Ainsley Allan starts her first season as an assistant soccer coach at UW-La Crosse in 2026. The coaching position is in partnership with LX United, where Allan serves as their Director of Coaching. LX United is a local youth soccer program committed to providing an unrivaled soccer experience for players of all abilities and age levels.
Allan arrives back at UWL after serving as an assistant U14 girls soccer coach for Mansfield Town FC in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England from February-June 2026. She designed and implemented weekly practice plans while leading full training sessions and providing instruction and feedback.
She earned her Master's of Research in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Nottingham Trent University in December 2025. Allan played soccer at Nottingham Trent University in 2024-25 and Mansfield Town Football Club in 2025-26.
Allan was a four-year soccer letter winner at UWL from 2019-23, being named to the 2022 and 2023 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) First Team. Selected the 2022 WIAC Offensive Player of the Year, Allan was a two-time (2022, 2023) United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Region choice. Allan ranks third in school history in career goals (33), fifth in shots (222) and seventh in points (79). She was a two-year team captain for the Eagles.
Majoring in Spanish and minoring in psychology, Allan earned her bachelor's degree from UWL in 2023. She was voted to the 2022 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team and to the 2022 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-North Region First Team.
Other coaching experience includes as an assistant at La Crosse (Wis.) Central High School, UWL, Rush Soccer Club and RB Soccer Academy & Lake Forest (Ill.) Soccer Association.
Allan was a member of Sigma Delta Pi at UWL from 2021-23 and served as a Spanish translator for Aluminum Extruders Council in 2023-24. She holds coaching licenses in Grassroots Course Certified in the United States of America as well as a Level 1 License and Personal Training Certification from the United Kingdom.
