Sarah Raymond is entering her fifth season as the head coach for the Clarkson Women's Soccer program. She was named the head coach for Clarkson Women's Soccer in January 2011 and quickly made a mark in her first year as she was selected as the 2011 Liberty League Coach of the Year.
The sixth head coach in Clarkson program history, Raymond led the Golden Knights to its first winning season since 1992 and its most victories since 1999 with a record of 8-7-1 overall in 2011. The Golden Knights allowed the fewest goals per game in program history in 2011, but then reduced that mark in 2012 when the team went 6-7-3, which included Raymond's 100th career victory. In the past two years, the team has accumulated 11 more victories, just missing the conference playoffs last year in a tightly packed league.
Prior to coming to Clarkson, Raymond served as the head women’s soccer coach for Liberty League rival Skidmore College for the previous eight years, posting a record of 89-42-20 over that time with seven conference tournament appearances and a pair of NCAA Tournament invitations as well. Under Raymond’s guidance, Skidmore recorded double-figures in victories in each of her last seven campaigns at the helm, reaching 13 victories in 2004, 2005, and in 2008, when the Thoroughbreds gained a post-season national ranking of 25th following an NCAA bow on a tie. That season, Skidmore posted 16 shutouts, allowing just eight goals in 22 contests.
A native of Darwin, Australia, Raymond was a member of the Australian Women’s National Team from 1991 to 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 also represented the World All-Stars team in a pair of 12-game exhibition tours against the United States National Team in both 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 in 2000. She was also a SOCOG Team Leader at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in her native Australia. She gained her NSCSAA Advanced National Coaching License in 2006.
Prior to her eight-year run at Skidmore, Raymond was an assistant coach at Long Island University, obtaining her master’s degree in computer science. Previous to her playing career, Raymond had gained her bachelor's degree in applied science (physical education and mathematics) Phillip Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia in 1991.
