Tracey Leone Named Head Women's Soccer Coach at Northeastern
Pictured: Tracey Leone
Photo courtesy: David Silverman Photography
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Former Harvard assistant
coach Tracey Leone has been named the head women's soccer coach at
Northeastern, it was announced Tuesday.
Leone spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at
Harvard, working with her husband and Crimson head coach, Ray
Leone. During her stint with the Crimson, Leone helped Harvard win
two Ivy League championships in 2008 and 2009, reaching the NCAA
tournament in both seasons. While Leone was in Cambridge,
Harvard posted a 29-16-7 overall record.
A three-time NCAA champion during her playing career at North
Carolina, Leone has spent 13 seasons coaching with her husband at
multiple institutions. She was an assistant coach for Ray at
Arizona State from 2005-06 and at Creighton from 1991-92. Leone
left Creighton in 1993 to start Clemson’s women’s
soccer program as head coach, and Ray joined her as assistant coach
a year later.
Leone went on to lead Clemson to six consecutive NCAA Tournament
appearances, including trips to the quarterfinals in 1997 and 1999.
In total, she was 89-39-4 at Clemson, including four NCAA
Tournament victories.
Between collegiate coaching positions, Leone brought her expertise
to the international level, serving as the head coach for the
United States Soccer Federation Under-19 women’s national
team from 2000-03. In that capacity, she won a world championship
in 2002, and then served as an assistant coach to the U.S.
women’s soccer national team during the 2004 Olympics in
Athens, Greece, winning a gold medal.
A four-year letterwinner as a midfielder at North Carolina, Leone
helped lead the Tar Heels to national championships in 1986,
‘87 and ‘89 with a runner-up finish in 1985. She was
also a three-time NSCAA All-America honoree.
