Vicky Jepson Named New Head Coach of U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team

Before joining Spurs, Jepson served as manager at Liverpool Women, having earlier held the role of assistant manager, where she was named FA Female Development Coach of the Year. She spent more than 10 years at Liverpool in various youth development roles and then with the First Team.

Jepson, 37, takes over the U.S. U-20s as the squad prepares for the 2025 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship in Costa Rica, which will send the top four finishers to the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland.

“I’m truly honored and excited to start my next chapter with the U.S. Soccer Federation," said Jepson. “I’m well aware of the great work that has been done in the past, that is being done currently under Emma and Tracey, and I know there are some ambitious plans for the future. I’m passionate about developing this next generation and I look forward to providing them with challenging and valuable experiences to help them grow as people and players. There is such a rich pool of talent in the USA and I’m so proud to be part of the players' journey to senior international football.”

Jepson has experience working on the international level as well. She worked for the England FA as a scout, coach educator and head coach for the England U-17 Women’s National Team, coaching the team through qualifiers and at the UEFA Women’s U-17 Euros.

Jepson becomes the fifth full-time head coach in the U.S. Soccer Women’s and Girls’ Youth National Team programs under Kevins, who coached the U.S. U-20s in the last two FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cups, the latter of which saw the USA finish third, its best placing since winning the 2012 FIFA U-20 WWC.

Carrie Kveton is the current U.S. U-19 head coach, Katie Schoepfer is the U.S. U-17 WNT head coach, Ciara Crinion is the U.S. U-16 GNT head coach and recent hire Vanessa Mann heads the U-15 GNT. Head coach positions for the U.S. U-23 WNT and U.S. U-18 WNT remain open but are slated to be filled in the near future.