Coaching Carousel 2022-2023

[laxagainsthumanity]

Would Phil Barnes or Colleen Shearer be UVA candidates? I could see Tumolo being extremely successful here. Not sure it's enough of a step up for Klaes or Adams to leave their current positions...

[watcherinthewoods]

Katrina Dowd new head coach at Brown University.

One of the greatest offensive minds in the game. Even though she left in 2020, anything that Carolina did from 2019 to last year‘s national championship can be easily contributed to the Katrina Dowd effect.
She molded that offense and all of the 2017-2019 offensive recruits. They were young and lost the semis to BC in double OT in 2019, and IMO, would they have won it all in 2021 if she was OC.

Agreed, too bad she took the Brown job. She would’ve been perfect for UVA.

Does it feel weird to anyone else that Myers quits now?

There is every possibility that Dowd knew the UVA job would be open ... and picked Brown. Just as we will never know the whole story behind who picks which school or how and where players decide to transfer, there are many drivers/factors that go into these decisions: personal, academic, professional and otherwise.

[Dr. Tact]

Wild card, would Jen Adams leave? Feels like she’s hit the ceiling at Loyola. IMO

I doubt it. Loyola has been getting better each of the last 3-5 years. Certainly better than UVA at this point. The plusses would be ACC play and historic Blue blood program rep....a negative, starting over at a school where WLAX is just one of many non-Football, non-revenue sports....MLAX/WLAX at Loyola is Football to them. Big program/fish, small pond....

[LaxPundit07]

Katrina Dowd new head coach at Brown University.

One of the greatest offensive minds in the game. Even though she left in 2020, anything that Carolina did from 2019 to last year‘s national championship can be easily contributed to the Katrina Dowd effect.
She molded that offense and all of the 2017-2019 offensive recruits. They were young and lost the semis to BC in double OT in 2019, and IMO, would they have won it all in 2021 if she was OC.

Agreed, too bad she took the Brown job. She would’ve been perfect for UVA.

Does it feel weird to anyone else that Myers quits now?

Yesterday was the last day of her camp. Probably wanted one final payday.

I don’t think Myers quit…

[LaxDadMax]

Would Phil Barnes or Colleen Shearer be UVA candidates? I could see Tumolo being extremely successful here. Not sure it's enough of a step up for Klaes or Adams to leave their current positions...

The real X factor is how much Myers pulled down from all of her camps. Based on salary alone, this isn't a move up.

I highly doubt Adams or Klaes would go to UVA unless they relax their admissions policies for transfer portal. Barnes would be a great fit, but I don't see UVA hiring a male to coach a women's team after some of the issues in other sports over the past 5 years.

Shearer would be a surprise and I know she didn't leave UVA on best of terms. (Some of that could be on Myers though).

If they go down the existing head coach path, I think Harrington and Kim Wayne could be decent shouts with Harrington having a better chance. Harrington because she is an up and coming coach and proven recruiter. Wayne because she know how to overachieve in a high academic requirement environment.

[suffolk]

Lauri Kenis is a UVA alum. She would be my first choice if I was UVA.

[Womenslaxxfan]

Wild card, would Jen Adams leave? Feels like she’s hit the ceiling at Loyola. IMO

I doubt it. Loyola has been getting better each of the last 3-5 years. Certainly better than UVA at this point. The plusses would be ACC play and historic Blue blood program rep....a negative, starting over at a school where WLAX is just one of many non-Football, non-revenue sports....MLAX/WLAX at Loyola is Football to them. Big program/fish, small pond....

I have no idea whether Jen Adams would or would not consider a move to uva. As watcher points out, there are tons of inputs to that decision.

But to suggest that it could be because she has a better chance of building a perennial top 5-10 team at loyola than at uva seems far fetched.

UVA checks more boxes in terms of recruiting potential than nearly any other school in the country. Certainly more than Loyola. Or JMU for that matter.

One of the top 3 public universities in the United States and a top 25 ranked academic school. Beautiful campus and top notch college town. Consistently one of the most popular schools in the nation to apply to for the lacrosse player demographic. Storied program whose WORST teams are still always ranked in the top 20. In state admissions treatment for athletic recruits. Fully funded program. Plays in the ACC.

There are many reasons why any individual coach would choose not to apply for the head coaching job. But the notion that they have a better chance of competitive success long term somewhere else, save for a tiny handful of schools (bc, unc, nw, md, cuse) seems wrong to me..

[LaxDadMax]

Wild card, would Jen Adams leave? Feels like she’s hit the ceiling at Loyola. IMO

UVA checks more boxes in terms of recruiting potential than nearly any other school in the country. Certainly more than Loyola. Or JMU for that matter.

Completely disagree on this point. When you can't bring in undergrad transfers until the new rules, this is a MAJOR disadvantage. And after next year, the supply of grad transfers will almost completely dry up.

[Womenslaxxfan]

Laxdad
Is there something I don’t know about. Uva has two undergrad transfers in the roster. Goalie Ashley Vernon and defender kasey Hogarth. How is uva disadvantaged?

[user1020]

Wild card, would Jen Adams leave? Feels like she’s hit the ceiling at Loyola. IMO

I doubt it. Loyola has been getting better each of the last 3-5 years. Certainly better than UVA at this point. The plusses would be ACC play and historic Blue blood program rep....a negative, starting over at a school where WLAX is just one of many non-Football, non-revenue sports....MLAX/WLAX at Loyola is Football to them. Big program/fish, small pond....

Last 2 years for the Hounds have been great. I think if they get over that Cuse hump in the regular season that gets them in the top 5. They were close the last 2 years. Plus Jen Adams has the full support of the entire athletic department as women’s lax is currently the best sports team at Loyola by far. The men’s team has underperformed the last 2 years.

[laxagainsthumanity]

Amanda Barnes Moore is a good UVA candidate. Played at UNC, was DC for five years at Duke while they were very strong, started the program at ECU which has outperformed expectations. Good fit.

[laxlaxlax]

Amy Slade (Appelt) could be another alum in the mix?

[kidsgame]

I wonder if the Patriot League assistant is one of the Colgate assistants abandoning ship?

I have no info on this. But their lead assistant Jessica Becker is VERY well regarded in the college lax world. Lots of girls (including one of my daughters) love her.

If not this job, she will get a head coach job soon.

Why doesn't Colgate just move on from KT and make Jessica Baker the HC? Starters from last year's team are in the transfer portal, if they do not correct the situation soon it will be too late.

Which Colgate starters are in the portal?

One freshman has left for Vanderbilt last week.

[Old Bay addict]

Katrina Dowd new head coach at Brown University.

There’s no way she quit.
“quit” is secret code for the job was opened up.


One of the greatest offensive minds in the game. Even though she left in 2020, anything that Carolina did from 2019 to last year‘s national championship can be easily contributed to the Katrina Dowd effect.
She molded that offense and all of the 2017-2019 offensive recruits. They were young and lost the semis to BC in double OT in 2019, and IMO, would they have won it all in 2021 if she was OC.

Agreed, too bad she took the Brown job. She would’ve been perfect for UVA.

Does it feel weird to anyone else that Myers quits now?

Yesterday was the last day of her camp. Probably wanted one final payday.

[lacrossemwj]

Jessica Drummond from uvm to Univ of Oregon

[Brownlax]

Jessica Drummond from uvm to Univ of Oregon

I hope she turns this program around. A good Oregon team is good for West Coast Lacrosse.

[LaxPundit07]

What’s the latest on Ohio State?

I have this weird feeling a current BCS Head Coach is going to end up with it….

[Insidelax33]

Ohio State finished interviews last week and offered the job out on Friday. Assuming that all parties will be notified by early next week.

Virginia called Liza Kelly who declined. The admin is obviously kicking the tires on big name coaches.

Assistants are starting to land at their new schools so you should see an uptick in release coming post July 1st.

[LaxGnome22]

Ohio State finished interviews last week and offered the job out on Friday. Assuming that all parties will be notified by early next week.

Virginia called Liza Kelly who declined. The admin is obviously kicking the tires on big name coaches.

Assistants are starting to land at their new schools so you should see an uptick in release coming post July 1st.

And your thought on who is getting OHS?

[Insidelax33]

Ohio State finished interviews last week and offered the job out on Friday. Assuming that all parties will be notified by early next week.

Virginia called Liza Kelly who declined. The admin is obviously kicking the tires on big name coaches.

Assistants are starting to land at their new schools so you should see an uptick in release coming post July 1st.

And your thought on who is getting OHS?

You will find out this week! Quite the process from what I am told, seems as if it had a few different turns.