Sarah Raymond enters her sixth season as Head Coach of the Williams College women's soccer team in 2025.

During the 2022 season, she led the Ephs to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament, the second seed in the NESCAC Tournament, an 11-5-3 overall record and a 7-2-1 mark in the NESCAC. In 2023, Williams went 10-4-5 overall and 6-2-2 in the NESCAC and earned the second seed in the conference tournament for the second straight season. The Ephs reached the semifinals of the NESCAC playoffs and second round of the NCAA Tournament. The 2024 squad defeated then-No. 4-ranked Tufts, 2-1, at Cole Field on Sept. 7.

During Raymond's four competitive seasons as head coach of the Ephs from 2021-24, the team has gone 35-22-12 overall and 21-13-6 in the highly competitive NESCAC. Williams has also reached two NCAA Tournaments during Raymond's time at the helm.

Raymond's appointment was announced by Williams' Athletic Director Lisa Melendy, who said the search for Michelyne Pinard's successor began in early November 2019 immediately after the conclusion of the soccer season and attracted 84 applicants from around the globe.

"I am excited to announce Sarah Raymond has accepted our offer to be the next Williams women's soccer coach," said Melendy. "She distinguished herself among a strong field of candidates. The committee was impressed with her deep knowledge of the game of soccer and her equally deep understanding of the role of athletics at a liberal arts college. She has a demonstrated history of putting students and relationship-building at the center of her coaching. I could not be more pleased to have her step into this new role at Williams. I am confident the team is in good hands as it begins the next chapter of Williams women's soccer."

Previously to being named head coach in February 2020, Raymond was an Assistant Coach for four years under Pinard. The 2017 and 2018 teams won the NCAA Championship and the 2016 and 2019 squads reached the Elite Eight. In 2017, the Ephs won the NESCAC Championship and Little Three title. During her time as an Assistant Coach, the Ephs went 70-8-11 overall and 32-4-4 in the NESCAC.

"I would like to thank Lisa Melendy and the search committee for this amazing opportunity to be the next leader of the Williams' women's soccer program," said Raymond. "Williams has been a standard-bearer for excellence, competitive success and empowering young women. It has been a privilege to be part of this program over the past four years, so I know firsthand what incredible women I have the honor of interacting with on a daily basis.

I want to thank the student-athletes and outgoing head coach Michelyne Pinard for their belief and support throughout this process. I am excited to continue the standard of excellence that Williams women's soccer is known for and through my passion for the game inspire the next generation of Ephs. I am fortunate to be surrounded by the driven and competitive coaches in the Williams' Athletics department who deeply care about their student-athletes and who I can learn from every day."

Raymond spent six years as the Head Coach of the Clarkson University women's soccer team in Potsdam, New York, before her arrival at Williams. She guided the Golden Knights to their first winning season since 1992 in her second year at the helm of the program in 2011. She was selected as the 2011 Liberty League Coach of the Year. Raymond repeated that feat in her final season in 2015, as Clarkson finished 8-7-2.

Raymond served as the Head Women's Soccer Coach at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, from 2003-09, posting a record of 89-42-20, with seven conference tournament appearances and a pair of NCAA Tournament invitations. Under Raymond, Skidmore recorded double figures in victories during each of Raymond's last seven campaigns at the helm, reaching 13 wins in 2004, 2005 and 2008.

Prior to her time at Skidmore, Raymond was an Assistant Coach at Long Island University, obtaining her master's in computer science. Previous to her playing career, Raymond gained her bachelor's degree in applied science (physical education and mathematics) at Phillip Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, in 1991.

A native of Darwin, Australia, Raymond was a member of the Australian Women's National Team from 1991-2001, playing in the 1995 and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments. Additionally, Raymond was the captain of the Australian team in 1996 and she represented the World All-Stars team in a pair of 12-game exhibition tours against the United States National Team in 1999 and 2000.

During her time with the Australian National Team, Raymond became the first female to be awarded a soccer coaching scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport, assisting in the training of Australia's elite junior athletes. She followed up that high honor when she served as an ambassador and presenter for Australia at the World Health Congress in Chicago during 2000. She was also a SOCOG Team Leader at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in her native Australia. She gained her NCSSAA Advanced National Coaching License in 2006.

Year-by-Year Results
2024: 8-5-3, 6-2-2 NESCAC
2023: 10-4-5, 6-2-2 NESCAC (NCAA Second Round)
2022: 11-5-3, 7-2-1 NESCAC (NCAA Sweet 16)
2021: 6-8-1, 2-7-1 NESCAC
Total: 35-22-12, 21-13-6 NESCAC (2 NCAA Tournaments)