Laura Busby

Biography

Laura Busby enters her fifth season as head coach in 2026. Busby has compiled a 26-33-14 record in her four seasons managing the Falcons’ dugout. Busby led Air Force to a historic 2025 season, guiding the Falcons to an 8-7-4 overall record, their most wins since 2019, and a 6-2-2 mark in Mountain West play, the program’s best regular-season conference finish since 1995. Under her leadership, Air Force earned the No. 2 seed in the 2025 Mountain West Championship, the highest seeding in program history and the Falcons’ first conference tournament berth since 2017. For her efforts, Busby was named Mountain West Coach of the Year, becoming the first head coach in Air Force women’s soccer history to receive the honor since the program’s inception in 1992. Individually, sophomore Annika Jost was named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year, just the second player in program history to earn the distinction and became the first Falcon to receive CSC Academic All-American honors. Jordan Dillingham and Peyton Ferrell earned Mountain West All-Conference First Team recognition, while Zahra Friess, AJ Heap, and Trishelle Lopez were named to the Mountain West All-Newcomer Team. In total, Air Force’s seven conference honorees marked the most awards earned by the program in a single season. The 2024 season saw the Falcons log an overall record of 5-10-3 with a Mountain West Conference record of 1-8-2. Senior Hannah Johnson, who led Air Force with 1579 minutes was honored on the Mountain