University of Wyoming Athletics

The Tydings File

Name: Justine Tydings

Hometown: Albuquerque, N.M.

Alma Mater: Eastern New Mexico , 2011

Tydings Overall (Entering 2020): 76-63-19 (.541)

Tydings at Wyoming (Entering 2020): 47-34-17 (.566)

Coaching Experience

• Assistant Director of Player Development, Wyoming, 2015-Present

• Assistant Coach, Missouri Western, 2013-15

• Assistant Coach, Western State (Colo.), 2011-13

Justine Tydings completes her fifth season with the Cowgirls after joining the University of Wyoming women's soccer program as an assistant director of player development in the summer of 2015. Tydings came to UW after serving as an assistant coach at Missouri Western State in St. Joseph, Mo. Prior to that, she was an assistant coach at Western State Colorado, as well as two years being assistant coaches at the high school level with a year in Lubbock, Texas, and the other in Portales, N.M.

At Missouri Western State, Tydings was an assistant coach working with goalkeepers and focused in recruiting and travel coordination. She helped coach the team to the best season in program history with a record of 9-9-1, with the Griffon's first appearance at the MIAA tournament. Tydings also was an assistant coach at Western State Colorado assisting with daily player development, recruiting and the lead goalkeeper coach. Tydings helped start the inaugural season of NCAA women's soccer for Western State Colorado and assisted in recruiting 28 student-athletes to compete at the Division II level. She earned her master's of applied sciences in sports and fitness management at Missouri Western State.

Tydings was a four-year starter at Eastern New Mexico as a key defender. She was a three-time Lone Star Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Week in 2011, as well as the Eastern New Mexico Academic Athlete of the Year. Additionally, she was team captain in 2009-10 and on the Lone Star Conference Commissioners Honor Roll all four years.