Izzi Bautista

Biography

Izzi Bautista was hired as an assistant coach for the Cal Poly women’s soccer program in July 2025, and elevated to Assistant Coach & Player Performance Specialist in February 2026 following her first season on the staff. Bautista comes to Cal Poly after an impressive four-year stint (2021-24) as an assistant coach at Colorado Mesa, where she aided the Mavericks to a 56-18-10 overall record, a 37-10-1 mark in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season play and a berth to the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons (2023-24). Under Bautista, Colorado Mesa boasted 11 All-RMAC first team honorees, six second team picks and seven honorable mention selections. A native of Bristol, England, Bautista played a pivotal role in helping Colorado Mesa achieve one of its most successful seasons in program history in 2023. The Mavericks set a new single-season program record for wins with a 18-4-1 record and secured the program’s second-ever RMAC Tournament Championship and first since 1998 to punch their ticket to the NCAA Division II Tournament. In their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011, the Mavericks won multiple NCAA Tournament games for the first time in program history, advancing to the Third Round and the South Central Regional final. In 2024, Colorado Mesa posted a 14-2-4 overall record to finish with its third most wins in a season in program history, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year and making it to the Second Round. Bautista, who he