Vanessa Mann enters her third season as an assistant coach with the Tribe women's soccer program. She has previously had coaching stops at Oklahoma and Nevada.
The Tribe won 10 games on its way to its NCAA record 36th consecutive winning season in 2016. W&M advanced to the league's semifinals for the sixth consecutive season, dating back to 2011. Mann helped guide six players to eight All-CAA awards in her second season, including CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year senior Clara Logsdon as well as first-team selection junior Rachel Moore.
In just her first season in Williamsburg, helped the Tribe return to national prominence and a return to the NCAA College Cup. W&M won 14 games overall and returned to the NSCAA Top 25. In CAA play the Tribe recorded a 7-1-1 record on its way to a share of the league regular season title and a berth in the CAA Championship match. That was enough to secure the Green and Gold an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the second round with a penalty kick victory over Central Florida. Mann helped guide nine players to 11 different CAA honors, including Defensive Player of the Year Caroline Casey as well as first team selections Nicole Baxter and Clara Logsdon. Casey, who was a draft pick of the NWSL’s Sky Blue FC, also earned NSCAA First-Team All-America honors.
Mann spent the 2014 season at Oklahoma where she helped the Sooners to a 10 win season and a berth in the Big 12 Championship match. Under her guidance, a pair of Sooner players received all conference honors. Aside from her on the field assistants, Mann also was in charge of statistically analysis from training sessions and matches.
Prior to her time at Oklahoma, she spent a season as the volunteer assistant at her alma mater, Nevada. There she assisted with the day-to-day running of the program and the development of team training sessions of both goalkeepers and field players.
Aside from her college coaching experience, Mann has also honed her coaching experience on the club level. She was a founding member, and served as the director of coaching with the Legacy Football Club in Sparks, Nevada since 2011. She also has experience with Oklahoma and Nevada Youth Soccer Association, and the Olympic Development Program (ODP) in Oklahoma. On the youth circuit, Mann has been a coach for the Nevada Elite Football Club (2008-10), Coerver Caching (2001-07), and the Illawarra Stingrays (2005-07).
Mann also has impressive credentials in terms of coaching accreditation. In February of 2015 she earned her USSF “A” License, National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Diploma, NSCAA Goalkeeping Level 2, NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma, and Coerver Coaching Youth Diploma. Mann is also a USSF “E” and “D” Licensed Coaching Instructor working in the states of Nevada and Oklahoma.
Originally from New South Wales, Australia, Mann played her college soccer at Nevada from 2007-10. She graduated from Nevada with her degree in health ecology in 2011.
