Gina Wills

Biography

After being hired in 2015, Gina Wills is entering into her 12th season as the head coach of the Washington and Lee field hockey team and serves as the second head coach in program history. The team has advanced to the conference title game in six of the nine seasons during Wills' tenure, including most recently during the 2022 season where the Blue and White earned the No.1 seed in the conference's regular season standings. The Generals postseason success includes three straight home field advantages through the postseason from 2015-17. That stretch was the first time in W&L history the field hockey team made three straight championship games and then earned a top-seed again from the spring 2021 season, fall '21 and again in '22. Since the 2015 season, W&L has captured 11 major ODAC awards, a CSC Academic All-America selection in Tess Muneses '23 who also was named the ODAC's Berkley award winner and an NCAA Woman of the Year Top-30 finalist as a senior. Wills previously served as Head Coach of DePauw University from 2007-14 where she compiled a 121-40 record with 4 NCAC regular season championships, 3 NCAC Tournament Championships, and 3 NCAA Tournament appearances including a 2012 NCAA Semifinal appearance. She also served as Assistant Coach at Washington & Jefferson College and Earlham College. Wills played at Centre College where she was a two-year co-captain, earned NFHCA Second Team All-Region honors, and lettered in softball.

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