Women's Soccer

Jack Rushworth is in his third season as Golden Eagle assistant coach in 2025.  

 

Rushworth, who came to Cookeville with an extensive goalkeeping background both as a Division I assistant and as a player, joined the purple and gold’s staff following a banner year for TTU that saw the Golden Eagles claim their second-ever OVC regular-season title in 2022 and first since 1998. 

 

In his first season as an assistant, Rushworth was part of Tech history after the Golden Eagles claimed their second-consecutive regular-season conference crown in 2023 for the program’s first-ever back-to-back OVC titles before Tech took home the regular-season title again in 2024 for the OVC’s second-ever outright three-peat. 

 

Rushworth’s Tech tenure will begin following a year-long stint at the University of Florida as the club’s goalkeeper coach last season. Prior to his time with the Gators, the native of York, England spent the 2021 campaign as goalkeeper coach for Utah State for an Aggie squad that went 13-6-3 overall, finished third in the Mountain West and made the MWC Tournament semifinals. Before coming to Logan, Utah, Rushworth enjoyed immense success as Penn State’s volunteer coach during the 2020-21 season, helping the Nittany Lions to a Big Ten regular-season title and NCAA Tournament Round of 16 appearance.

 

Rushworth, who played collegiately at Tennessee Wesleyan, has Ohio Valley Conference ties after spending two seasons as graduate assistant and goalkeeper coach with former OVC school Austin Peay in 2018 and 2019. Rushworth started his collegiate coaching career with his alma mater, helping the Bulldogs to an Appalachian Athletic Conference championship and Elite 8 NAIA national tournament appearance in 2017.

 

Rushworth’s playing career saw him suit up as a goalkeeper at TWU from 2014-18 and also played with the Knoxville Force of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in 2017 as well as with the Utah Rangers of the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) in 2022. Rushworth received his bachelor’s degree in sports psychology in 2018 and completed his master’s degree in coaching at Austin Peay in 2020. He holds a United Soccer Coaches goalkeeping diploma and a D license with U.S. Soccer.