Denison University

Ben Tierney enters his fourth season as the assistant women's soccer coach at Denison University in 2023.

The 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, but in Coach Tierney's first full season at Denison in 2021, the Big Red captured their conference-best 11th NCAC Regular-Season Championship with an overall record of 11-5 and a 7-1 mark in the conference. Then in 2022, Denison finished 7-9-4 overall while advancing to its 10th-straight NCAC Tournament, winning its fourth NCAC Tournament Championship and making the NCAA Tournament for the 17th time in school history and for first time since 2016.

Tierney comes to Denison after two seasons as the assistant women's soccer coach at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana. In his two seasons with the Panthers, Hanover posted a combined record of 28-8-2, including a 16-1-1 mark in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and back-to-back trips to the HCAC Tournament Championship match. The Panthers also captured the HCAC Regular Season Championship in 2018 after going 17-2 overall and 9-0 in conference play.

Tierney coached 19 all-conference selections at Hanover, including consecutive Freshman of the Year award winners in Amanda Carmosino (2018) and Josie Dattilo (2019). The Panthers also turned out six All-Great Lakes Region honorees in Carmosino (2018 – 1st team), Brandi Brock (2018 – 1st team), Cassidy Evanson (2018 – 2nd team), Shannon Hawkins (2018 – 2nd team), Kelsey Hughes (2018 – 2nd team), and Autumn Boothby (2019 – 3rd team).

Prior to his time at Hanover, Tierney was no stranger to the HCAC where he was a two-time all-conference defender with the Franklin College men's soccer team. Starting 58 of 63 matches on the Grizzly backline, Tierney helped Franklin reach the HCAC Tournament Semifinal in 2014 after posting a 5-2-2 record in conference play. A 2018 graduate of Franklin College with a bachelor's degree in sports management, Tierney also assisted with the girl's varsity soccer team at nearby Franklin Community High School where he designed and ran training sessions, scouted opponents, and ran weekly goalie training sessions.

At the club level, Tierney has spent the last six years as a senior team coordinator and coach with the Columbus Express Soccer Club in Columbus, Indiana. During that time, he has helped lead his teams to multiple state and tournament championships while also developing and implementing training sessions for all players to increase technical and tactical skills.

A native of Wilder, Kentucky, Tierney is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Athletic Coaching Education from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.