Bio

Lizzie Nessling enters her second year on the Seward County bench as the Assistant Coach for the Lady Saints in 2019-20. In her first year, she helped guide the Lady Saints to a Jayhawk West Conference Champ, Region VI Runner-up, NJCAA Sweet 16 Appearance, and a regular season finish #2 in the National Poll Ranking with a 30-4 record overall finish. Nessling took part in coaching the Jayhawk West Conference Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Region, and NJCAA First Team All-American Silvia Veloso, First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Region Carla Covane, Freshman of the Year and All-Conference Honorable Mention Aquila Mucubaquire, 2^nd Team All-Conference and WBCA All-American Lexi Hernandez, and All-Conference Honorable Mention Karolina Szydlowska. The Lady Saints cleared the slate of awards, as all 5 starters earned Jayhawk All-Conference Awards.

Nessling comes to Seward after spending two years as an assistant coach with NAIA University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Lady Spires won 37 games in Nessling's two years, reaching the semifinals of the KCAC Tournament in both years.

In her first year of coaching, Nessling helped improve the Lady Spire record from 12-16 in 2015-16 to 19-12 in the 2016-17 season.  In the breakout season, The Lady Spires broke the program record for most wins in a season, most conference players, longest winning streak, most conference wins, and program best finish in conference while earning the program's first All-American selections.

Prior to Nessling's coaching career, she was a 2-time captain for Lincoln University's women's basketball team where she received the Glue Guy Award for two straight years and was recognized as the True Blue 2016 Athlete of the Year her senior year. She also took the program from a 5-win season to tying the program history record for most MIAA conference wins and the best conference finish.

Nessling earned her master’s degree in Business Administration from University of Saint Mary in 2018 and her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Lincoln University in 2016.