Tracey Short finished her 13th season as the head coach of the Wesley College field hockey program in 2007. Under the direction of Coach Short, the Wolverines have won at least 11 games in 11 straight seasons. In addition to serving as the field hockey coach, Short also serves as Wesley's softball coach and senior women's administrator.
Coach Short led the 2007 team to a 12-5 record, including a 4-2 mark in the team's first season of Capital Athletic Conference play. The squad also advanced to the semifinals of the CAC tournament.
Prior to joining the CAC, Coach Short led Wesley to the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Playoffs for eight consecutive years, including three PAC Championships.
Tracey began her collegiate coaching career at Wesley College in 1995 and quickly rebuilt a program that had finished a combined 0-22-2 in the two seasons before her arrival. Coach Short currently holds an overall record of 172-80 and an astonishing conference mark of 93-12. Wesley has won PAC titles in 2001, 2003 and 2004, while earning NCAA regional berths in all of those years. The 2003 and 2004 teams both finished with perfect records in conference play. She was also named the PAC Coach of the Year four times and has a regional coach of the year award as well.
Tracey is the middle of three daughters born and raised in Vienna, Maryland to Bonnie and John Short. From age 10 she has been involved in athletics - playing on the boy's soccer and little league baseball teams. Entering high school, North Dorchester, Tracey participated in three sports - field hockey, basketball and softball - along with numerous other activities.
After high school Short continued her athletic and academic career at Salisbury State College - renamed Salisbury State University and now Salisbury University. Academically, Tracey majored in Physical Education, receiving a Bachelor of Science in PE, Certified to Teach K-12. Most currently, she received her Master of Education from Wesley College in May of 2002.
Athletically, Short participated in Field Hockey and Softball. During her collegiate career in softball she was a captain (sophomore year) and the team participated in three post-season tournaments. The Field Hockey Team made the NCAA tournament all four years Tracey was a member. During her sophomore year the team went undefeated, 21-0, to win the National Championship. The team lost 8 starters to graduation and their head coach and still returned to the Final Four, finishing third after a triple overtime loss to William Smith. Her senior year they once again finished third in the Nation. Tracey received many field hockey honors at Salisbury including Regional All-American for two years, and National All-American her senior year. As a junior she received the Coaches Award and as a senior was voted team MVP.
Following graduation Tracey assisted the SSU Field Hockey Team for two years, and the SSU Women's Lacrosse for one season. In 1991 she served as head softball coach at Snow Hill High School. And in 1992, she returned to North Dorchester, to help guide the softball team back to playoffs for the first time since 1985.
Prior to joining the Wesley College coaching staff, Short taught PE for grade 1-11 at Worcester Country Day School in Berlin, MD. While there she coached three sports, field hockey, basketball and women's lacrosse.
Tracey holds two titles at Wesley College - Head Coach for Field Hockey and Head Coach for Softball. She has been involved with three NCAA committees - Regional Ranking Committees for Field Hockey and Softball, and Chair of the All-American Committee for Field Hockey. She has also chaired the ECAC selection committee, responsible for selecting the teams to participate in the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship.
Year |
Overall |
Conf. |
Honors |
| 1995 | 7-7 | -- | |
| 1996 | 2-17 | -- | |
| 1997 | 17-3 | -- | Regional Coach of the Year |
| *1998 | 19-4 | 11-0 | PAC Playoffs, ECAC Tournament PAC Coach of the Year |
| 1999 | 17-5 | 11-0 | PAC Playoffs, ECAC Tournament PAC Coach of the Year |
| 2000 | 13-5 | 10-1 | PAC Playoffs, ECAC Tournament Co-Champions SSU Tournament |
| 2001 | 16-5 | 10-1 | PAC Champions, Salisbury Sunfest Runner-up, Wesley Classic
Runner-up NCAA Regionals |
| 2002 | 12-9 | 8-3 | PAC Semifinals |
| 2003 | 16-4 | 11-0 | PAC Champions, NCAA Regionals PAC Coach of the Year |
| 2004 | 17-4 | 11-0 | PAC Champions, NCAA Regionals PAC Coach of the Year |
| 2005 | 11-6 | 9-2 | PAC Playoffs |
| 2006 | 13-9 | 8-3 | PAC Semifinals |
| ^2007 | 12-5 | 4-2 | CAC Semifinals |
| TOTALS | 172-80 | 93-12 | Winning % .683 Conference Winning % .886 |
*Joined Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
^Joined Capital Athletic Conference
