Beth Goetz | |
Current Title: | Athletic director |
Current Team: | Iowa |
Current Conference: | Big Ten |
Birth Date: | 30 July 1974 |
Alma Mater: | |
Player Years1: | 1992–1993 |
Player Team1: | Brevard |
Player Years2: | 1994–1995 |
Player Team2: | Clemson |
Coach Years1: | 1996 |
Coach Team1: | UMSL |
Coach Years2: | 1997–2007 |
Coach Team2: | UMSL |
Admin Years1: | 2000–2008 |
Admin Team1: | UMSL (assistant AD) |
Admin Years2: | 2008–2013 |
Admin Team2: | Butler (associate AD) |
Admin Years3: | 2013–2015 |
Admin Team3: | Minnesota (deputy AD) |
Admin Years4: | 2015–2016 |
Admin Team4: | Minnesota (interim) |
Admin Years5: | 2016–2018 |
Admin Team5: | Connecticut (COO) |
Admin Years6: | 2018–2022 |
Admin Team6: | Ball State |
Admin Years7: | 2022–2023 |
Admin Team7: | Iowa (deputy AD/COO) |
Admin Years8: | 2023 |
Admin Team8: | Iowa (interim) |
Admin Years9: | 2024–present |
Admin Team9: | Iowa |
Overall Record: | 120–90–9 |
Beth Goetz (born July 30, 1974) is an American college athletics administrator and a former college soccer player and coach. She has been the athletic director at the University of Iowa since 2024. Goetz joined the university as deputy athletic director and chief operating officer in 2022,[1] was named interim athletic director in August 2023 after Gary Barta's retirement, and formally took the role in January 2024.[2]
Goetz's previous roles include athletic director at Ball State University from 2018 to 2022,[3] chief operating officer at the University of Connecticut from 2016 to 2018,[4] deputy athletic director from 2013, then interim athletic director from 2015 to 2016 at the University of Minnesota,[5] associate athletic director at Butler University from 2008 to 2013, and assistant athletic director at the University of Missouri–St. Louis from 2000 to 2008. She was also the head women's soccer coach at Missouri-St. Louis from 1997 to 2007, compiling a 120–90–9 record.
Goetz attended Brevard College and Clemson University as an undergraduate, playing soccer at both schools as a defender and midfielder.[6] She received a master's degree from Missouri-St. Louis in 2000.[7]