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PLU names new women’s soccer head coach
April 25, 2007
Tacoma native Lynnette Buffington has been named the new head coach of the women’s soccer team.
“We are pleased to have Lynnette join our athletic program,” said Laurie Turner, director of athletics. “She has proven winning experience as a women's soccer coach at the collegiate level and also brings excellent administrative skills to PLU.”
Along with coaching, Buffington will give administrative oversight of the school’s women’s and men’s soccer programs. She will also assume other duties within the PLU athletic department.
Buffington brings four years of college coaching experience at the NCAA Division III level to PLU. From 2003-06, she served as women’s soccer head coach at Villa Julie College in Baltimore, Md. During her four years there, she improved the winning percentage of the program from .139 to .714, as well as winning two conference championships and leading her 2006 team to the round of 32 in the NCAA Division III national tournament.
Prior to coaching at Villa Julie, Buffington was the women’s soccer head coach at Tacoma Community College, where she compiled a 35-5-4 overall record from 1999-2001. She led the Titans to two Southwest Division championships and three NWAACC tournament appearances, taking two of the teams to the quarterfinals and one to the semifinals.
Buffington, who graduated from Tacoma’s Stadium High School in 1992 and from Gonzaga University in 1996, is the fourth coach in the program’s history. She replaces Jerrod Fleury, who stepped down this past fall after compiling a 47-43-7 record from 2002-06.
Women’s soccer started at PLU in 1981 under the guidance of head coach Colleen Hacker. She led the program to three NAIA national championships in (1988, 1989, 1991) in five title-game appearances. Sue Shinafelt-Waters served as head coach from 1996-2001.
To learn more about the women’s soccer team, click here.
Along with coaching, Buffington will give administrative oversight of the school’s women’s and men’s soccer programs. She will also assume other duties within the PLU athletic department.
Buffington brings four years of college coaching experience at the NCAA Division III level to PLU. From 2003-06, she served as women’s soccer head coach at Villa Julie College in Baltimore, Md. During her four years there, she improved the winning percentage of the program from .139 to .714, as well as winning two conference championships and leading her 2006 team to the round of 32 in the NCAA Division III national tournament.
Prior to coaching at Villa Julie, Buffington was the women’s soccer head coach at Tacoma Community College, where she compiled a 35-5-4 overall record from 1999-2001. She led the Titans to two Southwest Division championships and three NWAACC tournament appearances, taking two of the teams to the quarterfinals and one to the semifinals.
Buffington, who graduated from Tacoma’s Stadium High School in 1992 and from Gonzaga University in 1996, is the fourth coach in the program’s history. She replaces Jerrod Fleury, who stepped down this past fall after compiling a 47-43-7 record from 2002-06.
Women’s soccer started at PLU in 1981 under the guidance of head coach Colleen Hacker. She led the program to three NAIA national championships in (1988, 1989, 1991) in five title-game appearances. Sue Shinafelt-Waters served as head coach from 1996-2001.
To learn more about the women’s soccer team, click here.