University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Women's Lacrosse

Taylor Bastien became the 11th head coach in UNH women's lacrosse program history on August 2, 2024. has been head coach at Bentley University, her alma mate...

Aaron Gray joined the UNH women’s lacrosse program as an assistant coach in October 2024. Gray has a robust lacrosse background spanning more than 10 years in coaching programs at various levels from Division I to high school. He comes to UNH from UMass Lowell, where he spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons as an assistant coach. The River Hawks had their best season-to-season improvement as a Division I program with six wins in 2023 and a DI program-best 12 wins in ’24, which also marked UML’s first conference tournament appearance. At UMass Lowell, Gray developed all positions, including goalies and draw takers, to improve technique, and skill while also developing offensive strategy. He served as the team’s director of operations and video coordinator. Gray was a volunteer assistant for the University of Colorado in 2021 and 2022. His responsibilities there included planning practices, developing game strategy, and serving as the video coordinator. Gray’s other coaching experience includes both varsity and junior varsity coach for the Sacramento Lacrosse Club in 2019. As the coach of both teams, he coordinated drills for various skill levels and met with all levels of the club to coordinate the overall vision. In his first coaching stint at the collegiate level, Gray spent six years at Colorado as defensive coordinator for the men’s lacrosse team. Gray’s coaching journey began as an assistant at Miami Country Day School in 2012. Gray graduated from Colorado in 2010 with a bachel

Hannah Goodwin joined the UNH women’s lacrosse program as an assistant coach in October 2024. Goodwin comes to UNH from Bates College, where she was an assistant coach for one season (Aug. 2023 to Oct. 2024). Her responsibilities included working with the defensive unit and goalkeepers, individual skill development sessions, creating defensive scouting reports, and implementing defensive strategies. As a grad assistant coach at Merrimack College from Sept. 2022 to May 2023, Goodwin worked specifically with the goalkeepers while earning a master’s degree in Communication. Her other duties included creating and implementing practice plans and running individual sessions. Goodwin’s other coaching experience includes HGR Lacrosse, where she has worked since June 2022. Goodwin was a four-year letterwinner and two-year starting goalkeeper at Roger Williams University, where she graduated with a B.S. in Marketing in May 2022. As a senior captain in 2022, she led the team to an undefeated conference record for the second consecutive season and to a school-record 14 regular-season wins en route to successfully defending its Commonwealth Coast Conference championship title. In 2021, she backstopped the Hawks to their first ever NCAA tournament win.