Virginia Commonwealth University

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1200 W. Broad St / PO Box 843013 Richmond, VA 232843013

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Lindsey Martin

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.

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Marty Beall

Marty Beall joined the VCU women’s soccer staff in July 2023, and will enter his second season with the staff in 2024, after spending the previous five seasons as the women’s soccer head coach at Richmond. While at Richmond Beall compiled a record of 20-50-9 and he brings over two decades of coaching experience to the Rams.

Beall was just the second head coach in Richmond’s history when he was hired ahead of the 2017 season.

In the fall of 2021, Beall coached the Spiders to their first Atlantic 10 Tournament appearance in seven years and Richmond finished the season with the program's most conference wins since 2011. Beall helped the Spiders to a turnaround season in 2019 with a 7-9-2 record, which was a five-win improvement from the previous season.

Beall coached Redshirt junior Alyssa Walker a Atlantic 10 Second Team All-Conference selection and he helped the Spider offense score 25 goals in the 2019 season more than doubling their output (14 more goals) from 2018.

In 2019 The Spiders finished with a 4-6 A-10 record, their best mark since 2016 and picked up three shutouts and junior TJ Anderson was rewarded with a 2019 All-Academic team selection, becoming the first Spider to be honored in six seasons.

Beall spent nine seasons as the head coach at High Point. During his tenure at HPU, he led the Panthers to 95 wins and he holds the HPU all-time program records for overall wins and conference wins and is a two-time Big South Coach of the Year selection.

While at High Point, he led the Panthers to four regular season championships – including back and saw forty-four players earn All-Big South honors including 22 first-team selections.

Beall came to HPU after coaching for 10 seasons at Francis Marion, including six seasons as the head coach. While at FMU, Beall helped transition the Patriot program from the Division II level to Division I.

Under his tutelage four players at Francis Marion developed into National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Region performers including a pair of first-team selections. Beall’s pupils also garnered NSCAA/adidas All-America and Division I All-Independent team accolades. Prior to becoming the Patriots’ head coach in 2003, Beall served four seasons at FMU as an assistant coach

Before joining the Francis Marion program, Beall spent two seasons (1997-98) as the women’s assistant coach at the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore, Md. In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Beall has also coached at the youth league, high school and club level, serving as the Director of Coaching for the Florence Soccer Association and the Assistant Director of Coaching for Piedmont Triad FC. He was also the head coach of the South Carolina and North Carolina girls ODP staff for 14 years.

A two-year player at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Beall served as captain of the 1994 squad. He also played one season for the nationally-ranked Montgomery (Junior) College in Rockville, Md.

He holds a USSF “B” license and a Masters Diploma from the NSCAA, recognized as the organization’s top coaching course.

A native of Damascus, Md., Beall earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Francis Marion in 2003.