Lisa Hart Aims to Inspire Women Through Coaching

Before coaching at Washington State, she also was the head coach at Virginia Tech. She loves coaching and mentoring players, especially at the collegiate level. While in the Pac-12 conference she was able to compete against some of the best tennis programs and coaches in the country. However, she’s well aware of the disparity between male and female coaches. 

“In my opinion, there aren’t enough females coaching in any sport,” she said. “Coaching is a very demanding profession especially when trying to balance a family life. I believe a lot of female coaches have a hard time balancing the two things. In order to keep more females in coaching, we need to address how to help female coaches with balancing it all.”

Hart is also doing her own balancing act as she’s raising two children of her own. She enjoys watching them compete in sports, as well as watching college football when she’s not working. As for her future goals? She hopes to continue down the path she’s headed.

“My primary goal is to be the best I can be every day in whatever I am doing. I would love to finish my coaching career at the University of Nebraska.  Our athletic department is simply a class act, committed to the overall student-athlete experience and to winning on the court which meshes perfectly with my core values.”