutout percentage. Johnson helped guide Pennsylvania to 12 shutouts while allowing just five goals all season.

The 13 wins are the second-highest total in program history and the two losses were the second fewest in a season. Pennsylvania entered the season finale at 13-1-1 and 5-0-1, the best records in school history to that point all-time.

Johnson prior to her assistant post at Pennsylvania spent six years coaching youth soccer in Northern California. She served as the San Bruno Lowen Soccer Club U16 Girls head coach in San Bruno, leading the team to a second-place finish in the NorCal State Premier division in the fall of 2016 – earning the team a promotion to the NorCal State Championship division for spring 2017.

Prior to her time in San Bruno, Johnson was the Girls Director of Coaching for the San Mateo County Football Club – in addition to head coaching duties of the U17, U16 and U14 Girls National Premier League teams – during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. As head coach of all three SMC clubs, each team was promoted to the next level of the National Premier League after just one season and oversaw two of her players lead all NPL divisions in goals scored in the fall of 2015.

She got her start in coaching in Tallahassee, Fla. as the Tallahassee United Football Club ‘94/’95 Girls head coach, as well as working with Warner Soccer as a player development coach from 2007-10. While in the Sunshine State, she served as a coach with Florida ODP where she scouted, evaluated and selected players for Florida state ODP teams. Johnson was also the assistant coach at the 2009 Region III Camp.

Johnson was a four-year letterwinner at Vanderbilt. Following her sophomore season, Johnson changed positions from midfield to forward and produced on the front line immediately – scoring in each of her first three starts. Johnson played in 32 of 33 games over her final two seasons in Music City. She was twice named to the SEC Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (2000, 2001).

Johnson earned a Bachelor’s of Engineering with a minor in mathematics from Vanderbilt in 2003. She earned her United States Soccer Federation (USSF) ‘A’ License in 2014, as well a NSCAA Regional Goalkeeping Diploma.