Franklin & Marshall College

John Sumoski was named the Franklin & Marshall College women's soccer program's 11th coach in the spring of 2018 and has already taken the Diplomats to new heights of success both on the field and in the classroom.

Sumoski's success during his first seven seasons in Lancaster includes taking the Diplomats to their first-ever appearances in the NCAA Tournament. He first accomplished that feat in 2021 and followed that up with another NCAA Tournament appearance during the2023 and 2024 seasons. During the 2023 season, F&M went 12-4-4 and advanced to the program's second-ever Centennial Conference Championship match following a 1-0 victory over Swarthmore during the conference semifinals. That marked just the second time in program history that the Diplomats had made the conference championship match, with the first being when Sumoski's Diplomats accomplished that feat during the 2021 season. In 2022, the Diplomats cracked the national rankings for the first time in program history, ascending to as high as No. 21 in the nation. This new feat came after a dominant September where F&M went unbeaten and outscored opponents 19-2 in the month.

Making the first postseason run during his Franklin & Marshall tenure in 2021, the Diplomats make their first NCAA Tournament in program history. The Diplomats won their first-ever NCAA Tournament match against Western Connecticut State by a 2-1 score before falling by a single goal to eventual national champion Christopher Newport. That success came on the heels of F&M advancing to the Centennial Conference Championship for the first time in program history after a thrilling 1-0 victory over No. 2-ranked Johns Hopkins. Only penalty kicks against seventh-ranked McDaniel denied the team from its first-ever Centennial Championship. The Diplomats overall posted a 14-4-3 record as the team set new school records for both shutouts (13) and team GAA (0.47). Meg O'Callahan '23 became the program's first All-American since 1990 while two Diplomats were named to the all-region team and five players were named All-Centennial Conference.

A 1992 graduate from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Sumoski spent the previous 16 years as the head coach of the women's soccer program at Wilkes University. He left as the program's all-time winningest coach, leading the Colonels to a 158-128-32 record including 14 trips to the MAC Freedom tournament, three trips to the ECAC Tournament, and an NCAA Tournament Berth in 2017. He was a four-time conference coach of the year and named the 2017 ECAC Division III Coach of the Year.

Sumoski put together 11 seasons of nine-plus wins, including six years of at least 12. He coached 13 Mid-Atlantic All-Region players, 65 All-Freedom Conference players, four conference rookies of the year, and one Freedom Conference player of the year during his time at Wilkes.

Off the field, the Colonels were successful in the classroom under Sumoski, as 48 student-athletes were named to the Freedom Conference's academic honor roll, with three more being named an Academic All-American. The program also earned 15 NSCAA team academic honors.

Sumoski, who has an Advanced National Diploma in coaching from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, while also holding an "A" License from the United States Soccer Federation, coached at Division I Central Michigan University from 2000-02, and before that helped start the women's program at Carlow College as the head coach from 1998-2000. He also spent two seasons at Carnegie Mellon University, in 1995 and 1997, Sumoski was an age group head coach for the Pennsylvania West Girls Olympic Development program.

Sumoski is a former standout player at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, an NCAA Division II member. During his playing days from 1987 to 1990, Sumoski set the record for most goals in a season (18), which was the 10th highest in Division II, and finished with 37 career goals. For his efforts, he was named All-Conference three times and a Regional All-American twice. In April of 2017, he was inducted into the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's Athletics Hall of Fame. Sumoski has a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown in 1992 and earned an M.A. in Athletic Administration from Central Michigan University in 2002.