Amy Berbary - Women's Soccer Coach - Indiana University Athletics

Amy Berbary

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
wsoccer@indiana.edu
Phone:
(812) 855-5202

Amy Berbary was named the third head coach in Indiana Women's Soccer history on Feb. 6, 2013, after spending the previous five seasons as an assistant coach at Auburn University.

In six seasons at Indiana, Berbary coached two NSCAA All-Region selections, four All-Big Ten picks, as well as 75 Academic All-Big Ten honorees and eight Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team members. In addition, under her leadership the team won five Herbert Cups, an accolade given to the Indiana team with the highest GPA, and four NSCAA Team Academic Awards.

The 2018 season saw the Hoosiers finish the year 8-8-2, led by a breakout season for the IU offense. Senior Abby Allen scored eight goals and added seven assists, both career highs. As a team, IU scored 33 goals, leading the conference for much of the year. Indiana's 33 goals and 39 assists were the most for Indiana since the 2013 campaign.

Allen and fellow senior Maya Piper both earned spots on the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team.

In 2017, the Hoosiers’ campaign was highlighted by a 4-3-1 non-conference slate that included three shutouts. Indiana’s 1-0 victory at No. 23 SMU on Sept. 8 was the first over a ranked opponent for the Hoosiers since 2010. A 4-0 offensive outburst at Western Michigan on Aug. 28 was the most goals scored in a game since 2013.

The Hoosier offense was led by career seasons from junior Maya Piper and sophomore Chandra Davidson. Piper netted seven goals and added a pair of assists, while Davidson added six goals with two assists. Three of Davidson’s scores came as gamewinners – against Western Michigan, Vanderbilt and Michigan State. Redshirt junior Mykayla Brown led the team is assists with a career-best four, three of which were on game-winning goals.

In net, the Hoosiers once again saw a freshman goalkeeper anchor the defense as Bethany Kopel ended the year with 96 saves, the second-most ever for a Hoosier freshman. In addition, her five shutouts were the most for an Indiana freshman since 2007 and tied for most 10^th-most in a single season for any goalkeeper in program history. Kopel was third in the Big Ten in saves and ranked near the top nationally all season in goalkeeper minutes played. Kopel earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolades on Oct. 17 after posting a career-high 12 saves in Indiana’s 2-1 win against Iowa, which is the most in a single game for a Big Ten keeper all season.

Indiana saw four – Piper, Caroline Dreher, Kayla Smith and Sydney Kilgore – earn CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-District, the most in a single season at Indiana. Additionally, the Hoosiers placed 16 on the Academic All-Big Ten list, the most for the program since 2013.

In 2016, Berbary guided the team to its best overall and conference record and first Big Ten Tournament appearance since 2013. The Hoosiers also saw their highest offensive output since 2013, netting 26 goals and 71 total points. IU posted a 4-4-1 mark in the Big Ten, including a streak of five straight games earning at least one point, the longest stretch since 2007.

Redshirt senior Marissa Borschke earned Third Team All-Big Ten honors while Macy Miller was named to the Big Ten’s All-Freshman team. Indiana’s attack was led by All-Big Ten Tournament Team honoree Mykayla Brown, who scored eight goals, including four in the final three games of the year. The Hoosiers saw five score their first career goal, while six picked up their first career assist. Freshman Meghan Scott had seven assists on the season, tied for the second most ever by an Indiana freshman. In addition, her four helpers in conference action is tied for second most in Hoosier history. Freshman goalkeeper Sarah L’Hommedieu earned three weekly conference honors with Big Ten Defensive Player (Aug. 30) and Freshman of the Week (Aug. 30 and Oct. 11). L’Hommedieu led the Big Ten with 93 saves, which is tied for seventh most in country amongst freshmen and the second most for an Indiana freshman in history.

In addition to the program’s third straight Herbert Cup, the Hoosiers placed 14 on the Academic All-Big Ten list and saw Borschke earn NSCAA Scholar All-Region honors.

The 2015 Hoosier defense posted a scoreless streak of 463 minutes, the second longest in Indiana program history. Goalkeeper Sarah Stone tallied six shutouts on the year with 93 saves, the fifth-most in a single season at Indiana. Stone completed her career ranked near the top of almost every Hoosier goalkeeper category, including second in shutouts with 14 and fourth in saves with 201, making her just the fourth Hoosier to register 200-plus career saves.

Indiana once again excelled in the classroom by winning the Herbert Cup in both semesters of the 2015-16 school year, including posting its highest-ever GPA to capture it in Spring 2016. In addition, every eligible member of the team earned Academic All-Big Ten honors with 14 selections. Stone also picked up NSCAA Scholar All-Region honors and was awarded the Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship.

In 2014, the Hoosiers finished with the year with a 7-11-1 mark. The defense allowed just 25 goals, the fewest since surrendering 22 during the 2009 campaign. Indiana closed out the year with two consecutive shutouts – a 1-0 victory at Purdue and a 2-0 win against Michigan State. In addition, the shutout at Purdue marked the third straight victory against the Boilermakers. On the offensive end, Jessie Bujouves led the attack with 11 points and five goals, including two game-winners. Also netting a pair of game-winning goals was Veronica Ellis, who found the back of the net in the 49^th minute to defeat Purdue. Freshman Kayla Smith, who scored the winner against Michigan State, was named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week for her efforts against the Spartans.

Indiana’s off-the-field accolades included receiving the Herbert Cup for the first time in program history after posting a 3.56 GPA in the Fall 2014 semester and earning the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the fourth straight season. Additionally, 14 Hoosiers garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors, which was tied for fourth-most amongst Big Ten schools. For the second straight year, redshirt senior Rebecca Dreher was named Capital One Academic All-District 5.

In her first season in Bloomington, she guided the Hoosiers to a 15-7-1 overall record and a 6-5 mark in Big Ten play, earning appearances in the Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007. The season began with a bang, as the Hoosiers opened the year 8-0-1, setting a new school record for best start to a season. Following the season, she signed a 5-year contract extension that goes through the 2019 season.

The team excelled all over the field, posting school records for wins (15), goals (43), assists (46) and shutouts (9) in a single-season. Indiana also claimed its first-ever victory at Purdue and defeated DePaul at home in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.

With all of those team accolades, a number of individual accolades followed, led by Lisa Nouanesengsy being named NSCAA/Continental Tire First Team All-Great Lakes Region and Second Team All-Big Ten. She finished her career in sixth place at IU in points (56) and goals (24) and is the only player in school history to have three games with three goals scored.

Another senior, Rebecca Candler, closed out her career with 20 assists, which puts her in second place all-time at Indiana and she holds the top two single-season totals in program history. The Medina, Ohio, native also holds the IU record for most assists in Big Ten play for a career.

On the defensive side of things in 2013, goalkeeper Shannon Flower played every minute in goal for the Hoosiers, setting new school marks for wins (15) and shutouts (9) in a season. In non-conference play, Flower allowed just two goals to help the Hoosiers start the year 8-0-1.

In the classroom, Berbary's squad was just as strong and it was once again led by the upperclassmen. The Hoosiers had 17 players named Academic All-Big Ten while redshirt junior Rebecca Dreher and Flower were named First Team Capital One Academic All-District 5. As a team, the Hoosiers garnered their third consecutive recognition by The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for posting a 3.0 GPA or above.

Before arriving in Bloomington, Berbary spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Auburn. She was named associate head coach prior to her final season with the Tigers while also serving as the recruiting coordinator. In addition, she was responsible for the offensive attack on the field and helped the Tigers to five consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament. She was named the 2012 South Atlantic Regional Assistant Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

During her tenure at Auburn, Berbary helped guide the Tigers to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2011 and 2012 while earning the program's first-ever seed in the NCAA Tournament in 2011. That came on the heels of winning the 2011 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Tournament and the Tigers made another appearance in the conference tournament title game in 2012. The Tigers claimed the SEC West Division crown in 2008 and 2011 as well. Auburn also placed at least one player on the First Team All-SEC in each of the five years that Berbary was there.

The 2011 season was a historic one for the Auburn offense under the leadership of Berbary, as the Tigers tallied 50 goals and 61 assists, both ranking as the second-most in a single season in school history. In her five years, Auburn averaged 39 goals scored per season. She coached Katy Frierson to First Team All-SEC honors, NSCAA All-American accolades and she was a semi-finalist for the Hermann Trophy.

Berbary came to Auburn after four years as an assistant coach at the University of Dayton, where the Flyers had a .691 winning percentage during her time. She coached a pair of Atlantic-10 Offensive Players of the Year and seven first team all-conference selections. As the recruiting coordinator at Dayton, all of her recruiting classes were regionally and nationally ranked and four times the Flyers had players land on the All-Rookie Team for A-10.

Before Dayton, Berbary was the head coach at Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Ga., where she led the team to back-to-back regional championships and a 19-0-0 regional record. She was named the Region 7AAA Coach of the Year twice and the 2004 Women's Soccer Coach of the Year by the Gainesville Times.

In June 2015, Berbary was named the U.S. Olympic Development Program Region II head coach of the 1999 age group. She also served as a staff coach with the program from 2005-11. She was an assistant coach for Ohio South `91, `90 and `88 girls (2005-07), the head coach for Ohio South `93 Girls in 2008, a Region II Staff Coach (2008-09) and a Region III Staff Coach (2009-11).

While earning her degree in Health Promotion and Wellness Education from the University of Georgia in 2002, Berbary was a standout on the field for the Bulldogs. She closed her career in third place on the career goals scored list as well as the career points list. She led the team in scoring three straight years and propelled UGA to the Sweet 16 in 1998 and the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament in 2001.

Berbary is a graduate of the 2018 NCAA Women Coaches Academy class #44 that was held in Denver, Colo. The NCAA Women Coaches Academy, hosted in partnership between the Alliance of Women Coaches and the NCAA, is a 4-day educational training available to NCAA coaches of all experience levels, and is designed for women coaches who are ready to increase their individual effectiveness by learning advanced skills and strategies that directly affect their personal and team success.

A native of Alpharetta, Ga., she played for the Tophat Club program and was an assistant varsity coach at Oconee High School in Watkinsville, Ga. Berbary is also a member of the NSCAA and holds a USSF "B" License.