Ali Jennings

Biography

Ali Jennings enters her fifth year at the helm of the Golden Bears in 2025-26. Jennings was named head women's lacrosse coach prior to the 2021-22 academic year, becoming the fourth head coach in the program's history, earning Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference (GLIAC) Coach of the Year honors for her team's debut season. In 2025, Jennings led a squad that saw it's first ever GLIAC Defender and Midfielder of the Year in Claire Flahaven and Susie Monson, while also producing the GLIAC Freshman of the Year in goalkeeper Katie Colleran. Jennings earned her second GLIAC Coach of the Year award after leading the team to it's best GLIAC finish all-time (2nd) and it's best overall season since 2022. Jennings came to Concordia from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where she built the Falcons as an inaugural program starting in 2019 and led the program to a 23-9 overall record for a .719 winning percentage. The Falcons produced winning campaigns all three years of Jennings' tenure at UWRF, with a 3-1 record in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season before a 9-3 record in 2021 in a season that included a trip to the NCAA Tournament second round, an impressive feat for an NCAA Division III independent program not affiliated with a league. She is a 2011 graduate from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. degree in Kinesiology, adding an M.A. in leadership from Augsburg in 2017. She was the president, team captain and fundraising chair of the Gophers' club women's lacrosse progr