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Tracey Leone Year-By-Year RecordThe third head coach in Northeastern women's soccer history, Tracey Leone completed her sixth season at the helm of the program in 2015. Leone led the Red & Black to 11 wins in 2015 and helped the squad reach the CAA playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.
Under Leone's guidance, the 2014 Huskies set single-season program records with 15 wins and 17 shutouts, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second time in program history. Northeastern also captured its second straight CAA championship and placed six players on CAA All-Conference teams, four players on NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Regional teams, and six players on NEWISA All-New England teams. Leone was also named the 2014 CAA Coach of the Year and the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year.
In six years with the Huskies, Leone has helped transform Northeastern into a regional contender and a force in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). Leone led the Red and Black to back-to-back CAA championships in 2013-14 and has groomed 31 All-Conference and All-Rookie selections since 2010, including current professionals Veronica Napoli (FC Twente), Hanna Terry (Portland Thorns FC), and Bianca Calderone (Boston Breakers). A three-time national champion as a player at North Carolina, Leone is no stranger to success and owns a .618 winning percentage in 12 seasons as an NCAA Division-I head coach.
Prior to coming to Northeastern, Leone spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Harvard, where she teamed up with her husband and head coach, Ray Leone, to help lead the Crimson to back-to-back Ivy League championships in 2008 and '09. Harvard went 29-16-7 (.625 winning percentage) while Leone was in Cambridge.
Including the stint at Harvard, Leone spent 13 seasons coaching with her husband at multiple institutions. She was an assistant coach for Ray at Arizona State from 2005-06 and at Creighton from 1991-92. Leone left Creighton in 1993 to start the Clemson women's soccer program as head coach, and Ray joined her as assistant coach a year later. In the program's first season, 1994, Leone guided the Tigers to an incredible 15-4-1 record, an NCAA Tournament appearance and a No. 13 final ranking in the NSCAA national poll. For her efforts, she was named the NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year.
Leone went on to lead Clemson to six consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including trips to
the quarterfinals in 1997 and '99. In total, she was 89-39-4 at Clemson, including four NCAA Tournament victories. Her Tigers were in the national rankings for 57 consecutive weeks from 1994 to 1999.
Leone developed excellent talent on the field while at Clemson. She coached two NSCAA All-Americans, including Carmie Landeen, who was the 1994 ACC Rookie of the Year after leading the conference in scoring. Leone had 17 All-ACC selections under her watch, including eight first-team honorees.
Between collegiate coaching positions, Leone brought her expertise to the international level, serving as the head coach for the United States Soccer Federation Under-19 women's national team from 2000-03 and then serving as an assistant coach to the U.S. women's soccer national team during the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. With the Under-19 team, Leone brought home a world championship in 2002, becoming the first American to win a world championship as both a player and as a head coach. She had won a world championship with the U.S. national team in 1991, her fourth and final year with the squad.
With the U.S. national team in 2004, Leone served under head coach April Heinrichs, and the duo helped the United States go 2-1 in pool play, then defeat Japan, Germany and Brazil en route to the gold medal.
Leone's playing career at North Carolina was nothing short of remarkable. A four-year letterwinner as a midfielder under legendary head coach Anson Dorrance, Leone helped lead the Tar Heels to national championships in 1986, '87 and '89 with a runner-up finish in 1985. Her record as a Tar Heel was 89-2-4. She was a three-time NSCAA All-America second team selection and was also an All-College Cup honoree in 1987 and '89, taking Defensive MVP honors in '89. She scored the game-winning goal in UNC's 1986 national championship win over Colorado College. Leone's incredible play earned her a spot on the ACC's Top 50 players of all-time.
Leone, who originally hails from Dallas, Texas, graduated with a bachelor's degree in Education from North Carolina in 1989. A licensed USSF "A" and NSCAA National coach, Leone still serves as an Olympic Development coach at the state and regional level and is the head coach of the Region III Girls Olympic Development program. Leone and her husband, Ray, live in Winchester, Massachusetts, with their daughter Mattea.
The Tracey Leone file• 2014 CAA Coach of the Year
• 2014 NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year
• 20+ years of coaching experience, collegiate and international
• 89-39-4 record in six years as first-ever head coach at Clemson
• 59-49-14 record in six years at Northeastern
• Led Clemson to six consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances
• Led Northeastern to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013-14
• Led Northeastern to CAA championship in 2013
• Led Northeastern to CAA regular season championship and tournament championship in 2014
• Won gold medal as assistant coach of 2004 U.S. women's soccer national team
• First American to win world championship as both a head coach (2002) and a player (1991)
• Three-time national champion and All-American as a midfielder at North Carolina
• Groomed current professional players Veronica Napoli '13 and Hanna Terry '14 at Northeastern
| Tracey Leone Year-By-Year Record |
| Year | Team | Overall | Pct. | Conf. (Finish) | Pct. | Postseason |
| 1994 | Clemson | 15-4-1 | .775 | 3-3-0 (4th) | .500 | NCAA First Round |
| 1995 | Clemson | 14-7-0 | .667 | 2-5-0 (6th) | .286 | NCAA First Round |
| 1996 | Clemson | 15-7-1 | .674 | 3-3-1 (T-2nd) | .500 | NCAA First Round |
| 1997 | Clemson | 15-7-0 | .682 | 4-3-0 (T-3rd) | .571 | NCAA Quarterfinals |
| 1998 | Clemson | 16-7-0 | .696 | 5-2-0 (T-2nd) | .714 | NCAA Third Round |
| 1999 | Clemson | 14-7-2 | .652 | 4-3-0 (T-3rd) | .571 | NCAA Quarterfinals |
| 2010 | Northeastern | 9-8-1 | .528 | 4-6-1 (7th) | .409 | -- |
| 2011 | Northeastern | 9-10-2 | .476 | 5-5-1 (6th) | .500 | CAA Semifinals |
| 2012 | Northeastern | 9-9-1 | .500 | 7-3-0 (4th) | .700 | CAA Quarterfinals |
| 2013 | Northeastern | 6-9-6 | .429 | 5-2-1 (3rd) | .688 | NCAA First Round |
| 2014 | Northeastern | 15-5-3 | .717 | 7-1-1 (1st) | .833 | NCAA Second Round |
| 2015 | Northeastern | 11-8-1 | .575 | 4-4-1 (5th) | .500 | CAA Quarterfinals |
| At Clemson | 89-39-4 | .689 | 21-19-1 (ACC) | .524 | 6 NCAA Tournaments |
| At Northeastern | 59-49-14 | .541 | 32-21-5 (CAA) | .595 | 2 NCAA Tournaments |
| Total | 12 seasons | 148-88-18 | .618 | 53-40-6 | .566 | 8 NCAA Tournaments |
