Colorado College Athletics

Ashley Johnson was named the second head coach in Colorado College women's lacrosse history on June 2, 2025.

Johnson has spent the last four seasons as the top assistant under Susan "Stuey" Stuart, who retired at the end of the 2025 season after 31 years as the program's only head coach.
 
Originally from Arvada, Colo., Johnson has over 15 years of coaching experience at the DIII, DI, and national team levels. In her four seasons as the assistant coach at CC, the Tigers compiled a 51-28 record, culminating in back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2024.
 
CC has gone 34-19 in the last two years and won consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles. In 2025, the Tigers tied a program record for wins in a season with an 18-4 record and Johnson and Stuart were named the WIAC Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
Johnson has helped produce three All-Americans, 28 all-region selections and 25 all-conference honorees. CC has had eight players win major conference awards between the SCAC and WIAC.
 
Before Colorado College, Johnson spent six seasons at the University of California-Davis, where she served as the top assistant since the fall of 2015. While at Davis, Johnson was the offensive coordinator, draw specialist and goaltender coach, as well as the program's recruiting coordinator.
 
In 2021, she helped guide the Aggies to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship as well as their third consecutive No. 1 seed for the MPSF Tournament. She helped lead UC Davis to a 12-4 record, the program's best since 2004, and coached the league's player of the year as well as seven first-team all-MPSF selections.
 
Prior to Davis, Johnson served two seasons as the assistant at Marist College (2013-15) and three at Wagner College (2010-13), where she began her coaching career as a graduate assistant and was quickly promoted to first assistant.
 
Johnson has coached at the national team level most recently with Team Mexico in the 2024 U20 Women's Lacrosse Championship in Hong Kong. She was also the assistant coach of the Ugandan National Team in 2020.
 
She played DI lacrosse at Mount St. Mary's University, where she was named a first-team All-NEC selection as an attacker in 2010 and a midfielder in 2008.

Johnson earned her bachelor’s degree in business marketing from St. Mary’s in 2010, and earned a master’s in business management from Wagner in 2012.