UMSL Sports Hall of Fame
COACH (Women's Soccer)
Beth Goetz spent 11 seasons (1998-2007) as head coach of the UMSL women's soccer program, producing a 120-90-9 record, which included eight winning seasons. During her tenure, she led UMSL to 10 straight Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournaments, including an appearance in the 2007 championship game during her last season, where UMSL fell in penalty kicks to Drury, ending their season with a 12-7-3 mark. From 2000 to 2003, Goetz directed UMSL to the GLVC Tournament semifinals and twice appeared in the championship game (2000 and 2002).
Under Goetz's guidance, UMSL had 26 players earn all-conference recognition, including 10 players who were first team selections. Each of those 10 players were in her final six years on the sidelines. Goetz also coached eight all-region players. She was named the GLVC Co-Coach of the Year in 2000 after leading UMSL to a third place finish, four spots higher than the seventh place finish the year before.
Goetz served as interim coach in 1997 and was named the head coach in March 1998, becoming the second head coach in program history. She took over as interim coach after Ken Hudson, another UMSL Sports Hall of Fame member, resigned just prior to the start of the 1997 season. She had served as an assistant for Hudson during the 1996 campaign.
Goetz also served as an assistant athletics director and senior women's administrator at UMSL.
