KATHY DE ANGELIS
HEAD COACH
Kathy De Angelis, a former player and current coach for the United States National Field Hockey program, is in her 10th year as head field hockey coach at Hofstra University. In her nine seasons at Hofstra, De Angelis has guided the Pride to a 91-88 record and has seen her team post six straight winning seasons (2001 through 2006) for the first time at the Division I level and just the second time since 1947 to 1952. Hofstra's record over the last six seasons is 73-47. Active in the administration end of the sport, De Angelis has been a member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Mid-East Region ranking committee.
The 2006 season was nearly identical to the Pride's 2005 campaign, as the team finished the season with a 13-7 record and reached the semifinals of the CAA Championship. The team finished the season ranked 21st in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) for the second consecutive year, and also received 23 votes in the final STX/NFHCA Division I Poll. De Angelis also saw star sophomore Charlia Warner earn second team All-America honors from NFHCA, the program's third All-American in the last three years. In addition, De Angelis led the Pride to an undefeated record at home (8-0) for the first time in program history.
In 2005 De Angelis guided the Pride to a 13-7 mark and a spot in the semifinals of the CAA Championship. The team finished the season ranked 21st in the RPI and received six votes in the final STX/NFHCA Division I Poll. The 13 wins matched her personal best as coach and tied for the second most wins in the history of the program. 2005 also saw De Angelis' star junior Doni-Melissa Jantzen earn third team All-America honors for the second consecutive year. On a personal note, De Angelis posted career victory 100 in the Pride's 4-1 win over Drexel on October 2.
The 2004 season saw De Angelis lead her team to a 13-8 record, the most wins in her tenure and the second highest total in program history, and a berth in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship. Hofstra, which was seeded fourth, upset top-seed and 13th-ranked William & Mary and became the first four seed to advance to the title game. The postseason appearance was also Hofstra's first since the 1987 season. The 2004 squad also produced Hofstra's first All-American since 1999 Jantzen earned third team accolades.
De Angelis led Hofstra to an 8-0 start in 2003 en route to a 12-8 record, the second 12-win season in her tenure. That followed a 2002 season that saw the Pride post a 10-9 record after joining the highly competitive Colonial Athletic Association. Hofstra spent six weeks in the 2002 STX/NFHCA Division I Poll, peaking at #18 following a 5-0 start to the season.
In 2001 De Angelis led her team to a 12-8 record. It marked the second straight year of improvement for the team after a 4-16 record in 1999. The 2001 season also saw Hofstra return to the national rankings as the team received votes in the STX/NFHCA Poll on two occasions.
During her tenure at Hofstra De Angelis has coached two All-Americans (totaling three selections), seven regional All-Americans (totaling 12 selections), 15 all-conference players (23 selections) and 26 NFHCA Scholar-Athletes (45 selections).
The Lexington, Massachusetts, native came to Long Island from Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State) in Springfield, Missouri, where she directed the Lady Bears' field hockey program during the 1996 and 1997 seasons. Prior to coaching Southwest Missouri State, De Angelis served as head field hockey coach and assistant fitness center director at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1992 through 1996.
A 1992 graduate of the University of Massachusetts with a degree in sports management, De Angelis was a three-time All-American, earning first team honors in her junior and senior seasons, and honorable mention accolades as a sophomore, and was a finalist for the Honda Broderick Award as National Player of the Year and collegiate woman athlete of the year following her senior season. During her career, she helped UMass achieve a 60-20-8 record, four Atlantic 10 conference titles, and four NCAA tournament appearances, including a Final Four berth in 1987. In that 1987 NCAA tournament, De Angelis was named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team. Other individual honors included being named to the All-Atlantic 10 team twice, the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team and the all-region team. De Angelis led the team in scoring for three seasons, tallying 49 goals and 105 career points. She is currently ranked third on the Massachusetts career goals list and fifth on the all-time scoring list.
While at Massachusetts, De Angelis was a member of the United States Field Hockey National Under-21 Team in 1987 and 1988, the U.S. National Reserve Team in 1988 and 1989, and the U.S. National Elite Team in 1990 and 1991. She also competed in five U.S. Olympic Festivals from 1986 through 1991. During the summer of 2004 De Angelis played with the Tempest in the United Airlines Summer League.
De Angelis began her collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts in 1991, leaving to become the head field hockey coach at LaSalle University in 1992. She has been involved with the U.S. National Field Hockey coaching staff since 1988, coaching in B, C, D and U.S. Super Camps. In 1999 she coached at the U.S. "A" Camp. During the summer of 2000, De Angelis coached at the U.S. men's national team trials at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego, California. She has also coached for the U.S. Olympic Developmental Program, and the U.S. National Futures Program, including stints as the under-15, under-18 and under-19 coach. Since 2005 De Angelis has served as a coach for the USA Field Hockey High Performance Training Center's New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania squad and led the team to the 2007 USA Field Hockey National Championship at the USA Training Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, following third place finishes at the 2005 and 2006 tournaments.
De Angelis also has international experience as a player and coach, having played on the U.S. team's tour of Canada in 1987 and in the 1988 Pan American Games in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, in which the United States captured a silver medal. In 2004 De Angelis served as an assistant coach for the Barbados national team, preparing the squad and coaching during the Women's Pan American Cup in Barbados. Following a strong showing at the Pan Am Cup, Barbados qualified for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
KATHY DE ANGELIS' HOFSTRA COACHING CAREER
1998 Hofstra University 6-13
1999 Hofstra University 4-16
2000 Hofstra University 8-12
2001 Hofstra University 12-8
2002 Hofstra University 10-9
2003 Hofstra University 12-8
2004 Hofstra University 13-8
2005 Hofstra University 13-7
2006 Hofstra University 13-7
