Amanda Belichick was recently named the head coach of the women’s lacrosse team at the College of the Holy Cross. The news of her appointment ran in more than 50 media outlets across the country including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo! News, Boston Herald, Boston Globe, and the Houston Chronicle.
She told ESPN that she is excited and honored to be the next women's lacrosse coach at Holy Cross, and is eager to get started. “I look forward to building on the school's great tradition and working with the talented student-athletes in the program,” she said.
She also told ESPN she plans to “focus on the little things” to help bring the Crusaders back to a competitive level. “It’s about winning the little battles,” she shared.
Belichick is the daughter of New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. When asked by ESPN for the best piece of advice her father has given her: “We have a really great relationship, and are really able to talk about teams and team building. Teams at all levels deal with a lot of similar issues, universal team concepts—team work, trust, chemistry—it’s important to get to know your team and their strengths.”
She also joked that she will have to get her dad some Holy Cross purple.
Belichick spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as head coach of the women's lacrosse team at Wesleyan, the alma mater she shares with her father. She helped Wesleyan improve its national ranking from No. 49 in 2013 to as high as No. 17 in 2014. Read the entire press release
Select Media Coverage
- NCAA.com, July 13: “Amanda Belichick named Holy Cross women's lacrosse head coach”
- ESPN, July 10: “Bill Belichick's daughter Amanda hired to turn around Holy Cross lacrosse”
- Sports Illustrated, July 10: “Holy Cross hires Amanda Belichick as women's lacrosse coach”
- Yahoo! News, July 10: "Holy Cross hires Amanda Belichick as women's lacrosse coach"
- Boston Herald, July 10: "Bill Belichick’s daughter Amanda named lacrosse coach at Holy Cross"
This "Holy Cross in the News" item by Cristal Steuer.
