Alexa Ream

Biography

Alexa Ream, most recently the head coach at Division 2 Clarion University in Pennsylvania, joined the Bucknell women’s soccer staff as an assistant coach in March 2023, and in her first season with the Bison helped lead the squad to a third straight Patriot League title. A native of nearby Jersey Shore, Pa., Ream played at both Clarion and Lock Haven during her undergraduate days. She was the team captain at Lock Haven as a senior and earned her bachelor’s degree in health science with a minor in coaching. Ream launched her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Wheeling Jesuit, where she received her MBA in 2019. She spent the 2019 season as an assistant coach at Mercyhurst and helped the Lakers to an 11-6-1 record, its first season over .500 in ten years, and coached the PSAC Freshman of the Year and three all-region honorees. In March 2020, Ream was named head coach at Clarion, just in time for athletics to be halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her first full season with the Golden Eagles came in the fall of 2021, when she guided a very young squad to a 4-12-1 record, highlighted by a 2-1 win over No. 23 Slippery Rock. It was the program’s first-ever win against a ranked side. Ream coached multiple Clarion players to all-conference honors, and the team recorded its highest GPA and retention rate in the history of the program. In addition to her collegiate coaching, Ream has extensive experience at the club level, including as head coach of the STN North Penn Soccer C