Emilio Carranza enters his first season with the Lindenwood Women's Rugby team as an Assistant Coach.
Prior to Lindenwood, Carranza was the Head Coach of the Men's Rugby Club team at Central Washington University during the 2025-26 season, and was an assistant coach for the Men's Varsity Rugby team at CWU where the Wildcats finished the 2024-25 campaign in the top 10 of Division I. Carranza also spent time as the Head Coach of the Foothills Lions Men's Rugby Club team in 2024, where he led the team to their first quarterfinal playoff appearance.
Carranza played collegiate rugby at Notre Dame College during the 2020-21 season, before transferring to Lindenwood where he played for the Men's Rugby team for three seasons (2021-24). He graduated from Lindenwood University in 2024 with a Bachelor's Degree in Phsychology with a minor in strength and conditioning, before graduating in 2026 from Central Washington Unviersity with a Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology.
