'Hooch' Grad Named Head Women's Lacrosse Coach at DI Radford in Virginia

Haley Marvine, a 2007 Chattahoochee High School graduate and former University of Cincinnati lacrosse player, has been named the inaugural head women’s lacrosse coach at Radford University, Radford, VA. The Highlanders will begin competition in the Big South Conference in the spring of 2016.

Marvine, a Big East Academic All-Star for Cincinnati’s Bearcats, graduated with a degree in sports management in 2011, at which point she accepted the head coaching position at Transylvania University, Lexington, KY.

This is Marvine’s second experience with a DI lacrosse organization and her third with an inaugural program. As a four-year member of Cincinnati’s first women’s lacrosse team from 2008-11, she was a standout goalkeeper and team captain, seeing action in a total of 31 games during her career, including 12 during UC’s first season in 2008.

Since graduating, she has led Transylvania through its first two seasons of women’s lacrosse at the NCAA Division III level, posting a 12-13 overall mark and a 7-7 record this past season against more established programs. Her coaching experience also includes several elite camps, including the Nike Cup Syracuse Camp and high-profile on-campus camps at Notre Dame, Duke and Georgia Tech. Marvine also coached at the middle- and high-school club level in the Cincinnati area for Natilax.

“I am excited to get back to the Division I level. It’s where I played collegiately and where I feel most at home,” Marvine said in a Radford press release. “Having started the program at Transylvania at the Division III level, I am thrilled with the opportunity to start up another program, but this time at the Division I level at Radford with the resources available to a Division I program.”

Robert Lineburg, Radford University Director of Athletics, said he is excited to have someone with Marvine’s program-building experience to take over the university’s new women’s lacrosse program. “We are looking forward to having a very competitive team in the Big South Conference,” Lineburg said in the press release, “and believe Haley will do an outstanding job leading the program.”

“It’s all about recruiting,” Marvine said about the challenge of starting a program. “That’s a big part of any coach’s job, but when you are establishing a program, you are recruiting a little differently because you are getting players that are going to all play right away. I went through that at Cincinnati as a prospective student-athlete, so I can relate to the young women we are going to recruit in the beginning at RU. You also have to surround yourself with good people, so my first job is to put together a staff that can bring the best student-athletes possible to Radford.”