James Madison, Vermont Add Assistant Coaches
from press releases
HARRISONBURG, Va. -- James Madison University
lacrosse coach Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe has announced that Katie
Linnertz has joined the Dukes' staff as an assistant coach.
Prior to becoming a member of the JMU staff, Linnertz was an
assistant coach at Boston University, where she was the team's
defensive coordinator. During her tenure with BU, the
Terriers won three America East championships and played in three
NCAA Tournaments. BU advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals in
2009. The team's overall record during Linnertz's three
seasons as assistant coach was 44-16.
The 2007 George Mason graduate was a four-year starter on defense
for the Patriots. She was an All-Colonial Athletic
Association second team selection in 2005.
A Dean's List student as an undergraduate, Linnertz earned the CAA
Commissioner's Academic Award twice (2005, 2007) and was named to
the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic
Honor Roll two times (2005, 2006).
"I have had the honor to work with coach Linnertz over the years at
various camps and loved her enthusiasm for teaching the game of
lacrosse," said coach Klaes-Bawcombe. "She is passionate
about the sport and defense as a whole. She brings experience
coaching a championship-level program and therefore understands
what it takes to stay at the top of a conference. Coach
Linnertz will help us accomplish our goal of representing JMU
consistently at the championship level both in our conference and
at the NCAA’s."
Linnertz earned a bachelor's degree in government and international
politics from George Mason, where she held minors in legal studies
and English.
She is a native of Syracuse, N.Y., and a graduate of Cicero-North
Syracuse High School, where she earned all-league and All-Central
New York honors.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Nicole Moore has been named
an assistant coach for the University of Vermont women's lacrosse
team. Vermont head coach Jen Johnson made the announcement
today.
"I am very pleased to welcome Nicole to our staff," said Johnson.
"She brings a wealth of knowledge from several different programs
and international experience. She has a familiarity with America
East as a former player in the league and will be a great addition
to our program."
Moore comes to Vermont after four seasons as an assistant coach at
Temple University (2007-10). She worked primarily with the Owl
defenders and helped guide Temple to a spot in the Atlantic-10
Tournament over the last three years. The Owls won the A-10
Championship in 2008 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament that
season.
"I would like to thank Jen Johnson and the UVM Athletic
Administration for the opportunity to be a part of their program,"
said Moore. "Once I set foot on campus and met with the various
administrators, players, and coaching staff I knew that it was this
was the right move to make in my career."
Prior to joining the Owl coaching staff, Moore served as an
assistant coach at Canisius (2004-06). During her stint with the
Lady Griffins she coached four All-Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference players, including an MAAC Offensive Player of the Year
in 2006 and a Defensive Player of the Year in 2005.
In 2005, Moore helped the Lady Griffins to the program's first
winning season in history with a 9-6 record. In 2006, the squad
finished second in the MAAC with a 12-7 record. While at Canisius,
Moore also served as an assistant coach and player on the MAAC
All-Stars team in the International Friendship Games, held in
Tokyo, Japan.
Upon graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 2002 with a
degree in English, Moore took a job as the director of lacrosse at
the Casterton School, an independent boarding school in Lancashire,
England. She also worked as a coaching officer in the English
Lacrosse Association.
In addition to her duties at Casterton, she was in charge of
running elite performance centers for the ELA. While in England,
she was a member of the Heaton Mersey and North England women's
lacrosse teams.
A native of Wilton, Maine, Moore was a three-year member of the New
Hampshire women's lacrosse team, where she led her squad to a 2002
America East Conference Regular Season Title. Moore, an IWLCA/US
Lacrosse Regional Second Team All-American, was a member of the
2001 and 2002 America East All-Championship teams, as well as an
America East All-Conference First Team selection in 2002. During
her senior season, she was voted UNH's Defensive MVP.
Moore also played field hockey for the Wildcats, earning a spot on
the America East Championship team and helping her team advance to
the NCAA Tournament in 1998.
Moore's experience also includes working as a director of various
lacrosse camps and clinics, including the Lacrosse Plus Clinics in
Buffalo, N.Y., the Triple Arrow Summer Camps and the Orchard Park
Recreation Department. She has also coached at various day camps
across the country, including camps at Princeton, Penn, James
Madison, New Hampshire, Duke, Villanova and Brown.
A speaker at the 2009 US Lacrosse Convention, Moore sits on
multiple IWLCA committees.
Moore earned a master's of science with a concentration in sport
psychology and sport coaching from Canisius in May of 2006.
