New Rutgers Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach Named

[Tango Two]

Rutgers University Director of Athletics Pat Hobbs today announced Melissa Lehman as Head Women's Lacrosse Coach. A New Jersey native who has served as associate head coach and assistant coach at Penn for the past 10 seasons and helped the Quakers to 10 NCAA Tournament berths and eight Ivy League titles, she becomes the seventh head coach in the program's 43-year history.


https://scarletknights.com/news/2019/6/17/melissa-lehman-named-head-womens-lacrosse-coach.aspx

 

[Tango Two]

Lehman Hired as Head Women's Lacrosse Coach at Rutgers


Melissa Lehman, a 2008 graduate from the University of Pennsylvania women's lacrosse program and 10 year veteran on the coaching staff for the Quakers, has been named head coach at Rutgers University, announced Monday afternoon by the Scarlet Knights.


https://pennathletics.com/news/2019/6/17/lehman-hired-as-head-womens-lacrosse-coach-at-rutgers.aspx

 

[Tango Two]

Bio:

https://admin.scarletknights.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2830&path=wlax

 

[rudad02]

Congrats Melissa & all the best.

 

[Tango Two]

Agree

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Melissa, Welcome to The State of Rutgers and your Scarlet Knights !!!

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

UPenn WLAX is a great program who posted a winning record the entire time she was there, so she is coming from a winner and she has NJ roots. All good things,

 

[Tango Two]

Hopefully the success continues here

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Looks to be a B+ hire. Hobbs strikes again!

 

[rudad02]

Looks to be a B+ hire. Hobbs strikes again!

Very tough grading. I would view it as an A/A+ hire.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Very tough grading. I would view it as an A/A+ hire.

Ha! An “A” would’ve been a current NCAA post-season experienced HC (any level) and an “A+” the Penn HC lol!

Seriously I love this hire on paper!!

 

[mdk01]

Ha! An “A” would’ve been a current NCAA post-season experienced HC (any level) and an “A+” the Penn HC lol!

How much were you willing to contribute to what she would have cost?

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

people can have different grading scales... but I think most people agree this is a good hire.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

How much were you willing to contribute to what she would have cost?

I’m going to say it again: I LOVE THIS HIRE.

...can we move on now? ****’s sake with the ridiculous questions lol! There is NOTHING wrong with a B+ hire on the scale I’m throwing out there. A+ was never going to happen, nor eciected, and even an “A,” knowing out situation full-well, would be a stretch.

Would it make you FEEL better if we just throw those 2 out the door and accept this as an A*? Okay, fine, you got it, this was an A+ hire!! [thumb2]

 

[AreYouNUTS]

people can have different grading scales... but I think most people agree this is a good hire.

EXACTLY!!!

 

[rudad02]

I’m going to say it again: I LOVE THIS HIRE.

...can we move on now? ****’s sake with the ridiculous questions lol! There is NOTHING wrong with a B+ hire on the scale I’m throwing out there. A+ was never going to happen, nor eciected, and even an “A,” knowing out situation full-well, would be a stretch.

Would it make you FEEL better if we just throw those 2 out the door and accept this as an A*? Okay, fine, you got it, this was an A+ hire!! [thumb2]

Ha! OK, now we're talking!

 

[mdk01]

Ha! OK, now we're talking!

Right. Now if only you can tell me what "eciected" means.

 

[rubaseball78]

Ha! An “A” would’ve been a current NCAA post-season experienced HC (any level) and an “A+” the Penn HC lol!

Seriously I love this hire on paper!!

Agree, I was hoping for the Maryland coach.

 

[APKnight]

Seems like a great hire! Best of luck Melissa.

 

[OntheBanks]

So when do we hear about the hiring of assistant coaches?

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

Very tough grading. I would view it as an A/A+ hire.

That is just silly. How on earth could hiring an Assistant Coach from the Ivy League be an A+ hire for a Big Ten school? That's about the most lenient grading I can think of.

 

[FoxRU]

That is just silly. How on earth could hiring an Assistant Coach from the Ivy League be an A+ hire for a Big Ten school? That's about the most lenient grading I can think of.

Three top 20 teams from the BIG. Three from the Ivy’s. Seems pretty comparable to me.
https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/media/rankings/college/division-1-women

 

[OntheBanks]

That is just silly. How on earth could hiring an Assistant Coach from the Ivy League be an A+ hire for a Big Ten school? That's about the most lenient grading I can think of.

NCAA Tournament Bracket 2019.
IVY League - Penn, Princeton & Dartmouth
B1G - Maryland, Michigan, Northwestern & Johns Hopkins

 

[mdk01]

Three top 20 teams from the BIG. Three from the Ivy’s. Seems pretty comparable to me.
https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/media/rankings/college/division-1-women

Was hoping he wasn't serious

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

A+ is the best possible score. An assistant coach is not an A+ hire in my book. Michigan hiring Jim Harbaugh is an A+ hire.

 

[Jim_from_RU]

A+ is the best possible score. An assistant coach is not an A+ hire in my book. Michigan hiring Jim Harbaugh is an A+ hire.

Ok, B+. Still, it’s an excellent hire.

 

[rudad02]

I'll go with the A/A+ hire.

 

[richthedentist]

So when do we hear about the hiring of assistant coaches?

Not sure just looked on the website no assistant coach list ed

 

[rufamily]

It is a dead period right now and most of the tournaments season is over. The next big date will be September 1st. When they can start recruiting juniors.