Hired in March 2017, Ted Zingman has entered his eigth season (no 2020 season due to COVID-19) as the head coach of the Red Devil women's soccer program. The Red Devil have never had a losing record under Zingman, and the program has won at least 10 games in 7 of his 8 seasons. Zingman’s Red Devil squads have been to the Centennial Conference playoffs in 6 of his 8 season, including a run to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament in 2019. He holds a career record at Dickinson of 78-38-15 (40-20-10 in Centennial Conference games). His .653 career win percentage is the highest in Dickinson Women’s Soccer history.
In 2024, Zingman steered the Red Devils to their fourth Centennial Conference semi-final appearance in the past six seasons after defeating Swarthmore 2-1 in 2OT in the opening round of the playoffs. Zingman led the Devils to an 11-5-3 record (6-3-1 in conference play) over the course of the season. Four Red Devils were named to the All-Conference team while Lila Brown ‘26 (first team) and Bridget Merkel ‘27 (second team) were named to the All-Region teams.
In 2022, Zingman led the Red Devils to the final of the Centennial Conference Championships, with a conference record of 6-2-2 and holding the second seed. They defeated Swarthmore 2-1 after extra time in the CC semifinals to book their spot in the final.
In 2019, his third season with the Red Devils, Zingman was named the Mid-Atlantic Region Coach/Coaching Staff of the Year and Centennial Conference (CC) Coach of the Year, leading the Red Devils to a regular-season conference title, going unbeaten (8-0-2) in CC play to earn the top seed in the playoffs. The Red Devils advanced to the CC championship game, made it to the "Sweet Sixteen" of the NCAA tournament, and finished the season with a final national ranking of #14. The 2019 Red Devil team produced four All-Region players and earned seven spots on the All-Conference Team, led by Rookie of the Year, Meg Tate '23. Sophomore Carli Boyer '22 set a school record with 12 shutouts while the Red Devils tied the school mark of 16 wins, going 16-3-4 overall. Boyer was named to the d3soccer.com All-America team, the first All-American selection in program history.
Zingman’s 2018 team finished the season 11-4-4 (5-3-2 CC). Their 4th place conference finish earned them the program’s first CC playoff appearance since 2010. They went on to beat Haverford in 2OT in the first round, advancing to the CC semi-finals.
In 2017, his first season at Dickinson, Zingman turned around a program that had only won two conference games this season prior and helped lift them to 6th place in the CC, with a record of 11-5-1 (5-4-1 CC).
Zingman came to Carlisle from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he spent 10 seasons as the head coach of the women's soccer program. During his tenure at Hamline, Zingman completely rebuilt the program while producing the most wins and the highest winning percentage in school history. In his first season at Hamline, he led the Pipers to the program's first winning season and its first ever victories over regionally and nationally ranked opponents.
The 2011 season marked the first time Hamline posted a top-10 regional ranking, and the 2012 team set a school record with 12 wins. In 2016, Zingman finished his Piper career with one of the best seasons in program history—11 wins and a conference playoff appearance.
Prior to taking over the program at Hamline, Zingman was an assistant coach for the Johns Hopkins University women's soccer team for three years. He helped lead the team to their first top-10 national ranking, back-to-back Centennial Conference titles, the program's first NCAA tournament victory, and back-to-back appearances in the second round of the NCAA tournament. JHU's record during Zingman's three seasons was 50-11-4, and he coached the program’s first All-American.
Zingman excelled as a player at Johns Hopkins. In his four years, the JHU men's soccer team had a record of 64-10-4, was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation, and appeared in the quarterfinals of the 1998 NCAA tournament. Zingman was a prolific scorer for the Blue Jays, breaking the team's single-season scoring record with 23 goals in 1999, ranking him fourth in the nation that season. Zingman was a First-team All-South Atlantic selection and graduated as the program’s second all-time leading scorer, recording 47 goals and 22 assists. His 116 career points rank him 11th on the all-time Centennial Conference scoring list, and he currently holds the Centennial Conference record for conference goals in a season with 13 (1999; tied).
Zingman graduated from Johns Hopkins with a degree in Civil Engineering in 2000. He went on to spend six years as a project manager with the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company before making the full-time switch to coaching. He received an MBA from Hamline in 2014. Zingman holds a Premier Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and a B License from the United States Soccer Federation.
He and his wife, Elizabeth Cooney-Zingman, reside in Harrisburg, Pa with their sons, Brennan (5) and Joseph (2).
