University of Chicago Women's Soccer

Reifert has compiled a 313-124-46 overall record at UChicago while guiding the Maroons to four UAA titles. In her 28 years as a collegiate head coach, Reifert owns a career record of 321-156-48. In 2014, the Maroons went 15-5-1 and reached the NCAA Championship Round of 16. In 2010, Reifert led UChicago to the UAA championship with a 6-1-0 record in league play and a 12-4-3 overall mark. Following the season, two Maroons garnered All-America accolades and two others joined them as All-Central Region picks. As the 2010 UAA champion, Chicago garnered its fourth-consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and eighth in the past nine seasons. Reifert's clubs have advanced to the NCAA III semifinals on three occasions since 1996, including a national second-place finish in 2003. UChicago won a school-record 18 games in 2005 en route to a national third-place showing. After finishing the regular season at 14-2-2, the Maroons won their first four postseason games before falling to eventual national champion Messiah College 2-1 in overtime in the semifinals. Two years earlier, the Maroons came within 29 seconds of winning the school's first-ever NCAA Division III team championship. UChicago led Oneonta State 1-0 in the final minute of regulation in the national championship match, but Red Dragons scored at the 89:31 mark and early in the overtime for the 2-1 win. The 2003 Maroons posted a 17-2-4 record and earned a No. 1 ranking in the NCAA Division III coaches poll during the second-to-last week of the regular season. Reifert was named the NCAA Division III and UAA Coach of the Year in 1996 as the Maroons advanced to the NCAA Division III semifinals in their first-ever postseason appearance. UChicago also captured its second UAA title in three years. Reifert's teams have won at least 10 matches a total of 22 times in her 25 years, with 12 or more victories 19 times. Reifert claimed her sixth career UAA Coach of the Year award in 2008 as UChicago posted a 13-6-2 overall record and reached the national round-of-16 before falling to the eventual national champion Messiah. The previous year, the Maroons finished 12-4-4 overall and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament. UChicago posted a 15-3-2 mark in 2004 and reached the NCAA regional semifinals. UChicago was ranked among the Division III top 25 throughout the season and spent three weeks in the number one spot. UChicago advanced to the Division III regional finals in 2002 with a 15-4-1 overall record. The Maroons also posted a 5-1-1 mark in UAA play, which was good for second place. Reifert garnered her fourth UAA Coach of the Year honor in 1999 after guiding the Maroons to the UAA title with a 6-0-1 mark. UChicago posted an overall record of 14-3-4 and advanced to the NCAA III postseason round of 16 for the second-straight year and third time in the program's history. In 1998, Reifert led UChicago to a 14-5-1 overall record and its third-straight NCAA III postseason appearance. UChicago defeated Wheaton College in the first round, before falling to the eventual champion Macalester College in the Central Regional final. The previous season, Reifert guided UChicago to a 12-5-2 mark and a berth in the NCAA III Championship, where the Maroons fell in double overtime to the eventual national champion, University of California-San Diego. The Maroons went 4-0-2 in UAA play which was good for second place. In 1994, Reifert led UChicago to its first-ever UAA championship with a 5-1 mark in conference play. She also guided the Maroons to an overall record of 14-4 and was named the UAA and West Region Coach of the Year. Reifert guided UChicago to a 12-4-2 mark in 1992, following a 3-10-4 finish in her first year with the Maroons in 1991. Following the 1992 campaign, she was honored with her first UAA Coach of the Year award. Prior to her arrival at UChicago, Reifert served as head women's soccer coach at Knox College from 1987-90. While at Knox, she also served as head women's track coach and assistant women's basketball coach. A 1986 graduate of Amherst College, Reifert was a political science major and three-sport athlete. Reifert, who served as chair of the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Committee, also holds a master's degree in sports management from Western Illinois University. She and her husband, Scott, vice president of communications for the Chicago White Sox, reside in Hyde Park with their daughters, Marley and Shay, and son, Taylor.

Amy Howley Reifert enters her 35th year as the Head Women's Soccer Coach at the University of Chicago in the 2025-26 academic year, having established one of the elite women's soccer programs in NCAA Division III.  Howley Reifert, who is the longest tenured soccer coach among all men’s and women’s UAA programs, has led the Maroons to 22 NCAA Division III postseason appearances, including two trips to the National Championship game, five to the Final Four, seven to the Elite Eight (including 2024) and 13 to the Sweet 16 Round. Howley Reifert owns an impressive 37-20-5 (3-2) career record in NCAA postseason play.  Her teams at UChicago have produced an NCAA Player of the Year (Renee Neuner in 2003), 22 National Soccer Coaches Association of America/United Soccer Coaches (NSCAA/USC) All-Americans, 80 NSCAA/USC All-Region selections, three UAA Players of the Year (five times, last, Jenna McKinney 2016-17) and five UAA Rookies of the Year (last Katie Jasminski 2017).  Eight of Howley Reifert’s alums have been named to the UChicago Athletics Hall of Fame: Shay Feilen (2008), Neuner (2011), Jessica Berry (2012), Cinnamon Pace (2013), Andrea Przybysz (2015), Danette Riehle (2018), Kate Cortis (2019) and Diana Connett (xxxx).  A 10-time University Athletic Association Coach of the Year, five-time Central Region Coach of the Year, and 1996 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year, Howley Reifert has compiled a 424-159-68 overall record at UChicago while guiding the Maroons to five UAA titles (last 2017).  In her 37 years as a collegiate head coach (UChicago 1991-present, Knox College 1987-89), Howley Reifert owns 432 career wins (424 at UChicago and eight at Knox). She ranks first among active female NCAA Division III women’s soccer coaches in career victories, third among all active NCAA Division III women’s soccer coaches (behind Dr. Todd Olson of Lynchburg and Scott Frey of Messiah) and 12th among all active women’s soccer coaches in Division I, II and III.  She became just the 10th women's soccer coach in NCAA Division III history to reach 400 career wins with a 3-0 victory versus Illinois Institute of Technology on Oct. 21, 2021.  The 2024 Maroons defeated the No. 2 and No. 5 ranked teams in the nation during the season and tied No. 1 WashU. UChicago reached the Elite 8, finishing the season with a 13-7-2 record. The Maroons, who have been ranked No. 1 in the nation 4 times, also have beaten the No. 1 team in the country five different times as UChicago annually plays one of the toughest schedules in the country.  The Maroons class of 2017 is the most successful in UChicago history to date, posting a 68-18-2 record during its four campaigns, reaching two Final Fours and boasting an 11-4-1 record in postseason competition.  The 2017 soccer season was the most dominant in UChicago history. The Maroons won their first 17 games en route to a school-record 22 victories. They finished as the NCAA Championship runner-up for the second time, dropping the title game to Williams, 1-0, allowing only one goal over six postseason contests. The defense set new school marks with 18 shutouts and a 0.29 goals against average, which ranked fifth in NCAA Division III. The offense was the most potent in school history with 80 goals, 69 assists and 229 points. First Team All-American midfielder Mia Calamari's 18 assists were a school record and ranked second in the nation. UChicago collected three All-American awards, five All-Region selections and seven All-UAA honors. Howley Reifert and her assistants were picked as the USC Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year and UAA Coaching Staff of the Year.   The 2016 Maroons reached the NCAA Final Four for the fourth time. They tied the school record for shutouts (then 14) and set a new mark for lowest goals against average (0.43). Two Maroons received All-American status. Howley Reifert and her staff were picked as NSCAA Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year, as well as UAA Coaching Staff of the Year.  UChicago won a then school-record 18 games in 2005 en route to a national third-place showing. After finishing the regular season at 14-2-2, the Maroons won their first four postseason games before falling to eventual national champion Messiah College, 2-1, in overtime in the semifinals. During Howley Reifert’s tenure, the Maroons have lost to the eventual national champion eight times in NCAA postseason play.  UChicago posted a 15-3-2 mark in 2004 and reached the NCAA regional semifinals. UChicago was ranked among the Division III Top 25 throughout the season and spent three weeks in the nation’s number one spot.  In 2003, the Maroons came within 29 seconds of winning the school's first-ever NCAA Division III team championship. UChicago led Oneonta State 1-0 in the final minute of regulation in the national championship match, but Red Dragons scored at the 89:31 mark and early in the overtime for the 2-1 win. The 2003 Maroons posted a 17-2-4 record and earned a No. 1 ranking in the NCAA Division III coaches poll during the second-to-last week of the regular season.  Howley Reifert was named the NCAA Division III and UAA Coach of the Year in 1996 as the Maroons advanced to the NCAA Division III semifinals in their first-ever postseason appearance. UChicago also captured its second UAA title in three years.  In 1994, Howley Reifert led UChicago to its first-ever UAA championship with a 5-1 mark in conference play. She also guided the Maroons to an overall record of 14-4 and was named the UAA and West Region Coach of the Year.  Howley Reifert guided UChicago to a 12-4-2 mark in 1992, following a 3-10-4 finish in her first year with the Maroons in 1991. Following the 1992 campaign, she was honored with her first UAA Coach of the Year award.  Several of Howley Reifert’s assistant coaches during her tenure have gone on to coach collegiately or professionally, including Sarah Burton (UW-LaCrosse), Kate Cortis (Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado School of Mines), Marlon Mackenzie (Illinois Tech men’s team), Jason Murphy (UW-LaCrosse) and Julianne Sitch (UChicago  men’s team, winning a national championship in 2022, and Denver). Current assistant Sam Greene coached at UCLA and in the NWSL before coming to UChicago.  Prior to her arrival at UChicago, Howley Reifert served as head women's soccer coach at Knox College from 1987-89. While at Knox, she also served as head women's track coach and assistant women's basketball coach.  A 1986 graduate of Amherst College, Howley Reifert, a native of Greenwich, Conn., was a political science major and three-sport athlete (soccer, basketball and lacrosse). Howley Reifert, who has served as chair of the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Committee, also holds a master's degree in sports management from Western Illinois University. She and her husband, Scott, senior vice president of communications for the Chicago White Sox, reside in Hyde Park. They have three adult children.  Howley Reifert's Record at UChicago Year Overall UAA UAA Finish 1991 3-10-4 0-5 6th 1992 12-4-2 2-3-1 5th 1993 10-5-2 2-3-1 5th 1994 14-4 5-1 1st 1995 11-5-2 2-3-1 5th 1996 16-4-1 6-1 1st 1997 12-5-2 5-0-2 2nd 1998 14-5-1 4-3 4th 1999 14-3-4 6-0-1 1st 2000 12-4-2 5-2 3rd 2001 6-11 2-5 6th 2002 15-4-1 5-1-1 2nd 2003 17-2-4 4-1-2 2nd 2004 15-3-2 5-1-1 3rd 2005 18-3-2 5-1-1 2nd 2006 12-5-1 4-3 3rd 2007 12-4-4 4-1-2 2nd 2008 13-6-2 5-2 3rd 2009 15-4-1 4-2-1 3rd 2010 12-4-3 6-1 1st 2011 9-6-2 2-3-2 5th 2012 12-6 4-3 4th 2013 11-5-3 3-2-2 3rd 2014 15-5-1 4-2-1 2nd 2015 13-7 4-3 3rd 2016 18-4-1 4-3 3rd 2017 22-2 6-1 1st 2018 13-5-1 4-3 4th 2019 14-3-3 4-1-2 3rd 2020 - - N/A 2021 15-3-4 2-2-3 5th 2022 7-8-3 0-4-3 7th 2023 9-3-8 1-1-5 6th 2024 13-7-2 2-4-1 6th Total   402-149-58 118-66-27     Overall Win Percentage: .708 UAA Winning Percentage: .623 UAA Champions; 1994, 1996, 1999, 2010, 2017 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 NCAA Sweet 16 Appearances: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024 NCAA Elite 8 Appearances: 1996, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2024 NCAA Final 4 Appearances: 1996, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2017 NCAA National Finalists: 2003, 2017

Sam Greene enters her second year as the Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at the University of Chicago in the 2025-26 academic year. Greene brings a wealth of knowledge to Hyde Park after accumulating over a decade of experience at both the collegiate and professional level. Her longest tenured stop was at UCLA for nine years in total and she spent the last three serving as the assistant head coach from the Bruins. With UCLA, Greene served as recruiting coordinator and delivered top 10 recruiting classes in each of her four years while in the role, including the nation's top classes in 2020 and 2022 and the second ranked class in 2019. UCLA won four PAC 12 championships, helped guide the team to two Sweet 16's and an Elite 8, and reached the pinnacle of the sport while she was with the Bruins during their NCAA D-I National Championship campaign. Greene is no stranger to the Chicagoland area. A four-year letterwinner at Northwestern, she was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten soccer student-athlete and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar during her senior year. She finished her career ranked fourth on Northwestern's career (16) and single season (eight) assists lists and fifth on the career games played rankings (78). Greene graduated from Northwestern in 2011 with a degree in Learning and Organizational Change. In 2018, she was selected to the United Soccer Coaches 30 under 30 program, and she is certified with a U.S. Soccer Federation Senior "A" License. A native of Santa Monica, Calif., Greene and her wife, Alicia, currently split their time between Chicagoland and Orlando, Fla. areas.