Amanda Cromwell
Head Soccer Coach Women’s Soccer
UCLA
Amanda Cromwell is the head coach of UCLA’s women’s soccer where she led her team after taking the reins for just eight months to the program’s first-ever NCAA Championship. Previously, she was head coach for 14 years at the University of Central Florida. She was also head coach at University of Maryland-Baltimore County from 1996-97 and an assistant coach at the University of Virginia.
Cromwell attended the University of Virginia and was the captain of the 1991 Cavaliers team that advanced to the Final Four. She was a two-time All-America selection, a finalist for the 1991 Hermann Trophy and a four-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference honoree.
In addition to coaching, she served as a member of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules Committee and U.S. Soccer Board of Directors, and was a member of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. She is also a member of the coaching staff that the State Department sends as an envoy to other countries to empower girls and women through soccer.
I would say to empower young girls they need to let them know it’s OK to be the best and to strive to be the best. I think sometimes young girls don’t want to stand out from the crowd and the coaches need to give them the confidence to do so.
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