The 2024 season was the fifth as the head coach of the North Park University women's soccer team, and the 8th on the coaching staff, for Emma (Lundeen) Woodley. She enters her sixth season leading the Vikings in 2025.
In 2022, Woodley coached the Vikings to their first-ever win over Wheaton, earning the 1-0 victory on senior night. The win was the first over the Thunder in 26 previous matchups.
Woodley is certainly no stranger to NPU women's soccer. A four-year letter winner and 2015 NPU Female Athlete of the Year, Woodley earned First Team All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) recognition; the first time a Viking was named to the First Team in over 15 years. Woodley broke the single-season record for goals scored during her illustrious senior campaign, marking a league-leading 17. In that 2014 season, Woodley led the league in points (37), points per game (2.06), and goals per game (0.94). Woodley finalized her decorated career with a program second-best 29 goals while breaking the single-season mark for points in a year (37).
Upon graduating from North Park in 2015, Woodley joined the Viking coaching staff as a graduate assistant. She rejoined the women's soccer program, while continuing to serve as an admissions counselor, for the 2019 season.
NPU Coaching Career, Season-by-Season
| Season |
Record (CCIW) |
CCIW Finish |
Postseason Finish / Awards |
| 2020 |
- |
- |
No official season due to COVID |
| 2021 |
3-14-1 (0-8-0) |
9th |
DNQ |
| 2022 |
4-10-2 (2-5-1) |
8th |
DNQ |
| 2023 |
2-9-5 (1-5-2) |
7th |
DNQ |
| 2024 |
6-10-1 (2-5-2) |
7th |
DNQ |
| Career |
15-43-9 (5-23-5) |
