Mauricio Ingrassia Position: Head Coach

The Long Beach State women's soccer team has risen to a new level under head coach Mauricio Ingrassia. In his five years at the helm, Ingrassia has led the 49ers to a 59-31-11 record. That mark is even better over the last three years where The Beach is 41-17-5 (.690) overall and 18-4-1 (.804) in the Big West Conference.

In 2008, Ingrassia guided the 49ers to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance after going undefeated in league play at 7-0-1 and tying the school record for wins in a season (14), which was previously set in 2006. Long Beach State also claimed its unprecedented third consecutive Big West regular season title and made its fourth straight appearance in the conference tournament semifinals before advancing to the championship game for the first time in school history.

LBSU racked up the awards following one of its most successful seasons in the program's 15-year history. Ingrassia was named the 2008 Big West Coach of the Year, while sophomore Lindsay Bullock garnered Midfielder of the Year accolades and senior Liz Ramos picked up the conference's top goalkeeper honors. The Beach also placed a school-record 10 student-athletes on the all-Big West team. In addition, Bullock and senior Hayley Bolt were chosen as All-West Region selections.

Ingrassia has brought in eight top-150 recruits, led by his first recruiting class in 2005, when four top-100 recruits came in: all-region players Bolt and Kim Silos, and all-conference picks, Sahar Haghdan and Sara Baca.

In 2005, the nation's 15th-ranked recruiting class quickly paid dividends, going 12-5-3, as Bolt was named the Big West Conference's Co-Freshman of the Year and joined Silos as a Freshman All-American, firsts for the LBSU program, as were the national (as high as No. 21) and regional rankings during the season. Even more impressive was the fact that upwards of eight freshmen were starters.

A year older in 2006, the program broke its own record for victories, going 14-5-1, winning the franchise's first Big West regular season title and hosting the conference's post-season tournament. LBSU also established itself in the top-25, remaining there for a good portion of the season. The defensive unit ranked 19th nationally in goals against average (0.64). Bolt was named the Big West's Midfielder of the Year, while Silos was the Offensive Player of the Year. Both players earned all-region honors, another first for the program.

In 2007, the 49ers won the Big West title, going 13-7-0 overall and 5-2-0 in conference action. Despite outshooting Cal Poly 21-to-3 in the Big West Tournament, the 49ers fell by a single goal.

Also under Ingrassia, and for the first time in school-history, LBSU has had a nationally-ranked recruiting class in the top-40 from 2005 to 2007, all tops in the Big West Conference, with a high of No. 15 coming in 2005.

Internationally, the 49ers have also been recognized, as Bolt was invited to train with the U20 National Team during the spring of 2005. Jenn Brooks and Mariko Strickland were invited to Australian National Team camp in Spring, 2007.

Prior to Long Beach State, Ingrassia won five state titles at Long Beach City College, the most by any coach in California history (1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) His teams finished No. 1 in the nation in each of his last two seasons, while winning the last four state titles. Overall, Ingrassia went 184-24-8 (.870), which ended on a 55-game unbeaten streak which began in October, 2001.

From 2000 to 2003 the Vikings went an astounding 95-3-0 (.969), starting with a 25-2-0 record in 2000, followed by records of 24-1-0, and 24-0-1. In 2003 they went 22-0-0.

Over Ingrassia's tenure at LBCC the Vikings had three National Players of the Year (2000, 2002, 2003), nine All-Americans, 13 All-Regional selections and numerous all-conference honors. Six players were also named the South Coast Conference Athlete of the Year.

Ingrassia won five state titles at LBCC which culminated in back-to-back undefeated seasons and a No. 1 national ranking in 2002 and 2003. 

The Vikings finished the season ranked in the nation's top-five in five of his final seven years, including No. 2 rankings in 1997 and 2001 and a No. 3 ranking in 2000. LBCC won five of his last seven SCC titles (1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003), and made the playoffs in the last eight seasons. The Vikings made the playoffs for the first time in school-history beginning in 1996, behind a 17-4-2 mark. They won the state title a year later in 1997. In 1995, Ingrassia quickly turned LBCC into a powerhouse, setting the school-record for wins in his first year, going 7-10-0, rewriting the school, state, and national records and never looking back.

Individually, Ingrassia was named the NSCAA/ADIDAS Junior College National Coach of the Year in 2003, and was named the conference's top coach three times (1997, 2000, 2003) as well as California State Coach of the Year five times.  Ingrassia holds a USSF National "A" Coaching License.

Ingrassia graduated from CS Fullerton in 1995 with a degree in psychology, before earning his Master's at Azusa Pacific in 1998. Ingrassia's playing days included two years at San Diego State (1989-1991) and another with the Titans (1993). Ingrassia has a four-year-old daughter, Madison.