Jenna Blackburn named women's soccer head coach
After seven years as an assistant coach, Jenna Blackburn has assumed the reigns of the women's soccer program.
Mount Saint Vincent University’s Director of Athletics & Recreation Angela Barrett-Jewers is pleased to announce Jenna Blackburn as the new head coach of the Mystics women’s soccer team.
Blackburn has served as an assistant coach with the women’s soccer team since 2017.
A Canada Soccer B License coach, Blackburn has coached with Halifax County United Soccer Club for eight years, working as a head coach of their youth programs and as technical staff for girls teams from U10 to U21.
In her previous role as assistant coach of the U17AAA girls’ team, Blackburn helped lead them to a Soccer Nova Scotia championship win and a bronze medal finish at the Canada Soccer Club National Championship last fall.
She has also worked with Nova Scotia’s provincial team programs.
“We are thrilled to have Jenna step forward to lead the women’s soccer team,” says Barrett-Jewers. “She has been a big part of creating a positive culture that has resulted in the growth and success of our student-athletes, both on and off the field. I am confident that she will continue to lead the Mystics women’s soccer program to great things.”
Originally from Brookside, Nova Scotia, Blackburn played for the Acadia Axewomen’s soccer team from 2011-15 while completing a Bachelor of Kinesiology, Professional Studies. She helped the Axewomen to a second-place finish at the 2013-14 AUS championship and was named second team all-star in 2013-14 for her play on the pitch. Blackburn also played one season for Algonquin College while completing a graduate certificate in Sport Business Management, helping them to an OCAA championship title and a fifth-place finish at the CCAA championship in 2015.
She was also a member of the 2009 Nova Scotia Canada Games Women’s Soccer Team that placed fifth at the event hosted by Prince Edward Island.
“I am very excited and grateful for the opportunity to lead the Mystics women's soccer team and to build upon the success of the program,” says Blackburn. “I look forward to continuing to foster an inclusive and positive environment where our student-athletes feel supported in becoming leaders on the field, in the classroom and within the community.”
Blackburn assumed the role of head coach February 18, 2025.