Anna Girdwood joined Lindenwood University in 2010, and is currently in her seventh year as the Assistant Athletic Director, Compliance.
Girdwood oversees all NCAA compliance for Lindenwood Athletics.
For the last two years Girdwood was on the NAAC Reasonable Standards Committee.
Prior to her current role, she served as the Director of Compliance. In 2015, she was the department's Senior Woman Administrator.
Girdwood was previously the head women’s soccer coach at Texas A&M International University from 2005-09. She helped guide the program through the transition from the NAIA to the NCAA Division II level. Her top season came in 2005 when her squad advanced to the Red River Athletic Conference tournament championship game.
Girdwood was also the Interim Senior Women’s Administrator and adjunct professor at the school.
A native of England, Girdwood arrived in the United States in 1998 to work at Ashley's Soccer Camp in New Jersey. She worked at that camp for seven years before resigning to take her first head coaching position.
Girdwood began her collegiate playing career at Montclair State University in 2001. Her playing career ended after one season due to injury but her affiliation with the program would continue for three more years as a student assistant coach. Girdwood helped guide Montclair State to three straight winning seasons, with the Red Hawks reaching the NCAA Division III playoffs for the first time in 2004.
Girdwood graduated with a bachelor's in humanities from Montclair State in 2004 and earned a master’s in humanities from California State University Dominguez Hills in 2011.
