Beth Goetz

{{Short description|American soccer player}}

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| name = Beth Goetz

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| current_title = Athletic director

| current_team = Iowa

| current_conference = B1G

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|07|30}}

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| alma_mater = * Brevard College

• Clemson University
• University of Missouri–St. Louis

| player_years1 = 1992–1993

| player_team1 = Brevard

| player_years2 = 1994–1995

| player_team2 = Clemson

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| coach_years1 = 1996

| coach_team1 = UMSL

| coach_years2 = 1997–2007

| coach_team2 = UMSL

| admin_years1 = 2000–2008

| admin_team1 = UMSL (assistant AD)

| admin_years2 = 2008–2013

| admin_team2 = Butler (associate AD)

| admin_years3 = 2013–2015

| admin_team3 = Minnesota (deputy AD)

| admin_years4 = 2015–2016

| admin_team4 = Minnesota (interim)

| admin_years5 = 2016–2018

| admin_team5 = Connecticut (COO)

| admin_years6 = 2018–2022

| admin_team6 = Ball State

| admin_years7 = 2022–2023

| admin_team7 = Iowa (deputy AD/COO)

| admin_years8 = 2023

| admin_team8 = Iowa (interim)

| admin_years9 = 2024–present

| admin_team9 = Iowa

| overall_record = 120–90–9

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Beth Goetz (born July 30, 1974) is an American college athletics administrator and a former college soccer player and coach. She has been the athletic director at the University of Iowa since 2024. Goetz joined the university as deputy athletic director and chief operating officer in 2022,{{cite press release|url=https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2022/09/07/beth-goetz-named-deputy-athletics-director-and-coo/|title=Beth Goetz named deputy athletics director and COO|date=September 7, 2022|publisher=University of Iowa|accessdate=February 6, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207030315/https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2022/09/07/beth-goetz-named-deputy-athletics-director-and-coo/|archivedate=February 7, 2023|url-status=live}} was named interim athletic director in August 2023 after Gary Barta's retirement, and formally took the role in January 2024.{{cite news |title=Beth Goetz is hired as Iowa’s athletic director after serving interim role since August |url=https://apnews.com/article/iowa-hawkeyes-beth-goetz-athletic-director-924ef8bcef74a39c08a4a9c2734519c8#:~:text=Goetz%20will%20have%20a%20five,obtained%20by%20The%20Associated%20Press. |access-date=January 19, 2024 |agency=Associated Press |date=January 18, 2024}}

Goetz's previous roles include athletic director at Ball State University from 2018 to 2022,{{cite news|url=http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-sp-bethgoetz-uconn-ballstate-20180521-story.html|title=UConn Chief Operating Officer Beth Goetz Named Ball State Athletic Director|date=May 21, 2018|agency=Hartford Courant|author=McFarland, Shawn|accessdate=June 5, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606085941/http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-sp-bethgoetz-uconn-ballstate-20180521-story.html|url-status=live|archivedate=June 6, 2018}} chief operating officer at the University of Connecticut from 2016 to 2018,{{cite news|url=http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-uconn-athletics-hire-0610-20160609-story.html|title=UConn Names Minnesota AD Beth Goetz To Senior Athletic Department Position|date=June 9, 2016|agency=Hartford Courant|author=Anthony, Mike|accessdate=June 5, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606093819/http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-uconn-athletics-hire-0610-20160609-story.html|url-status=live|archivedate=June 6, 2018}} deputy athletic director from 2013, then interim athletic director from 2015 to 2016 at the University of Minnesota,{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/gophers-interim-a-d-beth-goetz-is-a-quick-study-in-new-role/363016051/|title=Gophers interim A.D. Beth Goetz is a quick study in new role|date=December 19, 2015|agency=Star Tribune|author=Scoggins, Chip|accessdate=June 5, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606015728/http://www.startribune.com/gophers-interim-a-d-beth-goetz-is-a-quick-study-in-new-role/363016051/|archivedate=June 6, 2018}} associate athletic director at Butler University from 2008 to 2013, and assistant athletic director at the University of Missouri–St. Louis from 2000 to 2008. She was also the head women's soccer coach at Missouri-St. Louis from 1997 to 2007, compiling a 120–90–9 record.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

Goetz attended Brevard College and Clemson University as an undergraduate, playing soccer at both schools as a defender and midfielder.{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Tom |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91314039/acc-women-recruit-a-parade-of/ |title=ACC women recruit a parade of All-Americans |work=The News & Observer |via=Newspapers.com |page=12B |date=July 3, 1994 |access-date=December 28, 2021}} She received a master's degree from Missouri-St. Louis in 2000.{{cite news |title=BETH GOETZ |url=https://hawkeyesports.com/staff/beth-goetz/ |access-date=January 19, 2024 |publisher=University of Iowa}}