Kelly Amonte Hiller

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Kelly Amonte Hiller
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Northwestern
Conference Big Ten
Record349–91 (.793)
Playing career
1992–1996 Maryland
Position(s)Attack
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1998 Brown (assistant)
1999 UMass (assistant)
2000 Boston (assistant)
2002–Present Northwestern
Head coaching record
Overall349–91 (.793)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 2x NCAA Champion (player) – (1995, 1996)
  • 8x NCAA Champion (coach) (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2023)
  • 8x American Lacrosse Conference Champion (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
  • 3x Big Ten Champion (2021, 2023, 2024)
Awards
2× NCAA National Player of the Year (1995, 1996)

Kelly Amonte Hiller is an American lacrosse coach and former player who is the women's lacrosse head-coach at Northwestern University. [1] [2] She has coached Northwestern to eight NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships. [3] Amonte Hiller played for the University of Maryland Terrapins, and won two national championships as a player. She was named the ACC Female Athlete of the Year in 1996. [4] In 2012, Amonte Hiller was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. [5]

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Amonte Hiller is the sister of former National Hockey League player Tony Amonte. [1] She attended high school at Thayer Academy. [6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
NCAA Division I (American Lacrosse Conference)(2002–2014)
2002Northwestern 5–102–4
2003Northwestern 8–82–4
2004Northwestern 15–35–1T–1st NCAA Quarterfinal
2005Northwestern 21–06–01st NCAA Champions
2006Northwestern 20–15–01st NCAA Champions
2007Northwestern 21–14–01st NCAA Champions
2008Northwestern 21–14–01st NCAA Champions
2009Northwestern 23–06–01st NCAA Champions
2010Northwestern 20–25–01st NCAA Runner–Up
2011Northwestern 21–23–2T–2nd NCAA Champions
2012Northwestern 21–24–12nd NCAA Champions
2013Northwestern 19–34–1T–1st NCAA Final Four
2014Northwestern 14–73–3T–3rd NCAA Final Four
NCAA Division I (Big Ten Conference)(2015–Present)
2015Northwestern 14–73–23rd NCAA Quarterfinal
2016Northwestern 11–103–2T–2nd NCAA Second Round
2017Northwestern 11–104–23rd NCAA Second Round
2018Northwestern 15–65–12nd NCAA Quarterfinal
2019Northwestern 16–55–12nd NCAA Final Four
2020Northwestern 4–30–0
2021Northwestern 15–111–01st NCAA Final Four
2022Northwestern 16–55–12nd NCAA Final Four
2023Northwestern 21–16–01st NCAA Champions
2024Northwestern 18–35–11st NCAA Runner–Up
Northwestern:349–91 (.793)96–23 (.807)
Total:349–91 (.793)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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