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Overall Career Record: 80-68 (eight seasons)
In February 2005, Ainslee Lamb became the seventh head field hockey coach in Boston College history. She took over a program that was heading into its inaugural year in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the home of seven of the last 10 national champions.
Lamb racked up many accomplishments in her first year at the Heights. The Eagles won 10 or more games for the 11th time in the last 12 years and finished the season by making their third-straight NCAA appearance. Lamb's 2005 team finished with one All-American, two All-ACC selections and four members of the Dartfish/NFCHA Division I All-Northeast Team. Off the field, Lamb's team received even more accolades, including seven National All-Academic honors and the NFHCA National Academic Team Award--only one of two ACC teams to receive the prestigious team award.
Lamb led the team to a 14-6 overall record in 2006. Under her guidance, the program reached its highest rank ever in the NFHCA poll, placing fourth on October 3 after defeating Duke in double overtime. In 2006, five of her players received All-Northeast Regional status while two of those players were named national All-Americans. Three players earned All-ACC Academic honors and were named to the NFHCA Academic Squad.
After the strong 2006 campaign, Lamb coached the New England Team in the 2007 USA Field Hockey's High Performance Training Center National Championship Tournament in Virginia Beach, Va. The tournament, held June 17-24, featured six teams from around the country comprised of a select number of high school students, college players and members of the USA National Squad. Lamb coached three of her own Eagles, as Crystal Frates, Caitlyn Young and Julia Berkowitz helped make up the New England Team.
In 2007, Boston College recorded its seventh consecutive winning season with a 12-8 record under Lamb. The Eagles compiled a five-game winning streak and outscored opponents 54-33 throughout the season. Two players earned All-America and All-ACC status, while four were named to the All-Northeast Regional team. Seven players were honored with All-ACC academic accolades and seven were named to the NFHCA Academic Squad. Lamb, who is heading into her fourth season at the helm for the Eagles, notched her 80th win in a 5-2 victory against New Hampshire on Oct. 21.
After the season, Lamb was invited to an inaugural program to earn the USA Field Hockey's Level III coaching accreditation, which is the highest coaching level that can be obtained USFHA. To add to her accomplishments, Lamb was also named an assistant coach for the United Stats Under-19 team. The team traveled to Chili in the spring for tournament play.
During her five-year stint at Yale, from 1999 to 2003, Lamb built the program into one of the most respected in the Northeast. Lamb's teams compiled a 41-47 record during her tenure and led the Bulldogs to back-to-back ECAC championships in 2002 and 2003, marking the first such accomplishment in league history. In 2003, her team set a school record for consecutive wins, reeling off nine in a row.
Lamb's players also earned All-Ivy recognition 19 times and regional All-America status 10 times. Her 2003 squad boasted 12 NFHCA Academic All-Americans and finished fourth in the country for the NFHCA Division I National Team Academic Award.
Prior to her being named head coach, Lamb served as an assistant under Marisa Didio for three years, taking charge of Yale's recruiting efforts. In 1998, she was on the staff that led Yale to a school-record 15 wins, a second-place finish in the Ivy League and an ECAC Championship.
Lamb's coaching career began in 1994, when she became a graduate assistant coach at University of Massachusetts. She spent three years with the Minutewomen, helping them reach the NCAA Tournament in each of those seasons.
In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, Lamb is actively involved with the United States Field Hockey Association. She coached at the FDIC camp in 2001, and from 2003 to 2006, while also serving as an assistant coach with the Metro Rush team in the USFHA summer league (2001-03). In the past, she has also served as a regional director for the Futures Program and as a coach with the national team development camps (A and B).
Lamb is very active within the field hockey coaching community. She currently serves on several committees, including chairing the Sponsorship, Promotions and Marketing Committee for the USFHA. She is also a member of the Mideast Regional Advisory Committee for the NCAA. Lamb previously served as the second vice president of the USFHA Executive Board.
Lamb is a 1994 graduate of the University of Toronto and earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1996. She was a standout player at both Toronto and UMass, where she was an NCAA Tournament All-Star when the Minutewomen reached the NCAA Final Four in 1992. She and her husband Joel, Harvard football's offensive co-coordinator, have a daughter, Brooklyn.
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