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Rebecca Begley
Head Coach, Field Hockey, Senior Woman Administrator
Email: rbegley@wheatonma.edu
Office: Haas Athletic Center
Phone: 508-286-3755
Fax: 508-286-8249
Profile
Now in her ninth season at the helm of Wheaton's field hockey program, and her first as senior woman administrator, Rebecca Begley has been an integral member of the athletic department since the fall of 2000.
Begley's squads recorded 28 wins between 2006 and 2007, the most during any two-year span in program history. During the past two seasons, the Lyons advanced to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament semifinal round and qualified for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament.
From 2001-05, Begley also guided the women's lacrosse program to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, two NEWMAC Tournament crowns and three regular season conference titles. In 2004, women's lacrosse set a school record for single-season wins with a 15-3 mark. Wheaton advanced to the NCAA Tournament national quarterfinal round. Leading the Lyons to five straight postseason appearances with a pair of NEWMAC Coach-of-the-Year awards, Begley compiled a 59-26 record.
Aside from coaching, Begley currently serves on the NCAA Virtual Focus Group, National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Awards & Hall of Fame Committee and ECAC Tournament field hockey selection committee. She has also chaired the NFHCA Coach-of-the-Year committee and was a member of the New England all-region women's lacrosse selection committee and Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) ethics committee.
Begley directs Wheaton's summer program for the NIKE Field Hockey Camp. A field hockey and lacrosse instructor at various summer camps from 1993-99, Begley founded a girls' day camp in 1993 as field hockey director in Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Prior to Wheaton, Begley spent two seasons as the assistant field hockey and women's lacrosse coach at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. While at Denison, the field hockey team captured consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championships. In 1999, the field hockey team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament with a 16-4 record. The women's lacrosse squad also won consecutive NCAC titles, with the 2000 team automatically qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.
Begley also brought head coaching experience in field hockey from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where her 1997 squad tied a school record for the most wins in a season (14-6). Additionally, she was responsible for assisting the head women's lacrosse coach in the spring of 1998.
A Concord, New Hampshire, native, Begley is a 1996 graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she was a three-time all-region honoree and four-year letterwinner in field hockey. As a former center midfielder, she is among the all-time assists leaders at Dickinson. Begley earned a bachelor's degree in American studies with a concentration in Alaskan native studies.
The Begley File
| Year | Overall | League | Highlight(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3-13 | 1-7 | -- |
| 2001 | 9-9 | 4-4 | NEWMAC Tournament |
| 2002 | 8-11 | 4-4 | NEWMAC Tournament |
| 2003 | 8-12 | 2-6 | NEWMAC Tournament |
| 2004 | 5-11 | 2-6 | NEWMAC Tournament |
| 2005 | 8-12 | 3-5 | NEWMAC Tournament |
| 2006 | 15-8 | 5-3 | ECAC Tournament |
| 2007 | 13-7 | 6-2 | ECAC Tournament |
| Totals | 69-83 | 27-37 | 8 Seasons |
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