01/20/2026
The beginning of the year used to always be a big push as a college coach. The team returned to campus and spring early morning training started. Then rushing off to connect with colleagues at Convention / recruiting at Winter Escape was next. A few years ago, my time with many of the giants of our industry set the wheels in motion for what became a leap into for me. I recognized we were losing good coaches and or coaches were losing joy/passion due to many of the aspects of the current coaching landscape. College athletics was changing rapidly, and the reality was almost no support for coaches, especially female non-revenue sport coaches. It’s now four years later. This year I got to pop over to convention sheerly for fun, no work! Got moments with old friends, teammates, mentors, and respected opponents. It’s never enough time, but every quick hello and catch up is a reminder of how special it was to have made a career coaching field hockey. It was as unlikely a story as any, and I love that. People took a chance on me, and I got the opportunity to respond to that by throwing my whole heart in to perfecting that craft and hoping to pay it forward in similar ways. That begs the question of how one can leave, especially if they were really all in. When do you stay? When do you go? It’s something I am great at helping coaches process today, since I walked myself through it! I get many questions about life on the outside, and for me it’s been just as amazing, in different ways. The common thread of what has made every season of life significant: the people. Some coaches are pictured here, most are not. Know that I cherish all of you and am one of the few who knows and fully appreciates all you do 🤗
