Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

After being hired in 2015, Gina Wills is in entering into her tenth season as the head coach of the Washington and Lee field hockey team and serves as the second head coach in program history.

Over her nine completed seasons, the Generals have compiled a 111-50 (.689) record and claimed the fourth ODAC title in program history in 2022. W&L also advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament on three occasions including for the first time in school history in 2017 and fell in the NCAA Regional Finals in 2021. 

Wills eclipsed the 100 win mark in Lexington during the 2022 campaign in the first round of the NCAA tournament, a 3-0 win over Ohio Wesleyan.

The team has advanced to the conference title game in six of the nine seasons during Wills' tenure, including most recently during the 2022 season where the Blue and White earned the No.1 seed in the conference's regular season standings. The Generals postseason success includes three straight home field advantages through the postseason from 2015-17. That stretch was the first time in W&L history the field hockey team made three straight championship games and then earned a top-seed again from the spring 2021 season, fall '21 and again in '22. 

Over her ten seasons, the Generals are 59-12 (.841) in league play and Wills has been named the ODAC Coach of the Year on four occasions. Wills has coached seven NFHCA All-America honorees, 17 All-Region citations, and 53 All-ODAC laurels.

Since the 2015 season, W&L has captured 11 major ODAC awards, a CSC Academic All-America selection in Tess Muneses '23 who also was named the ODAC's Berkley award winner and an NCAA Woman of the Year Top-30 finalist as a senior.
 

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W&L ACCOMPLISHMENTS (111-50, 59-12 ODAC)

• Four ODAC Coach of the Year 
• Three ODAC Championships
• 53x All-Conference Selections
• 11 ODAC Major Awards
• 7x NFHCA All-America Selections
• 17x NFHCA All-Region Selections
• One CSC Academic All-America Selection
• Four ODAC Scholar-Athletes of the Year
• 18x  NFHCA Scholar of Distinction Awards

AWARDS, HONORS & CERTIFICATIONS

• 4x ODAC Coach of the Year ('15, '17, '21, '22)
• North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Coach of the Year (2012)
• National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year (2012)
• United States Field Hockey Association Futures Program (2007-current)
•  NFHCA All-America Committee
• NCAA Regional Ranking Committee
• NFHCA All-America Committee
• NFHCA Senior All-Star Game Committee
• NFHCA Coach of the Year Committee
• NCAA Field Hockey Great Lakes Regional Advisory Committee.

COACHING RESUME

• Washington and Lee (2015 to present)
• Head Coach of DePauw University (2007-14)
  • 121-40 (.752) overall record
  • 4x NCAC regular season champions
  • 3x NCAC Tournament Champions
  • 3x NCAA Tournament Appearances
    • 2012 NCAA Semifinalists
  • 8x NFHCA National Academic Team Award
  • 7x NFHCA All-America selections
  • 3x Great Lakes Region Player of the Year
  • 7x NFHCA Senior All-Star game participants
• Assistant Coach at Washington & Jefferson College (2006-07)
• Assistant Coach at Earlham College (2004-06)

PLAYING CAREER (Centre College '04)

• Two-year co-captain
• NFHCA Second Team All-Region 
• Also lettered in softball
• Bachelor of arts in English, minor in history

WILLS YEAR-BY-YEAR AT W&L