Nancy Feldman Position: Head Coach Experience: 15th season Alma Mater: Massachusetts '83; Smith '88

Feldman Radio Interviews:
BU All-Access Radio Show Interview - November 1, 2008
BU All-Access Radio Show Interview - September 18, 2008
BU All-Access Radio Show Interview - August 31, 2008
BU All-Access Radio Show Interview - May 14, 2008

Entering her 15th season at the helm of the Boston University women's soccer team, head coach Nancy Feldman has transformed the program from club-level to a team that is consistently competing against the nation's top squads. BU is now dominant in the America East and has established itself as one of the Northeast region's elite programs.

Feldman and assistants Liz Driscoll and Jessica Clinton earned the AE Coaching Staff of the Year award in 2008, following the squad's second unblemished AE regular season in program history. She had previously received the distinction on five other occasions (1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005) - the most of any AE coach. The Terriers compiled 15 wins in 2008 and became the first team to complete the conference slate unblemished since they did it in 2000.

At the end of the 2008-09 academic year, Feldman received an Honorary Scarlet Key, which acknowledges a faculty or staff member who has made a positive influence on student life and it is one of BU's highest academic honors.

In the last nine seasons, the Terriers have won six America East championships, lost a total of just nine conference games and won the only two NCAA tournament games for the league in that span. Feldman is currently 19th among Division I coaches in terms of career winning percentage (.697) and 15th all-time in wins (267).

Feldman's success is as consistent as it is impressive. Her Terrier teams have won at least 10 regular-season games in 13 of the last 14 years, and have won at least seven conference games in eight of the last 12 years.

Hired in March 1995 as the school's first women's soccer coach, Feldman inherited a Terrier team that had recently been raised to varsity status. Since then, she has guided it to a 175-87-26 record, including an 87-17-8 mark in league play.

The Terriers have advanced to the NCAAs seven times under Feldman and have moved on to the second round on two occasions. In 2006, they earned their first at-large bid to the NCAAs after compiling a 13-4-2 regular-season mark. During the regular season, BU had arguably its biggest win in program history when it defeated then-No. 3 Santa Clara.

The 2008 season brought along more triumphs as the Terriers once again finished the campaign at the top of the league. They were perfect against league foes, and they cruised through the conference tourney to claim their sixth league crown and qualify for the NCAAs for the fourth straight year. Meeting up with then-defending national champion USC in the NCAAs, BU made a valiant effort but fell, 2-0, as its impressive season came to a close.

In 2008, the Terriers were rewarded with multiple awards including Casey Brown's AE Defender of the Year honor and Marisha Schumacher-Hodge's AE Midfielder of the Year accolade. BU placed 10 Terriers on all-conference teams - more than any other team in the AE - and four made the first team. Schumacher-Hodge was later called into the Boston Breakers' preseason camp for tryouts with the professional squad.

In 2007, the Terriers reclaimed the AE crown with a 2-1 victory over New Hampshire, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAAs, where they faced #4 Wake Forest, but dropped a 2-1 decision to the Atlantic Coast Conference foe. At season's end, BU boasted the America East's Goalkeeper and Defender of the Year in Christina Reuter and Casey Brown, respectively. In addition, midfielder Marisha Schumacher-Hodge was named to the preseason watch list for the MAC Hermann Trophy, collegiate soccer's most prestigious honor.

In 2005, BU defeated 13th-ranked UConn in the NCAA First Round, and nearly took out Boston College for the chance to play in the Sweet 16. Feldman led BU to its third unbeaten season in league play, and was named Coach of the Year.

In addition to the team's success, a number of Terriers have received individual recognition under Feldman's guidance. Deidre Enos, the Terriers' all-time leader in goals and points became the first BU women's soccer player to earn All-America honors (2000) and she was voted the University's Female Athlete of the Year. Enos went on to spend a year with the Philadelphia Charge of the WUSA, becoming the first AE player to play in the professional league. In 2008, she was inducted into the BU Athletic Hall of Fame.

In 2003, Melissa Shulman led the Terriers to the league championship and earned NSCAA All-America honors. A year later, Brittany McDonald was named the AE Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year, while Brooke Bingham was voted the Midfielder of the Year.

In 2005, Meghann Cook was named the America East Striker of the Year, as well as second-team All-America, and nine Terrier players earned all-conference status.

Feldman enters the 2009 season with an overall collegiate coaching mark of 267-106-34 (.697) in 21 years as a head coach. In 1997, she was named the NEWISA Division I Coach of the Year, and in 2001, was voted the NSCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year.

Prior to arriving at Boston University, she was the head coach at Plymouth State for five years. Her teams twice won the New England Regional Championship, and compiled an overall record of 75-9-7. Feldman was named the New England Coach of the Year in 1991 and 1993, and received the NEWISA/Brine Service Award in 1993.

In addition to her soccer responsibilities at Plymouth, Feldman was also the senior women's administrator and the women's basketball coach. She was responsible for helping oversee budget and scheduling for 17 sports. On the basketball court, her teams were 68-44 and in 1990 and 1991 she was named the Little East Conference Coach of the Year. During her final year at PSC, Feldman guided the soccer team to a 15-1-2 mark and the basketball team to a 21-7 mark, as each team qualified for the NCAA tournament.

Feldman's first head-coaching position was at Lake Forest College in Illinois. She directed the program to a two-year mark of 17-10-1 and the MACW Championship during the 1989 season.

She began her coaching career in 1986 at Smith College, where she served as an assistant. The following year she moved to UMass where, as a graduate assistant coach, she helped lead the team to the NCAA Division I championship game.

Feldman's stature in the coaching profession is evidenced by the leadership roles she holds on several important national committees. She has served as the National Chairperson of the NSCAA All-America Committee (`89-95), and with the NCAA Regional Selection Committee (`92-95). She is the holder of an USSF "B" License, and has received her Advanced National Diploma from the NSCAA.

Currently, Feldman is a coach in the Region I ODP and is on the staff for the NSCAA National Coaching Academy.

A native of Needham, Mass., Feldman received her bachelor's degree in public health from UMass (`83) and her master's in exercise and sport studies from Smith College (`88).