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James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
Field Hockey
Morgan, Christy
Christy Morgan
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- morga2cl@jmu.edu
- Phone:
- 540-568-3331
- Physical Address:
- Convocation Center 1085 (895 University Blvd) / MSC 4705
James Madison field hockey Head Coach Christy Morgan has amassed a 245-150-2 (.621) record across her 20 seasons at James Madison spanning from 1991-1999 and 2014-present. On Aug. 21, 2023, she was inducted into the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Morgan has had an illustrious career at JMU, having led 19 All-Americans, 62 All-South Region players and seven conference players of the year. She also helped the program win its only national championship title in 1994.
She has led JMU to a conference tournament appearance every year since she rejoined the coaching staff in 2014 (excluding the independent seasons in 2022 and 2023), including six conference championship game appearances.
Coach Morgan led the Dukes to a 14-6 (7-1 MAC) season that saw JMU tie for the regular-season title and finish runner-up at the conference tournament. For her efforts, she was named MAC Coach of the Year and Alice Roeper earned the Offensive MAC Player of the Year award. In total six Dukes earned all-conference honors, while Roeper, Skyler Brown and Cassidy Strittmatter all earned spots on the NFHCA All-South Region team.
In 2023, James Madison played in its final independent season, finishing 5-12. The Dukes lost eight games by a single goal, four games after scoring first and twice in overtime. Moreover, three of those one-goal losses have come against top-15 teams. JMU ended the season with a bang, defeating Queens (N.C.) 14-0, the most goals scored in a single game by a Division I team in 2023.
The 2022 season saw JMU compete as an independent with a rigorous schedule that included eight ranked opponents, six in the top 15. Nonetheless, the Dukes came away with four wins over nationally-ranked teams, including two NCAA Tournament teams in Liberty and Wake Forest. Overall, James Madison finished 10-7, with five of the seven losses decided by one goal, three of which were in overtime. Three Dukes earned All-South Region honors in Eveline Zwager (First Team), Diede Remijnse (Second Team), and Kara McClure (Second Team). JMU was ranked as high as 17th in the NFHCA National Coaches Poll and finished the year 22nd.
The Dukes had one of their most successful seasons in recent history in 2021, going 12-7 for the season and 6-0 in conference play, earning Conference Coach of the Year recognition. She led players to a host of accolades, including the Dukes’ first All-American since 2016, Eveline Zwager. Zwager and Diede Remijnse both earned all-region distinctions, and eight players earned All-CAA honors.
The 2020 season was moved to the spring of 2021 due to the CoVID-19 pandemic but that didn't slow the Dukes down, as JMU took home the regular season championship and earned a No. 1 seed in the CAA Tournament for the first time since 2015. Morgan coached the Dukes to a perfect 5-0 record in conference play which allowed her to earn her fourth CAA Coach of the Year honor.
For the sixth-straight year in 2019, JMU earned a spot in the CAA Tournament earning the No. 4 seed. Coach Morgan also earned her 200th win as a head coach in a 1-0 win over Drexel on October 11, 2019.
In 2018,The Dukes appeared in their fifth straight CAA Tournament game earning the No. 4 seed. JMU started the season off ranked No. 17 by the NFHCA, their highest preseason ranking since 2010.
For the second time in the last three season, Morgan was named CAA Coach of the Year after guiding the Dukes to a 12-5 record and a 5-1 CAA mark in 2017. The Dukes earned a No. 18 ranking in the final NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll.
The Dukes appeared in their third straight CAA title game in 2016. Ranked as high as No. 17 in the national polls, JMU finished the year with a 13-7 record. She also guided Hannah Hall to NFHCA Third Team All-America honors.
In 2015, Morgan guided JMU to its second consecutive Colonial Athletic Association championship game appearance, hosted at home after the Dukes won the CAA regular-season crown going 14-6 overall and earned the top seed in the CAA Championship for the fourth time in program history. Coming out of such a successful season, the 2015 CAA Coach of the year helped All-American Taylor West earn a spot on the USA National Team.
Morgan, in her first season back in 2014, led the Dukes to their first CAA championship game appearance since 2008. Fourth-seeded JMU upset top-seeded No. 18 Northeastern in the CAA Semifinals 3-0 to clinch Morgan’s 150th career victory. The 2014 season also saw JMU ranked for the first time since 2010, appearing at No. 20 twice. They finished with 12-8 overall record and a 3-3 mark in CAA action.
Morgan originally joined the Dukes in 1991, the same year that James Madison field hockey joined the Colonial Athletic Association. Just three seasons later, Morgan led the Dukes to their first-ever national championship when JMU defeated top-ranked North Carolina in penalty strokes for the 1994 NCAA title. She became the first person in NCAA field hockey history to win a national championship as both a coach and a player (Old Dominion – 1982, 1983, 1984).
In her nine previous seasons at JMU, Morgan led JMU to five NCAA tournament appearances (1993-95, ‘97, ‘99), including back-to-back final-four appearances (1994, ‘95). While at the helm, she also led the Dukes to the 1995 CAA championship, a 2-1 victory over her alma mater Old Dominion.
Morgan, the 1993 CAA Coach of the Year and NCAA South Region Coach of the Year, was inducted into the JMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004. She left JMU to become the head field hockey coach at Davidson in 2001 before leaving the collegiate coaching ranks for nine years.
Upon her return to the sidelines, she spent three seasons (2011-13) as the associate head coach at Wake Forest.
As a collegiate player, Morgan (ODU ’85) helped lead the Monarchs to three national championships (1982, ‘83, ‘84). She was a three-time All-American at ODU and won the 1984 Honda Award for Field Hockey, awarded to the top player in the nation. She spent eight years on the U.S. National Team (1982-’90), two seasons with the U.S. World Cup Team (1983, ’86) and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1988.
Morgan has had an illustrious career at JMU, having led 19 All-Americans, 62 All-South Region players and seven conference players of the year. She also helped the program win its only national championship title in 1994.
She has led JMU to a conference tournament appearance every year since she rejoined the coaching staff in 2014 (excluding the independent seasons in 2022 and 2023), including six conference championship game appearances.
Coach Morgan led the Dukes to a 14-6 (7-1 MAC) season that saw JMU tie for the regular-season title and finish runner-up at the conference tournament. For her efforts, she was named MAC Coach of the Year and Alice Roeper earned the Offensive MAC Player of the Year award. In total six Dukes earned all-conference honors, while Roeper, Skyler Brown and Cassidy Strittmatter all earned spots on the NFHCA All-South Region team.
In 2023, James Madison played in its final independent season, finishing 5-12. The Dukes lost eight games by a single goal, four games after scoring first and twice in overtime. Moreover, three of those one-goal losses have come against top-15 teams. JMU ended the season with a bang, defeating Queens (N.C.) 14-0, the most goals scored in a single game by a Division I team in 2023.
The 2022 season saw JMU compete as an independent with a rigorous schedule that included eight ranked opponents, six in the top 15. Nonetheless, the Dukes came away with four wins over nationally-ranked teams, including two NCAA Tournament teams in Liberty and Wake Forest. Overall, James Madison finished 10-7, with five of the seven losses decided by one goal, three of which were in overtime. Three Dukes earned All-South Region honors in Eveline Zwager (First Team), Diede Remijnse (Second Team), and Kara McClure (Second Team). JMU was ranked as high as 17th in the NFHCA National Coaches Poll and finished the year 22nd.
The Dukes had one of their most successful seasons in recent history in 2021, going 12-7 for the season and 6-0 in conference play, earning Conference Coach of the Year recognition. She led players to a host of accolades, including the Dukes’ first All-American since 2016, Eveline Zwager. Zwager and Diede Remijnse both earned all-region distinctions, and eight players earned All-CAA honors.
The 2020 season was moved to the spring of 2021 due to the CoVID-19 pandemic but that didn't slow the Dukes down, as JMU took home the regular season championship and earned a No. 1 seed in the CAA Tournament for the first time since 2015. Morgan coached the Dukes to a perfect 5-0 record in conference play which allowed her to earn her fourth CAA Coach of the Year honor.
For the sixth-straight year in 2019, JMU earned a spot in the CAA Tournament earning the No. 4 seed. Coach Morgan also earned her 200th win as a head coach in a 1-0 win over Drexel on October 11, 2019.
In 2018,The Dukes appeared in their fifth straight CAA Tournament game earning the No. 4 seed. JMU started the season off ranked No. 17 by the NFHCA, their highest preseason ranking since 2010.
For the second time in the last three season, Morgan was named CAA Coach of the Year after guiding the Dukes to a 12-5 record and a 5-1 CAA mark in 2017. The Dukes earned a No. 18 ranking in the final NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll.
The Dukes appeared in their third straight CAA title game in 2016. Ranked as high as No. 17 in the national polls, JMU finished the year with a 13-7 record. She also guided Hannah Hall to NFHCA Third Team All-America honors.
In 2015, Morgan guided JMU to its second consecutive Colonial Athletic Association championship game appearance, hosted at home after the Dukes won the CAA regular-season crown going 14-6 overall and earned the top seed in the CAA Championship for the fourth time in program history. Coming out of such a successful season, the 2015 CAA Coach of the year helped All-American Taylor West earn a spot on the USA National Team.
Morgan, in her first season back in 2014, led the Dukes to their first CAA championship game appearance since 2008. Fourth-seeded JMU upset top-seeded No. 18 Northeastern in the CAA Semifinals 3-0 to clinch Morgan’s 150th career victory. The 2014 season also saw JMU ranked for the first time since 2010, appearing at No. 20 twice. They finished with 12-8 overall record and a 3-3 mark in CAA action.
Morgan originally joined the Dukes in 1991, the same year that James Madison field hockey joined the Colonial Athletic Association. Just three seasons later, Morgan led the Dukes to their first-ever national championship when JMU defeated top-ranked North Carolina in penalty strokes for the 1994 NCAA title. She became the first person in NCAA field hockey history to win a national championship as both a coach and a player (Old Dominion – 1982, 1983, 1984).
In her nine previous seasons at JMU, Morgan led JMU to five NCAA tournament appearances (1993-95, ‘97, ‘99), including back-to-back final-four appearances (1994, ‘95). While at the helm, she also led the Dukes to the 1995 CAA championship, a 2-1 victory over her alma mater Old Dominion.
Morgan, the 1993 CAA Coach of the Year and NCAA South Region Coach of the Year, was inducted into the JMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004. She left JMU to become the head field hockey coach at Davidson in 2001 before leaving the collegiate coaching ranks for nine years.
Upon her return to the sidelines, she spent three seasons (2011-13) as the associate head coach at Wake Forest.
As a collegiate player, Morgan (ODU ’85) helped lead the Monarchs to three national championships (1982, ‘83, ‘84). She was a three-time All-American at ODU and won the 1984 Honda Award for Field Hockey, awarded to the top player in the nation. She spent eight years on the U.S. National Team (1982-’90), two seasons with the U.S. World Cup Team (1983, ’86) and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1988.
| The Christy Morgan File |
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| Alma Mater | Old Dominion '85 |
| Coaching Experience |
|---|
| 1986 | Assistant Coach, New Hampshire |
| 1988-90 | Assistant Coach, Maryland |
| 1991-1999 | Head Coach, James Madison |
| 2001 | Head Coach, Davidson |
| 2011-13 | Associate Head Coach, Wake Forest |
| 2014 - present | Head Coach, James Madison |
| Playing Experience |
|---|
| 1982-85 1982-90 |
Led the Monarchs to three national championships (1982, '83, '84) Three-time All-American Won the 1984 Honda Award for Field Hockey Member of the US National Team Member of 1988 US Olympic Team US World Cup Team (1983, '86) |
| Coaching Awards |
|---|
| 1993 2004 |
CAA Coach of the Year NCAA South Region Coach of the Year JMU Athletics Hall of Fame |
| 2015 2017 2020 2021 |
CAA Coach of the Year CAA Coach of the Year CAA Coach of the Year CAA Coach of the Year |
| 2024 | MAC Coach of the Year |
| Head Coaching Records |
|---|
| All-Time Record | 250-164-2 (.603) - 21 Seasons |
| Season | School | Record | Postseason |
| 1991 | James Madison | 11-7-1 | First Round of SAC |
| 1992 | James Madison | 6-13 | CAA Semifinals |
| 1993 | James Madison | 18-6 | CAA Runner-Up, NCAA Quarterfinals |
| 1994 | James Madison | 20-3-1 | CAA Runner-Up, NCAA Champions |
| 1995 | James Madison | 19-5 | CAA Champions, NCAA Semifinals |
| 1996 | James Madison | 13-9 | CAA Runner-Up |
| 1997 | James Madison | 17-7 | CAA Runner-Up, NCAA First Round |
| 1998 | James Madison | 14-9 | CAA Runner-Up |
| 1999 | James Madison | 15-7 | CAA Runner-Up, NCAA First Round |
| 2001 | Davidson | 5-14 | |
| 2014 | James Madison | 12-8 | CAA Runner-Up |
| 2015 | James Madison | 14-6 | CAA Runner-Up |
| 2016 | James Madison | 13-7 | CAA Runner-Up |
| 2017 | James Madison | 12-6 | CAA Semifinals |
| 2018 | James Madison | 6-12 | CAA Semifinals |
| 2019 | James Madison | 8-11 | CAA Semifinals |
| 2020-21 | James Madison | 6-2 | Regular Season Champions, CAA Runner-Up |
| 2021 | James Madison | 12-7 | Regular Season Champions, CAA Runner-Up |
| 2022 | James Madison | 10-7 | |
| 2023 | James Madison | 5-12 | |
| 2024 | James Madison | 14-6 | Regular Season Champions (Tie), MAC Runner-Up |
| James Madison Record | 245-150-2 (.620) - 20 Seasons |
| Davidson Record | 5-14 (.357) - One Season |
| Overall Record | 250-164-2 (.603) - 21 Seasons |
| Morgan Postseason, Team and Player Awards as a Head Coach |
|---|
| CAA Championships | 1 (1995) | |
| NCAA Tournament Berths NCAA Champions |
5 (1993, '94, '95, '97, '99) 1 (1994) |
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| NFHCA All-Americans | 19 | |
| NFHCA All-South Region NFHCA Scholars fo Distinction NFHCA Senior Game Selections |
62 29 19 |
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| CoSIDA Academic All-District | 9 | |
| CoSIDA Academic All-American | 1 (1997) | |
| CAA Players of the Year | 6 (1993, '94,'95, '15, '20, '21) | |
| CAA Defensive Player of the Year | 3 (1999, '14, '15 | |
| CAA Rookie of the Year | 3 (1993, '96, '15) | |
| CAA All-Conference | 74 | |
| CAA All-Rookie Team | 13 | |
| CAA All-Academic Team | 2 (2015-16) | |
| MAC Offensive Players of the Year | 1 (2024) | |
| MAC All-Conference | 6 | |
| MAC All-Freshman Team | 2 |
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