Ithaca College Athletics

Linda Buettner spent five years coaching the Bomber women’s soccer and women’s track & field teams. The soccer program’s inaugural coach, she led Ithaca to a record of 52-24-5 and four postseason appearances. Her 1983 team won the New York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic Association (NYSWCAA) title and the Bombers won ECAC titles the next two years. Buettner’s track & field teams recorded five top-five finishes at the state championships and seven top-10 ECAC showings. The outdoor team placed 10th at the 1984 NCAA Championships and posted state and ECAC runner-up finishes two years later. She was a two-time Ithaca Journal Female Coach of the Year and was named the 1983 NYSWCAA Coach of the Year in soccer.