2026 ACC Coaches Camp

Nick Williams joined the Duke women's lacrosse program in August of 2019 and was elevated to associate head coach in September of 2023. He previously served as an assistant coach. 

Although his first season at Duke was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Williams helped the Blue Devil defense solidify its place among national leaders in defensive statistics. Under Williams, Duke averaged 12.44 caused turnovers per game, leading the ACC and ranking sixth nationally. In addition, Duke totaled 11 student-athletes with five or more caused turnovers. Senior Callie Humphrey led the team in caused turnovers (16) and ground balls (18) on her way to being named Third Team Inside Lacrosse Media All-America. 

Williams arrived in Durham following six seasons at Georgetown. He served as a volunteer assistant coach for one campaign and an assistant coach for four seasons before being elevated to the role of associate head coach prior to the 2019 campaign.

During his six years with the Hoyas, Williams helped guide the program to a 57-55 ledger, including an impressive 34-10 mark in BIG EAST play. His time on the Hilltop was capped by the Hoyas’ run to the 2019 BIG EAST Championship, as the squad defeated Denver, 9-8, in double overtime to claim the program’s first conference tournament title since 2010. Georgetown went on to advance to the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament.

The 2019 Georgetown squad featured three on the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-South Region teams, as well as one second team All-American. During his time with the Hoyas, Williams tutored 10 all-region honorees to go along with 35 All-BIG EAST selections and two BIG EAST Midfielders of the Year.

Prior to arriving at Georgetown, Williams served as an assistant coach at Florida, overseeing the Gators’ defense. During the 2013 campaign, Florida went 18-3 and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Williams’ previous coaching experience also includes two seasons as an assistant coach at Notre Dame (2010-12), where he worked with the team’s goalkeepers and defenders, and one season at his alma mater, Towson. At Towson, Williams assisted with both the offensive and defensive units, overseeing the 2010 CAA Player of the Year and three first team All-CAA selections. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Williams spent the spring of 2009 as an assistant coach at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., and served as the running backs coach at his high school alma mater – Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore, Md., – during the fall of 2008.

A native of Baltimore, Williams was a four-year member of the men’s lacrosse program, helping the Tigers to a pair of CAA titles. He played in 61 career contests, recording 29 goals and 22 assists. Williams also excelled for Towson’s football program, rounding out his career on the gridiron as the fifth-leading rusher in school history with 1,985 yards.

Williams graduated from Towson in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in sports management. He received a master’s degree in sports industry management from Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies in 2017. Always wanting to learn more off the lacrosse field, Williams earned his Master of Arts in Liberal Studies at Duke in the spring of 2024.

Jaclen Moxley joined the Pitt lacrosse coaching staff in August 2023 as an assistant coach.

Upon working closely with the draw teams in 2024, the Panthers were able to grab a total of 230 draw controls in the season, an improvement of 23%.

Moxley came to Pitt after spending the previous two seasons at Northwestern University as the Director of Player Development. She worked closely with the student-athletes, coaches and support staff and especially coaching the offense and draw teams, contributing to the Wildcats’ 2023 National Championship.

The Northwestern staff was named the 2023 IWLCA National Coaching Staff of the year. The Wildcats’ offense scored 373 goals, recorded 177 assists and nabbed 359 draw controls. Northwestern scored the most goals, most goals per game (16.95) and had the individual (Izzy Scane) with the most goals (99) and goals per game (4.95) as well. The Wildcats had the thirteenth-best draw control percentage in the country (.572) and the fourth-most draw controls collectively (359). Their 16.32 draw controls per game was good for eleventh in the country.

Her first year in Evanston, Moxley was a volunteer assistant, contributing to the defense and draw teams on their way to a Final Four appearance. 

In 2022, Northwestern held opponents to 11.76 goals per game and grabbed 383 draw controls under Moxley’s tutelage. The Wildcats .595 percentage on the draw placed them sixth nationally, while also recording 18.24 DC per game (third) and 383 overall (first).

Before joining the Northwestern staff, Moxley was the graduate assistant at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. She coached the DIII program on offense, midfield and the draw, ranked 11th nationally during the season.

Moxley graduated from The Ohio State University and played on the lacrosse team from 2016-2020, as a draw specialist and attacker. She was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and got her degree in exercise science.

In addition to collegiate experience, Moxley has been working for TRUE lacrosse for the last 2 years in Chicago and worked for Resolute Lacrosse in Columbus the six years prior.

Scott Teeter is in his eighth year as head coach of the University of Louisville women's lacrosse team. 

In 23 years as a head coach, he has compiled a 186-193 career record. He is 33-64 in eight years at Louisville.

In his first season at Louisville in 2018, the Cardinals won five of their first six games before finishing the season with a 6-11 record. He guided freshman Caroline Blalock and senior Emily Howell to All-ACC honors.

In 2019, the rebuilding Cards went 5-13 and Tessa Chad earned All-ACC honors. Louisville went 5-4 overall in a shortened 2020 season. The Cardinals recorded wins over Vanderbilt and Marquette, two teams they lost to the previous season.

In 2021, Louisville finished 5-11 overall against one of the most challenging schedules in history. The Cardinals played seven games against Top 5 teams and 11 against Top 10 teams. They moved into the IWLCA Top 25 following a 12-9 win over No. 24 Colorado on Feb. 18 and remained in both the IWLCA and ILWomen polls the remainder of the season. In the postseason polls, they ranked 19th in the IWLCA and received votes in the ILWomen. 

Senior Caroline Blalock was named All-ACC Second Team, while Bella Karstien was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team.

In 2022, Louisville finished 7-11 overall. The Cardinals lost four close games by only one goal against Colorado, Virginia, Ohio State, and Notre Dame. Coach Teeter and the Cardinals hope to capitalize this next season with wins on those close battles. They recorded wins over Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt, and Cincinnati.

Graduate Caroline Blalock was named All-ACC Second Team and USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention, while senior Hannah Morris and junior Nicole Perroni were named to IWLCA All-Region Second Team, and Ava Coyle was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team.
 
In 2023, Louisville earned victories over ranked opponents, including a notable win against No. 25 Colorado early in the season. They also secured key ACC wins over Duke and Pittsburgh. 
 
Senior midfielder Nicole Perroni was named to the All-ACC Second Team, IWLCA All-Region Second Team, and earned an Honorable Mention from USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American. Freshman Negai Nakazawa was recognized on the ACC All-Freshman Team, and Allegra Catalano received honors as part of the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Women’s At-Large Academic All-District Team.
 
Academically, 19 Cardinals were named to the All-ACC Academic Team, tied for the second most honorees in the conference, and 11 players earned spots on the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association (IWLCA) Division I Academic Honor Roll for maintaining a GPA of 3.50 or higher.
 
On the field, standout performances included Sara Addeche’s school-record 18 saves in a single game against Notre Dame. Senior Nicole Perroni also reached the impressive milestones of 100 career points and 100 career draw controls, while Madi McKee surpassed 100 career draw controls. 
 
In 2024, the Louisville women’s lacrosse team finished 8-11 overall and 3-7 in ACC play, marking a program milestone with their first-ever ACC Tournament win over Virginia Tech. 
 
Senior attacker Kokoro Nakazawa led the team with 61 goals and 21 assists, while midfielder Nicole Perroni added 45 goals and tied the program record for career caused turnovers.
 
Perroni earned multiple honors, including IWLCA Second Team All-American and USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention, and was named to the All-ACC First Team, alongside Second Team honoree Nakazawa. Academically, the Cardinals placed nine players on the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll and 22 on the All-ACC Academic Team, underscoring their commitment to both athletic and academic excellence.

Prior to coming to Louisville, he served as head coach at Canisius for 15 years (2003-2017). Upon his arrival in Buffalo, he took the reins of a team that had won just 11 games in the program's first seven seasons. Under his guidance, he changed the culture of the program and was named MAAC Coach of the Year in just his third season after leading the Griffs to an eight-win improvement in 2005.

In 2011, Canisius won a school-record 14 games and capped the successful campaign with the program's first MAAC Tournament title. The Griffs added postseason championships in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. In the run from 2011-14, the team became the first school in MAAC history to win four straight conference titles. Canisius also claimed regular-season crowns in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 after sweeping through conference foes without a loss.

He was named the league's coach of the year again in 2015, 2016 and 2017, after becoming the first three teams in MAAC history to post a perfect 8-0 regular-season record.

He left Canisius as the winningest coach in MAAC history.

In addition, Teeter has also served as head coach of the Canadian Under-19 National Team since 2009. He guided the team to a bronze-medal showing during the 2011 championship in Hannover, Germany, before earning the country's first women's field lacrosse title at the 2015 FIL World Championship in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2017, Teeter led the Canadian National team to a pair of silver medals, both at the FIL World Cup held in England and the World Games in Poland. Also in 2022, he helped Team Canada earn a silver medal at the World Cup in Towson, Maryland. Soon after that, Team Canada took down Team USA, earning a gold medal during the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.

Before taking the head job at Canisius, Teeter served as an assistant women's lacrosse coach at Buffalo State College in 2002, where he helped guide the program to its best-ever finish. Prior to his work at Buffalo State, he served as a student-assistant coach and team manager for the Canisius women's lacrosse team for four years.

Teeter was a four-year letter-winner for the Canisius College ice hockey team and graduated with a degree in physical education in 2002. He earned his master's degree in physical education with a concentration in sport psychology and coaching from Canisius in 2004.

Teeter and his wife, Jennifer, have one daughter, Olivia, and one son, Lucas.

Kelsey Howard completed her second season on The Farm in 2024-25 and now serves as the Defensive Coordinator and Recruiting Coordinator for the Cardinal.

Prior to Stanford, Howard worked with Colby College Women's Lacrosse, serving as Assistant Head Coach since 2021 and previously as an assistant coach since 2018. While at Colby, Howard led the offensive unit, taking control of play calling duties and developing scouting reports while also assisting in recruiting.

Howard also spent time at Bentley University as a Volunteer Assistant Coach and with Maineiax Lacrosse Club where she led 20 players to collegiate rosters. Howard has worked closely with the IWLCA, serving as the organization's treasurer and Division III Coaches Poll Master.

Howard is a two-time graduate of Bentley University, where she earned her Master's Degree in 2017 and her Bachelor's Degree in 2015. Howard played lacrosse and field hockey at Bentley, an NCAA Division II athletics program.

Howard earned Intercollegiate Lacrosse Coaches Association All-Region honors, was a Northeast-10 Conference all-league selection, and earned conference all-academic honors during her time at Bentley. She was Bentley's NCAA Woman of the Year nominee and a captain for both teams.

Olivia Memeger is set for her first season as an assistant coach at Cal in 2025.

Memeger comes to Cal after a standout career at Lehigh where she was named First-Team All-Patriot League as a junior in 2023, while earning second-team recognition as a senior when she played through injury.

Memeger completed her Lehigh career with 112 goals and 163 points, finishing just outside of the Lehigh all-time top 10. She was named Lehigh's Most Outstanding Player in 2023. She graduated from Lehigh with a bachelor's degree in earth and environmental sciences.

MacKenzie Plaskey, a proven winner with program-building experience, was announced as Florida State lacrosse’s associate head coach on August 30, 2024.

Plaskey spent the last six seasons as the head coach at Grand Valley State, compiling an overall record of 81-16 with a 38-1 mark in conference play and sweeping four consecutive GLIAC regular season and tournament championships from 2021-24. Prior to her time at GVSU, she was the first assistant hired by Tisdale at Central Michigan. In their final season together, the Chippewas won the program’s first conference championship.
 
Plaskey coached 10 All-Americans, 31 all-region players and 55 all-conference selections during her time at the helm of Grand Valley State. She guided GVSU to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Midwest Regional title and run to the national semifinal in 2023. The Lakers were in all 68 national top-25 rankings during her six years, with 32 top-10 rankings, and finished the season in the top 10 four times.
 
Her 2024 team posted a 17-2 record, including a perfect 6-0 mark in conference play, to once again sweep the regular season and tournament conference titles. The Lakers led the country in scoring defense, allowing only 4.94 goals per game, and ranked 10th in the final national rankings after climbing as high as No. 5 during the season.
 
In 2023, Plaskey authored the deepest NCAA Tournament run in Grand Valley State history after another undefeated conference regular season and run through the conference tournament. The Lakers knocked off the region’s No. 1 seed in the first round before taking down the No. 2 seed to reach the semifinal round of the NCAA Tournament. They were No. 5 in the final rankings, setting a new program standard.
 
The 2022 season featured a program-record 19 wins, another perfect conference mark, and a then-program-best No. 8 final ranking. Plaskey led GVSU to 17 consecutive wins before falling to the region’s No. 1 seed in the regional final round of the NCAA Tournament. In 2021, the Lakers posted a perfect 8-0 GLIAC record to start their streak of four consecutive regular-season and conference tournament sweeps.
 
The 2020 season started with a 3-1 mark, including a win over No. 3-ranked Lindenwood, before the season was shut down due to the global pandemic. In her first season at the helm, Plaskey led Grand Valley State to a 14-4 mark and 10-1 record in conference play. The Lakers advanced to the championship game of the conference tournament and led the GLIAC with an average of 16.83 goals per game and 7.14 goals allowed per game.
 
Before being hired as the head coach at Grand Valley State, Plaskey was Tisdale’s first assistant coach hired to help start the program at Central Michigan. Plaskey was the program’s offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator while also overseeing camps and film. In 2018, only the program’s third season of NCAA competition, the Chippewas won the SoCon championship and posted the nation’s 10th-highest shooting percentage.
 
Plaskey also built one of the premier youth lacrosse programs in Michigan, founding Michigan Elite in 2011 and operating as its director for more than 10 years. The program grew to include 10 coaches and more than 150 athletes across seven competitive teams.
 
The former MacKenzie Lawler was a three-year starter at Robert Morris, where she recorded 35 goals, 21 assists, 38 ground balls, 27 draw controls and 21 turnovers caused. She earned her bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Robert Morris in 2014 and completed her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Central Michigan in 2018. Plaskey and her husband, Peter, married in 2024.
 
MacKenzie Plaskey Coaching History
August 2024-        Florida State Associate Head Coach
2019-24                 Grand Valley State Head Coach
2015-18                 Central Michigan Assistant Coach

Samantha Giacolone joined the Carolina women’s lacrosse coaching staff as an assistant coach in September of 2025. A highly decorated goalkeeper while in college, Giacolone transitioned to the coaching world and has become one of the nation’s top assistants over her six-year career overseeing defenses and goalies.
 
Giacolone came to Chapel Hill from Coastal Carolina, where she served as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator for three seasons (2022, ’24 and ’25). While at Coastal, she helped the Chanticleers to the ASUN Championship in 2024 and was a member of the conference’s Coaching Staff of the Year. Giacolone mentored the ASUN Midfielder (Avery McIlwaine) and Freshman (Evelyn Kitchin) of the Year in ‘24, while producing six all-conference defensive honorees over her last two seasons.
 
In between stints at CCU, Giacolone served as the goalies coach and defensive coordinator at Stanford during the 2023 season. While with the Cardinal, she coached Pac-12 Co-Goalkeeper of the Year (Kara Rahaim) and saw three defensive players garner All-Pac-12 first-team honors (Rahaim, Caroline Mondiello, and Ailish Kelly).
 
Giacolone spent the 2020 and ’21 seasons at Furman as the defensive coordinator. Furman swept the SoCon awards in 2021 as Hannah Demis was named the SoCon Offensive Player of the Year, Avery Whitehead was tabbed the SoCon Defensive Player of the Year, and Meagan Beal picked up SoCon Freshman of the Year honors.
 
In all, the Paladins placed nine athletes on the All-SoCon teams in 2021, going 12-5 overall and 4-0 in league play to win the SoCon regular-season championship. Furman advanced to the 2021 SoCon Tournament championship before falling to Mercer in the title match 14-13.
 
Giacolone joined Furman’s staff after a stellar career at Notre Dame, where she graduated in May of 2019 with a degree in psychology and minors in business economics and education, schooling and society. She was a four-year starter in goal at Notre Dame and finished her career as the Fighting Irish’s all-time saves leader (605) and all-time wins leader (47). Giacolone produced a career record of 47-28, while playing over 4,200 minutes in the cage. She finished her career with a 9.52 goals against average and a .476 save percentage, while notching 178 groundballs and 30 caused turnovers.
 
One of the nation’s best goalies, Giacolone earned IWLCA second-team All-America honors as a senior in 2019 and was tabbed as a Top 25 Nominee for the Tewaaraton Award. She claimed IWLCA first-team All-Region and first-team All-ACC, while twice being named IWLCA National Player of the Week. In addition, Giacolone was a four-time ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree and a two-time All-ACC Academic Team member.
 
A Manorville, N.Y. native, Giacolone was a four-year member of Notre Dame’s Monogram club and a four-year volunteer for student welfare and development. She was a member of Rosenthal Academy, a coach for the Long Island Yellow Jackets Elite Lacrosse Club, and a director and coach of ESMSA Basketball camp.
 
Giacolone was also a member of the U-19 National Women’s Lacrosse team in 2014-15, representing the United States in Edinburg, Scotland.

Molly Dunphey was named an assistant coach by head coach Kristen Skiera in July of 2024 and completed her first season on staff in 2025.

During the 2025 season, Dunphey's defense helped hold a potent Syracuse offense to just 11 goals in the program's biggest upset in years as the Hokies took down the 11th-ranked Orange at Thompson Field. Some standout performances from the defense came from Caroline Little who recorded 38 ground balls and 21 caused turnovers and Zoee Stencil registered 30 ground balls and 23 caused turnovers.

Dunphey, a native of Ridgewood, N.J., wrapped up her collegiate career in the spring of 2024 with the Hokies following a four-year stint at Villanova. In four seasons of play, the defender appeared in 68 contests and made 65 starts.

“I would like to thank Coach Skiera for this amazing opportunity,” Dunphey said of her appointment. “I am excited to be back at Virginia Tech after enjoying my time playing last season. The future is so bright for this team, and I cannot wait to be a part of it. Go Hokies!”

A cornerstone of Virginia Tech’s defense that allowed just 11.06 goals per game (11.95 national average), Dunphey ranked second on the team in ground balls (27) and third in caused turnovers (16).

While at Villanova, Dunphey served as a team captain in her senior season. During that 2023 campaign, she recorded 27 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers, while Villanova more than doubled its win total from the previous season.

“I am incredibly proud to welcome Molly to our staff,” Skiera said of the staff addition. “As a player, she was a tireless worker, student of the game, unbelievable communicator and reliable leader. We feel so fortunate to be adding a person to our staff that is so passionate about the future success of the program. It was an easy decision to entrust her in this role. Welcome back to Blacksburg, Molly!”

In 2024, the Hokies registered a third consecutive .500-or-better season, a feat they hadn’t accomplished since 2011-13. Tech held 10 opponents to single-digit scoring tallies and 11 teams below their season scoring average in the spring.

Maggie Koch rejoined the Syracuse coaching staff prior to the 2025 season. She works with the Orange goalkeepers.
 
It marks Koch’s second stint at Syracuse. She served on Gary Gait’s staff from 2008-11, helping guide the Orange to three conference regular-season titles and one BIG EAST Tournament championship as well as two appearances at NCAA Championship Weekend. Koch mentored ’Cuse All-American goalie Liz Hogan, who became the first player in program history to earn IWLCA Player of the Year honors when she was named Goalkeeper of the Year in 2010. Hogan was a four-time All-BIG EAST selection and the 2010 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year.
 
Following her time with the Orange, Koch served as the head coach at The Episcopal School of Dallas where she coached two-time Tewaaraton Award winner Charlotte North. She also served as the director of college recruiting/marketing and social media director for Grit Lacrosse Club, whose members include ‘Cuse alums Megan Carney, Morgan Widener and Evan Johnston as well as current junior Faith Wooters. Additionally, Koch was the general manager for the Philadelphia Force of the United Women’s Lacrosse League from 2017-19. This past season, Koch served as head coach at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Austin, Texas where she led the squad to the Southwest Preparatory Conference semifinals for the first time in school history.
 
Koch graduated Georgetown where she earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year honors and collected first-team All-America accolades. Koch, a Tewaaraton Award nominee, was the IWLCA Goalkeeper of the Year in 2006 when she led the nation in save percentage and ranked second in goals-against average.
 
A native of Philadelphia, Koch earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Georgetown.