Amherst College Women's Soccer

2025 marked Jen Hughes' 21st season at the helm of the Amherst College women's soccer program, which has become one of the premier teams in NCAA Division III. Since taking the reins in 2004, Hughes has led Amherst to a 270-73-44 overall record, six NESCAC titles and 16 NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. She is the all-time winningest coach in program history, surpassing legend Michelle Morgan with her 208th win on Oct. 30, 2021. Hughes, along with assistants Su DelGuercio and Jeff Huffman, were named the United Soccer Coaches Region I Coaching Staff of the Year in both 2022 and 2023. In 2023, Hughes additionally earned her fourth NESCAC Coach of the Year honor and was also named Division III Women's Coach of the Year by New England Soccer Journal. A 1997 graduate of Colgate University, Hughes spent two seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater before earning master's degrees in both business administration and sport management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She was one of the best women's soccer players in Colgate history, leading the Division I Red Raiders to three consecutive Patriot League Championships and earning countless individual honors. Graduating as Colgate's all-time leader in goals (40), assists (26) and points (106), Hughes was a 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee and a winner of the ECAC Merit Medal for excellence in academics and athletics. Following her senior season, Hughes was selected to play on the Region 1 team at the 1998 U.S.

Jeff Huffman enters his eighth season at Amherst in 2025. This will be Huffman's eighth season as men's goalkeeper coach and seventh in the same role for the women's team. In total, Huffman has seen 13 different goalkeepers on his teams receive individual postseason accolades in 21 seasons of collegiate soccer. He has been part of staffs that have participated in eight national semifinals, won nine NESCAC titles, been awarded the National Men's Staff of the Year in 2024, Regional Men's Staff of the Year in 2019, and the Regional Women's Staff of the Year in 2022 and 2023. In total, Huffman has coached four goalkeepers at the collegiate level that have gone on to professional careers. Huffman's time at Amherst has been among the most storied period of success in both programs' history. During his seven seasons, the men have been to the national title game four times, while collecting two NESCAC titles and a national championship along the way. From 2021 to 2024, the women collected the most victories in a four-year stretch in program history (65), winning three consecutive NESCAC titles and making four NCAA Tournament appearances. Previously, Huffman was part of the staff at rival Williams College for parts of 10 seasons. During his time at Williams, Huffman was part of a coaching staff that guided three teams to the national semifinals while seeing seven players move on to the professional ranks. Huffman's resume also includes a head coaching stint at NJCAA Division I Garden

Liza Katz ’25E joined the Amherst Women’s Soccer coaching staff and the Sports Communications staff as the Edward Hitchcock Fellow in January of 2025. She assisted

Su DelGuercio has served as assistant women’s soccer coach since 2018, helping the Mammoths win four NESCAC Championships in her first six seasons. After a third