Cindy Timchal
Cindy Timchal is an American lacrosse coach. She is the head women's lacrosse coach at the United States Naval Academy. She has coached for some of the top programs in college women's lacrosse, including Northwestern University, University of Maryland. At Maryland Timchal coached the Terrapins to seven straight NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championships. BackgroundTimchal grew up in Havertown, Pennsylvania, and despite not playing lacrosse in high school,[1][dead link] Timchal went on to play on the lacrosse team at West Chester University. While at West Chester, Timchal was also a member of the Tennis and Track and Field teams.[2] After graduating college, Timchal got her first coaching job at Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the coaching staff for the lacrosse, field hockey, and basketball teams. In 1979, after coaching for two years at Unionville, Timchal began her college coaching career at The University of Pennsylvania, where she was an assistant for the lacrosse and field hockey teams.[3] Coaching at NorthwesternTimchal's head coaching career started in 1982 when she took on the program at Northwestern University. She stayed with the Wildcats for nine years, coaching them to five NCAA Tournament appearances in 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1988.[4] Timchal's record at Northwestern was 76–40.[citation needed] She posted a winning season for eight out of her nine seasons.[citation needed] Coaching at MarylandIn 1991, Timchal left Northwestern to pursue her coaching career at the University of Maryland. Although Maryland had a history of being a powerhouse in lacrosse, the Terps only had one NCAA title which they won in 1986.[5] In just her first season as head coach, Timchal led her team to an NCAA final as well as a 14–3 record before they lost to Virginia in the NCAA championship.[6] The next season, 1992, Maryland would make it to the finals, where they would defeat Harvard 11–10 in overtime as Timchal would gain her first national championship.[citation needed] Following Maryland's loss to Princeton in the 1994 finals, Maryland went on a 50-game winning streak. This would take place during Maryland's seven-year reign as national champions from 1995 to 2001.[7] This included a 13-5[8] national championship win over Princeton in 1995.[9] The seven-season championship streak was completed with the 2001 title game, in which Maryland posted a perfect 23–0 season and defeated Georgetown in triple overtime.[10][11] Overall, Timchal's record at Maryland was 260-46 and her winning percentage was 85%.[citation needed] Coaching at NavyOn August 5, 2006,[12] Timchal was named the head coach for the women's lacrosse team at the United States Naval Academy. Timchal was given the opportunity by athletic director Chet Gladchuk to become the first women's lacrosse coach as Navy decided to elevate its club program to the Division I level. Gladchuck described Timchal as "the finest coach in the history of the game".[13] In 2010, Navy broke out, going 17-4 while capturing their first Patriot League title and their first NCAA tournament appearance. It took only three years for Navy to achieve an NCAA appearance, the fastest a new team had qualified in 13 years.[14] Their success in 2010 left Navy ranked 19th nationally.[15] Awards and achievementsThe following awards and achievements were listed on gonavy.com:
In 2012, Timchal was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.[17] Head coaching record
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