Lindsey Horner was named the Drake women's soccer head coach in 2008 after serving five seasons (2003-07) as assistant coach for the Bulldogs. Horner was named to her position on April 10, 2008, becoming only the second head coach for women's soccer, which began as a varsity sport in 2002.
In her 17 seasons at the helm, Horner owns a 140-128-52 overall record and has amassed a conference record of 61-38-22 with three Missouri Valley Conference regular season titles and three Missouri Valley Conference Championship Game appearances.
Under Horner's leadership, she has coached three MVC Defensive Players of the Year, three MVC Players of the Year, three MVC Goalkeepers of the Year, and two MVC Freshmen of the Year. Horner and her staff have been honored three times as the MVC Coaching Staff of the Year and while as an assistant she was also part of three Coaching Staff of the Year selections.
Horner was the Bulldogs' top assistant from 2003-07. During her tenure, the Bulldogs compiled a 56-35-9 record winning four MVC Conference regular season championships and competed in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. She assisted in all facets of the Bulldog soccer program and served as camp director of the Premier Soccer camps.
"I am proud to have been a part of this program for five seasons as an assistant coach, and I am honored to be able to continue as the head coach," said Horner when named head coach. "This program has been very successful in its short history, and I am excited about the possibilities for the future."
Prior to her coaching career at Drake, Horner was a sports marketing intern for the Washington Freedom of the Women's United Soccer Association, where she was invited to try out for the team and also was a coach for Freedom camps and clinics.
A native of West Des Moines, Iowa, Horner was a four-year letterwinner at Kansas, being named the Jayhawks' most valuable offensive player as a senior in 2000. She was an all-academic Big 12 Conference selection in the spring of 2001 and graduated in 2002 with a bachelor of science degree from the school of education, majoring in exercise science with an emphasis in sports management. She earned a master's degree in adult learning and organizational performance with an emphasis in leadership at Drake.
She also helped the Kansas women's basketball team to a second-place finish in the Big 12 Conference Tournament while making an NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance during the 1997-98 season.
Horner holds a Premier Coaching Diploma from the NSCAA and an 'A' license from USSF.
