Kara Reber

Biography

Kara Reber is the only women's lacrosse head coach that Florida Southern College has ever known, joining the program at its inception in 2011. In 13 years, Reber has won an NCAA Division II national title (2016), twice finished as the national runner-up (2017 & 2018) and has finished as national semifinalists (2023), while compiling an overall record of 200-43 at the helm of the Moccasins. In just over a decade, Reber has thrust Florida Southern into women's lacrosse royalty. After guiding the Moccasins to the first national championship outside the states of Massachusetts, New York or Pennsylvania to win an NCAA Division II women's lacrosse championship in 2016, in just the fifth year of existence, she guided the program to back-to-back national runners-up bids in 2017 and 2018. In the 2017 run, the Mocs won 18-straight games en route to the national title game. The 2016 championship marked Florida Southern as the first team from outside the states of Massachusetts, New York or Pennsylvania to win an NCAA Division II women's lacrosse championship. Florida Southern finished the season on a 14-game winning streak, and Reber was tabbed as the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year by Inside Lacrosse and the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA). Prior to being named the head coach at Florida Southern, Reber spent two seasons at St. Mary's College in Maryland, where she compiled a record of 21-14. Before her stint at St. Mary's, Reber spent five seasons as the