Amherst College Athletics

• 4-Time NESCAC Coach of the Year (2011, 2016, 2022, 2023)
• 3-Time United Soccer Coaches Regional Coach of the Year (2011, 2022, 2023)
• 6-Time NESCAC Champion (2011, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• 15 NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances (6 Consecutive)
• Former Professional Player in the Swedish Damallsvenskan
• 2024 New England Soccer Journal Division III Women's Coach of the Year

2024 marked Jen Hughes' 20th season at the helm of the Amherst College women's soccer program, which has become one of the premier teams in NCAA Division III. Since taking the reins in 2004, Hughes has led Amherst to a 259-68-42 overall record, six NESCAC titles and 15 NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. She is the all-time winningest coach in program history, surpassing legend Michelle Morgan with her 208th win on Oct. 30, 2021.

Hughes, along with assistants Su DelGuercio and Jeff Huffman, were named the United Soccer Coaches Region I Coaching Staff of the Year in both 2022 and 2023. In 2023, Hughes additionally earned her fourth NESCAC Coach of the Year honor and was also named Division III Women's Coach of the Year by New England Soccer Journal.

In 2024, Hughes directed the Mammoths to a 14-2-6 overall record with a 5-1-4 ledger in NESCAC action en route to securing the team's eighth NESCAC Championship and third consecutive title. The Mammoths also earned their sixth straight NCAA postseason appearance, reaching the national quarterfinals, the furthest the Mammoths have advanced since 2011.

During her time in Western Massachusetts, Hughes has led Amherst to several outstanding seasons, but the 2011 campaign was one of the best in program history. The Purple & White set several team records while winning their first 20 games, notably claiming the NESCAC title before cruising through the first three rounds of the NCAA tournament. Amherst finished its incredible season at 20-1-0 after falling to eventual champion Messiah in the quarterfinals, with Hughes getting recognized as the NESCAC and NSCAA New England Coach of the Year.

A 1997 graduate of Colgate University, Hughes spent two seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater before earning master's degrees in both business administration and sport management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She was one of the best women's soccer players in Colgate history, leading the Division I Red Raiders to three consecutive Patriot League Championships and earning countless individual honors. Graduating as Colgate's all-time leader in goals (40), assists (26) and points (106), Hughes was a 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee and a winner of the ECAC Merit Medal for excellence in academics and athletics.

Following her senior season, Hughes was selected to play on the Region 1 team at the 1998 U.S. National Soccer Festival and earned a spot on the W-League team for the New York Magic of the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues (USISL). She went on to play professionally for Tyreso FF of the Damallsvenskan Futbol League in Stockholm, Sweden, and was one of 250 players world wide invited to the inaugural Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) combine and player draft. Hughes is one of only two players in Colgate women's soccer history to have her jersey number retired.