Cathy Reese

Cathy Reese is the current head coach of the women's lacrosse team at the University of Maryland. She has coached the Maryland Terrapins to a five championship wins and has been inducted into the University of Maryland Hall of Fame on November 2, 2018.

Attend Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City,Maryland. When she graduated in 1994, she had many accomplishments: Won 3 consecutive state championships She was All-Metro Player of the Year in 1994, She Holds the Maryland State 3A record with 8 points (goals+assists) in a Championship game, She Holds the Maryland State 3A record with most goals in a Championship game with 7

She Scored 170 goals over the course of her final two seasons for the Vikings.

Married former Maryland lacrosse player Brian Reese. Whom with she has 4 Children: Riley, 15 , Brody, 12 , Cayden, 10 , and Braxton, 7.

Reese played for the University of Maryland from 1994-1998. During that time, the team captured four national championship wins, in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998. After the 1998 National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Tournament, Reese was named the Most Valuable Player. Reesegraduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business communication.

After graduating, Reese was the assistant coach for the women's lacrosse team at Maryland from 1999-2004. Reese then moved to the University of Denver and served as the head coach of the women's lacrosse team from 2004-2006. In 2007, Reese was offered the job as the head coach at the University of Maryland. In her time as head coach at Maryland, Reese has helped her team win five national championships, in 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019. Reese led her team to 6 consecutive ACC Tournament Championships, in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. In her many successful years of coaching, Reese has coached several Tewaaraton Award winners, Tewarraton Award finalists, and many All-Americans.

Reese has won many individual coaching awards while at Maryland. In 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 she was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Coach of the Year, as well as being named the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2016, 2017, and 2018. She was also named the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) National Coach of the Year in 2010, 2014, and 2015.The University of Maryland's Hall of Fame honors players and coaches who have made a significant impact on the school. Being inducted into this Hall of Fame is the greatest athletic honor that one can receive from the university. On November 2, 2018, Cathy Reese was one of the nine University of Maryland alumni that were chosen to be inducted into the university's Hall of Fame. Reese was not only inducted for her exceptional coaching for the University of Maryland's women's lacrosse team, but also for her time as a Maryland player.