IN THE SPOTLIGHT
WeCOACH COMMUNITY MAKING HEADLINES
December 2022
- Natasha Adair prepares for first season as Arizona State Head Coach with dream team staff
- Katrina Beck returns to Illinois State as Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach
- Bethann Burke becomes winningest coach in Goldey-Beacom College Women’s Basketball history
- Elaine Jones named Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach at University of Indianapolis
- Julianne Sitch makes history as she leads Men’s Soccer team to NCAA Final Four
- Vanessa Valentine takes the reins as new Nevada Women’s Soccer Head Coach
- Sharon Versyp legendary coach finds new home with USC Beaufort Women’s Basketball
- Stephanie White becomes new Head Coach for Connecticut Sun
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- Stephanie Frappart becomes the first woman to referee a Men’s World Cup Match
- Ronnie Gajownik and Bianca Smith make history during Arizona Fall League season
- Caroline O’Connor and Kim Ng claim two senior roles with the Miami Marlins a first for MLB
- Olivia Pichardo becomes first woman on a NCAA Division 1 Varsity Baseball squad
- Nina Rodgers & Olivia Soares first African American Women coaches to square off in NCAA D1 Hockey
- Professional Volleyball Federation Inaugural U.S. Women’s Season launches in 2024
November 2022
- Nayelly Hernandez-Walkter named Assistant Coach of Columbia Men and Women’s Squash program
- Lauren Korholz named Assistant Head Coach of Columbia Heavyweight Rowing
- Amanda Levens (WCA Class #1) received extension to lead Nevada Women’s Basketball program
- Sharon Versyp Purdue legend announced as USCB Head Women’s Basketball Coach
- Lindsay Widsom-Hylton named Assistant Coach of University of Texas Women’s Basketball program
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- Amaka Agugua-Hamilton takes reins as Head Women’s Basketball Coach at the University of Virginia
- Mickey Grace joins the UConn football staff as the Huskies’ offensive analyst
- Julia Kearney first female football coach at St. Johnsbury Academy
- Felisha Legette-Jack takes reins as Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Syracuse
- Fatima Reyadh first woman to coach men’s basketball in Bahra
- Dawn Staley recipient of the Billie Jean King Leadership Award
- The Regina Victorias all female football coaching staff
October 2022
- Amanda Caldwell (WCA #42 , A2 #5) selected to Lead Tulane University’s Swimming and Diving Program
- Becky Hammon named WNBA’s 2022 Coach of the Year
- Kristi Bredbenner & Jessica Leger headline Four Additions to Division 1 Softball Committee
- D Mira Jalosuo former Gopher, Finnish national team D Mira Jalosuo hired to be the assistant coach for SCSU women’s team
- Valerie Lohr (WCA #47, A2 #5) Saint Mary’s Hall Upper School Varsity Field Hockey Coach promoted to Director of Student Well-Being & Performance Mindset
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- Candice Dupree hired as San Antonio Spurs Assistant Coach
- Kelsey Koelzer Arcadia University Head Women’s Ice Hockey Coach (NCAA’s first Black female coach in the sport), Trailblazing Coach Building Program from Scratch
- Rebecca Johnston Flames hire decorated Canadian hockey player Rebecca Johnston in player development role
- Nikki Fargas & Natalie Williams ‘We kind of have to succeed’: are thriving atop the Las Vegas Aces
September 2022
- Blanche Alverson promoted to associate head basketball coach at Georgia Tech
- Jacy Dyer named head men’s and women’s swimming & diving coach at Fairfield University
- Molly Engstrom named head women’s ice hockey coach at the University of Maine
- Monica Gordy Polizzi first female to serve as National Chair of Division II Football Committee
- Anna Khrystenko promoted to Associate Head Coach for Oregon State Women’s Volleyball
- Samantha Price named assistant women’s basketball coach at Newberry College
- Lynn Sobczyk named Middlebury’s Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach
- Anna Temple (2019 WCA #47) named Associate Head Coach for Women’s Golf at the University of Washington
- Sarah Trowbridge named Head Women’s Rowing Coach at the University of Oklahoma
- Laura Tyler-Cook named Head Women’s Golf Coach at Bucknell
- Benay Weintraub (2017 WCA #43) named head women’s tennis coach at Cal Tech
- Adrienne Wydra named assistant women’s basketball at Lycoming College
- Allie Zueger hired as an assistant women’s soccer coach at Lenoir-Rhyne
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- Rhonda Brady Gilles Anderson, first Woman inducted into the Gary Sports Hall of Fame
- Clare Carson, first female to lead a UEFA C coaching diploma
- Emily Engel-Natzke joins Capitals as NHL’s first female video coach
- Kianna Jones, first female head coach in Summer League Baseball
- Renate Rice, District’s first female football coach
- Rachel Robinson named Grassroots Coach of the Year for Youth
August 2022
- Kelsie Carralero, head women’s golf coach at Washington & Lee, named VaSID (Virginia Sports Information Directors) Coach of the Year
- Michelle Chewens named head coach of the women’s cross country program at Cal Poly
- Kylee Flynn named head women’s soccer coach at Monmouth University
- Gail Goestenkors to be inducted into Duke Athletics Hall of Fame
- Megan Green hired as assistant women’s basketball coach at Dickinson
- Rosalind Joseph (2016 WCA #40) hired as the new Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Ohio State University
- Madison Keaty (2018 WCA #44) named CRCA women’s lightweight rowing coach of the year
- Audrey Kelley hired as assistant women’s rowing coach at UConn
- Chloe Lamb named an assistant women’s basketball coach at University of Mary
- Dr. Nicole LaVoi to be inducted into the Gustavus Adolphus College Hall of Fame
- Olivia Leavitt (2022 WCA #51) named Head Women’s Tennis Coach at Lehigh University
- Meshia Levister (2021 WCA #50, 2022 Academy 2.0 #5) hired as first-ever Director of Golf at Lincoln University (also the first-ever African American woman to lead both golf programs in MIAA history)
- Kate Livesay (2008 WCA #13), head women’s lacrosse coach at Middlebury, named Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) coach of the year for Division III
- Becky Maines named head women’s soccer coach at St. Olaf College
- Lindsey Malone (2007 WCA #10) named head coach for Team USA Heptathletes
- Kimberly Graham-Miller named head men’s and women’s track & field coach at UCSD
- Liz Neubinski (Slupinski) (2015 WCA #36; 2019 Academy 2.0 #4) named head softball coach at Skidmore College
- Kelsey Reott hired as a women’s swimming and diving assistant coach at Pitt
- Allison Saucier & Megan Burke named assistant women’s soccer coaches at Boston University
- Rosanna Sguerra (2022 WCA #51) Named Capital University Head Volleyball Coach
- Jen Simonetti named head women’s soccer coach at Akron
- Jenna Slowey named head women’s lacrosse coach at Rhode Island
- Maria Stuber (2012 WCA #26; 2022 Academy 2.0 #5), The College of St. Scholastica Head Skiing Coach and founder of the Women’s Skiing Coaches Association is providing leadership to increase women ski coaches
- Beth Alford-Sullivan named UCONN director of track and field and cross country
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- Becca Lewis, first female to lead boys varsity soccer at Conard High School
- Danielle Marmer becomes Boston Bruin’s first female hockey opps hire
- Sandra Douglass Morgan announced as the Las Vegas Raiders newest president, making her the first Black female team president in the National Football League’s history
- Amanda Ruller, Seahawks coaching intern uses football smarts to break barriers: ‘I can do this’
- Several women’s ice hockey coaches in WeCOACH community participating in NHL Coaches Association Female Coaches Development Program