Heather Faasse Promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator

10/12/2026 12:00:00 AM

Goldey-Beacom has announced Women's Soccer coach Heather Faasse has been promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator.

Created by the NCAA in 1981, the title of Senior Woman Administrator is the highest-ranking female in each NCAA athletics department or conference office. The purpose of the designation is to promote meaningful representation of women in the leadership and management of college sports.

"Heather has made a significant impact on our department since her arrival," Director of Athletics Jeremy Benoit said. "She has injected a significant amount of external experience to our full-time staff, which has been refreshing. I think her strong and thoughtful leadership provides great depth that will benefit our coaches and athletes significantly as a result of her elevation. I look forward to watching her continued growth."

Faasse arrived last winter after serving the last two seasons at Virginia Military Academy, first as an assistant coach and last year as the associate head coach. She helped lead the program's recruiting that included national outreach, evaluation and scholarship planning that increased the quality of recruits.

She also led tactical periodization, training design and individual development plans. Faasse oversaw primary operational responsibilities that included compliance, travel, budget input and risk management to comply with the NCAA and the Southern Conference.

Faasse from 2023-24 also was the head coach for Chattanooga FC, developing and implementing training plans focused on player skill development, teamwork and sportsmanship.

She also was the head coach at Norwich University from 2018-22 after serving as an assistant the prior season. Faasse's accomplishments at Norwich were not limited to coaching, serving as an adjunct Business professor, an athletics academic advisor and a Title IX advisor.

Faasse graduated Colby-Sawyer College with a B.A. in Biology, earned her M.S. from Norwich University in Organizational Leadership and received her Ph.D. from the University of the Cumberlands in Student Services.

Faasse replaces Bethann Burke, who took over as the Director of Athletics at SUNY Maritime.

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