Sara Tisdale enters the 2013-14 school year in her third year as Augustana’s head coach after directing the Vikings to a sterling 17-4 record in the program’s second season. Tisdale, who served as the head coach of the women’s club lacrosse team at Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan before coming to Rock Island, brought a wealth of experience with her to Augustana.
Tisdale’s second season at the helm of the Vikings was marked by an impressive record and a Midwest Women’s Lacrosse Conference championship. Tisdale also led the Vikings to their first ever NCAA appearance, where the team was able to make it to the “Sweet Sixteen”.
Besides serving as the head coach at Michigan State, she was also the women’s varsity lacrosse coach at Waverly High School in Lansing from 2006 through 2009. Prior to that, she spent four years (2002-06) as the assistant varsity coach at Waverly.
She was a teacher of physical education and health at Grand Ledge High School in Grand Ledge, Michigan from August of 2006 until 2010. She also served as the junior varsity volleyball coach at Grand Ledge 2007-09. Tisdale was also a first team all-state attack player at Waverly High School from 1999-01 and helped lead Waverly to a state title in 2001.
After her success as a player at Waverly, she went to Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan where she played from 2004-06.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in education with a secondary emphasis from Central Michigan, graduating Cum Laude in 2006. She is currently working on pursuing her Master’s degree.
Tisdale has also been active as an official in women’s basketball and has been a regular in the Michigan intercollegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division III), the Wolverine/Hoosier Athletic Conference (NAIA) and the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II).
SARAH TISDALE’S COACHING RECORD
| YEAR |
W |
L |
PCT |
MWLC-W |
MWLC-L |
MWLC-PCT |
MWLC-PLACE |
| 2012 |
15 |
3 |
.833 |
|
|
|
|
| 2013 |
17 |
4 |
.810 |
8 |
0 |
1.000` |
1st |
| OVERALL |
32 |
7 |
.821 |
8 |
0 |
1.000 |
|
