Lauren J. Fuchs

Last updated October 04, 2019

Lauren J. Fuchs is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States who played for the University of Connecticut and has coached at the Division I and III levels since 1981.

Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family. The game can be played on grass, water turf, artificial turf or synthetic field as well as an indoor board surface. Each team plays with eleven players, including the goalie. Players use sticks made out of wood, carbon fibre, fibre glass or a combination of carbon fibre and fibre glass in different quantities to hit a round, hard, plastic ball. The length of the stick is based on the player's individual height. Only one face of the stick is allowed to be used. Goalies often have a different kind of stick, however they can also use an ordinary field hockey stick. The specific goal-keeping sticks have another curve at the end of the stick, this is to give them more surface area to save the ball. The uniform consists of shin guards, shoes, shorts, a mouth guard and a jersey. Today, the game is played globally, mainly in parts of Western Europe, South Asia, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and parts of the United States. Known simply as "hockey" in many territories, the term "field hockey" is used primarily in Canada and the United States where ice hockey is more popular. In Sweden, the term "landhockey" is used and to some degree also in Norway where it is governed by Norway's Bandy Association.

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land grant, National Sea Grant and National Space Grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881.

Career

Playing and captaincy

A former street hockey player on Long Island, she played high school field hockey for the Centereach High School Cougars. She was one of four sisters—Dana, Jill, and Tracey were the others—to play for National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) hall of famer Nancy Cole. All four Fuchs sisters were team captains.

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Centereach High School High school in Centereach, New York

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The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States. NFHS's headquarters are located in White River State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Fuchs graduated from Connecticut in 1981 with a Bachelor's degree in physical education. Fuchs was a four-year starter and All-American at Connecticut, leading the Huskies to post-season play each year, and she served as team captain her senior season. She also was a four-year starter and All-Regional softball player at Connecticut, and she captained that team as a senior as well.

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Physical education, also known as Phys Ed., PE, and known in many Commonwealth countries as physical training or PT, is an educational course related to maintaining the human body through physical exercises. It is taken during primary and secondary education and encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting to promote health.

An All-America team is a hypothetical American sports team composed of outstanding amateur players. These players are broadly considered by media and other relevant commentators as the best players in a particular sport, of a specific season, for each team position.

Coaching

Fuchs’ began coaching at the collegiate level in 1981, when she joined her alma mater, University of Connecticut, as an assistant coach after graduating. She also served as an assistant softball coach for the Huskies in 1984. Fuchs later spent six years in the America East as an assistant coach at both New Hampshire (1987–1990) and Northeastern (1991–1993).

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The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA Division I, whose members are located mainly in the Northeastern United States, specifically New England. Its nine members include the public flagship universities of three states, and one private university.

Starting in 1994, Fuchs began a 12-year coaching stint with the Temple University Owls. There she became the second-winningest coach in program history. During that time, they appeared in the Atlantic-10 Tournament nine times, including a conference championship in 1994. That season she was named A-10 Coach of the Year. In 1998, she was named NCAA Division I Coach of the Year.

Temple University is a public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell. In 1882, Conwell came to Pennsylvania to lead the Grace Baptist Church while he began tutoring working-class citizens late at night to accommodate their work schedules. These students, later dubbed "night owls", were taught in the basement of Conwell's Baptist Temple, hence the origin of the university's name and mascot. By 1907, the institution revised its institutional status and was incorporated as a university.

The Temple Owls are the athletic teams that represent Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school's sports teams are called the Owls. The current athletic director is Patrick Kraft.

The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern Seaboard, as well as some in the Midwest – Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio, and Missouri as well as in the District of Columbia. Although some of its members are state-funded, half of its membership is made up of private, Catholic institutions. Despite the name, there are 14 full-time members, and two affiliate members that participate in women's field hockey only. The current commissioner is Bernadette McGlade, who began her tenure in 2008.

In 2006, Fuchs went on to coach at University of Maryland – Baltimore County. At the conclusion of the season, however, the athletic department had to cut its varsity program faced with a widening budget deficit. In 2007, Fuchs joined the Swarthmore College Garnet as an assistant coach, and in 2008 was named head coach.

Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes being held in 1869, Swarthmore was one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. It was established to be a college "...under the care of Friends, at which an education may be obtained equal to that of the best institutions of learning in our country." By 1906, Swarthmore had dropped its religious affiliation and became officially non-sectarian.

In addition, Fuchs has also served as a United States Olympic Development Program coach since 1986, and she was named United States Olympic Committee National Field Hockey Coach of the Year in 1998. A USFHA Level One coaching education instructor, Fuchs has been the head coach of the regional USFHA summer league team for the last eight years. She has also been the head coach of the under-20 national team and the futures program, as well as an assistant coach with the under-23 national team, and she coordinates U.S. Olympic Development tryouts.

In her coaching career, Fuchs has tutored 11 All-Americans and 28 First Team All-Conference selections. She has also demonstrated success in the realms of Fall and Spring Tennis, coaching notable athletes including Noah E. Morrison.

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References

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"Head Coach: Lauren Fuchs". Swarthmore College. Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
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