Miami Appoints Jill Reeve As Head Field Hockey Coach
2/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Feb. 3, 2004
OXFORD, Ohio - Miami athletic director Brad Bates announced this morning the hiring of new head field hockey coach, Jill Reeve. Reeve comes to Miami after retiring from an illustrous playing career that includes a 12-year stint on the U.S. National team.
Reeve has experience as an assistant coach with three highly regarded field hockey programs in William and Mary, Penn State and Dartmouth. She served as the recruiting coordinator at William and Mary from 2000-02 before focusing on her professional playing career. She was an assistant coach for the Nittany Lions of Penn State from 1996-2000. Reeve received her first coaching job immediately after college when she was Dartmouth's assistant coach from 1993-95.
During her 12-year career on the U.S. team, Reeve competed in three World Cups in 1994, 1998 and 2002. She played in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga., and most recently represented the U.S. as an Olympic qualifier in England in 2000. In 1999, Reeve achieved the pinnacle of her playing career when she was honored as the United States Field Hockey Association Female Athlete of the Year. During the 1999 and 2000 seasons she was a co-captain on the U.S. team. Reeve was the team's sole captain two years prior in 1997.
Reeve also was a dynamic field hockey player as a student-athlete at Old Dominion from 1989-93. She earned all-America honors at ODU in 1991 and is the current NCAA record-holder for career assists with 138. While at ODU, Reeve was a member of four national championship squads from 1989-92. Reeve graduated from ODU in 1993 with a bachelor of science degree in education.
"We are very excited to welcome Jill into the Miami family," comments athletic director Brad Bates. "We look forward to watching her work with our field hockey team and the great promise this holds for the future of the program."
