West Virginia University Athletics

Liesa Seifert is entering second season as a member of the women’s soccer coaching staff. After spending time as a graduate assistant on WVU’s staff from 2020-23, she returned to the staff in 2024 and assists with the team’s daily training sessions and game preparations.

In her first season as an assistant coach, Seifert and the Mountaineers made their 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. Finishing 12-5-3 overall, she helped WVU surpass 400 program victories. The squad also posted a nine-match unbeaten streak to cap nonconference action and open Big 12 play with a 5-0-1 start, its best since 2016. Five Mountaineers were named to the 2024 All-Big 12 teams, while a pair were recognized on the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team.
 
Prior to returning to Morgantown, Seifert coached the Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club in Castle Rock, Colorado, for one year. While there, she was the head coach for two elite teams and one regional select team. She designed and implemented age-appropriate training sessions for the teams, aligned with the Colorado Rapids Player Development Plan. Seifert also represented the Colorado Storm, which finished as a national runner-up in the USL W League.
 
Before her time in Colorado, Seifert completed her graduate assistantship with the Mountaineers, where she was a member of the staff for three seasons. Seifert took on both coaching and team operations responsibilities during this time, as she assisted in daily training sessions and managed team equipment and gear at practice, in competition and on the road.
 
Additionally, Seifert handled the team’s live coding systems at competitions and during practices using Sportscode, Spiideo and SBG Focus. She also created individualized post-game video analysis for players.
 
Seifert’s coaching career began at her alma mater, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she served as an assistant coach for one season. Her responsibilities included daily coaching duties, travel planning and logistics coordination. She was instrumental in drafting team scouting reports, presentations and managing TITAN GPS tracking software. 
 
As a player, Seifert spent time on the U-17, U-19 and U-20 German Youth National Teams, as well as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in Germany, appearing in over 100 matches. Seifert then played Division I college soccer at UA Little Rock from 2017-19, where she helped the team to a Sun Belt Conference Championship and was a First Team All-Sun Belt honoree in 2018. She also was recognized on the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Third Team that year, before being honored as the 2019 WPSL Defensive Player of the Year in the south region.

Seifert graduated from UA Little Rock with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2019, before earning her Master of Science in Sport Management and Coaching & Sports Education from WVU in 2023. Seifert holds a USSF "D" license and a UEFA "B" license.