CAROLINA WOMEN’S LACROSSE: HEAD COACH JENNY LEVY
The University of North Carolina women’s lacrosse program is in the midst of HEAD COACHING RECORD its second decade under Jenny Levy, now in 119-56, 10 seasons her 11th year as the Tar Heels’ head coach. EDUCATION Levy can now add experience and program B.A., Rhetoric & stability to a coaching resume highlighted by Communications over 100 wins, seven NCAA Tournament Virginia ‘92 bids and three Final Four appearances. PLAYING EXPERIENCE In her first 10 seasons Levy, entrenched Virginia, 1988-92 the Tar Heel women’s lacrosse program among the nation’s elite. She has led UNC to COACHING EXPERIENCE North Carolina, Head Coach a 119-56 record (.680), three NCAA Final 1994-Present Fours and the 2002 Atlantic Coast Georgetown, Assistant Coach Conference championship. 1993-94 Given Carolina’s strong academics and COACHING HIGHLIGHTS rich tradition of women’s athletics that ✓ Has guided the Tar Heels includes several programs that are among the to seven NCAA Tournament very best in the country, success both in the bids and six Top-10 national finishes. classroom and on the playing field are ✓ Led Carolina to NCAA Final expected in Chapel Hill. Four appearances in 1997, Levy has met and exceeded those lofty 1998 and 2002. goals. The Tar Heel women’s lacrosse team ✓ Guided UNC to the 2002 ACC championship annually places a significant portion of its ✓ Two-time ACC Coach of members on the ACC Honor Roll and Dean’s the Year List. And on the field, the Tar Heels have advanced to the NCAA Final Four three times, won one ACC Tournament and captured two ACC regular-season titles in Levy’s 10 seasons. Carolina has finished six of the last nine seasons ranked in the Top 10 in the national polls. “With the performance of our women’s lacrosse team over its first 10 years, I think it has become obvious that the selection of Jenny for the job as head coach in 1994 was a magnificent choice,” says Athletic Director Dick Baddour. Levy led the Tar Heels to a record of 12-4 and a national ranking of No. 13 in the program’s first season in 1996. In 1997, Carolina went 14-4 with a final ranking of No. 8 and advanced to the NCAA Final Four in only its second season of varsity play. Levy was named ACC Coach of the Year. Carolina went 15-3 overall and 30 in the ACC in 1998. UNC advanced to the ACC championship game and the NCAA Final Four while also winning the ACC regularseason title. Carolina was ranked No. 2 in the final IWLCA poll after spending several weeks during the course of the season as the nation’s top-ranked team. In 2000, the Tar Heels again advanced to the ACC Tournament championship game and tied for the ACC regular-season title in 2000. UNC ended the season ranked No. 4 and reached the NCAA quarterfinals. The Levy family: Dan, In 2002, the Tar Heels won their Ryan, Alec and Jenny first ACC championship. Carolina set a school record for wins, going
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17-3, and reached the NCAA Final Four for a third time. Levy was named the co-ACC Coach of the Year. In 2005, the Tar Heels returned to the NCAA Tournament after a two-year hiatus, reaching the quarterfinals. An outstanding women’s lacrosse player at the University of Virginia from 1988-92 and an assistant field hockey and assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Georgetown University from 1993-94, Levy was named as Carolina’s first-ever head women’s lacrosse coach in October 1994. She is a 1992 graduate of the University of Virginia with a BA in rhetoric and communications and was a member of the U.S. Women’s Lacrosse National Team in 1992-93 and again in 1995. Levy (then known as Jenny Slingluff) was a member of the UVa women’s lacrosse team from 1988-1992 and was named the squad’s captain and most valuable player as a senior. She led the Cavaliers to their first-ever Division I National Collegiate Women’s Lacrosse Championship in 1991. She scored three goals in the championship game and five in the national semifinal game, leading to her selection as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Attacker. A first-team All-America as a junior and senior, Levy was named the 1992 NCAA Attack Player-of-the-Year. She led Virginia in both goals and assists in 1992 with 52 and 13, respectively, and finished with career totals of 118 goals and 34 assists. In 2002, she was named one of the top 50 players in ACC history. In 2005, she was inducted into the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Levy was married to Dan Levy of Baltimore, Md., in June 1998. Dan is a 1993 UNC alumnus who played lacrosse at Carolina for four years, starring on the 1991 NCAA championship team. The couple has two sons — Ryan (born in Jan. 2002) and Alec (born in Sept. 2003).
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JENNY LEVY’S RECORD AT CAROLINA NCAA Final ACC Overall Year Record Record Ranking* Tournament 1996 12-4 — 13th — Final Four 8th 2-1 14-4 1997 1998 15-3 3-0 2nd Final Four 1999 8-7 1-2 7th First Round Quarterfinals 4th 2-1 12-6 2000 1-2 6th Quarterfinals 11-7 2001 2002 17-3 2-1 3rd Final Four 2003 7-9 0-3 — — — 12th 0-3 9-7 2004 2005 14-6 2-2 11th Quarterfinals Totals 119-56 13-15 6-7 record One ACC Championship (2002) Three NCAA Final Four Appearances (1997, 1998, 2002) *Ranking reflects final IWLCA poll
phil BARNES
ASSISTANT COA CH SECOND SEASON
Phil Barnes is entering his second season as an assistant coach at North Carolina. On the field, he works primarily with the Tar Heel offense and goalkeepers. He also assists head coach Jenny Levy in all aspects of running the Carolina program, including recruiting. Barnes is a former head coach at Holy Cross and the University of Massachusetts who also has also served as an assistant coach on the college and high school levels. “Phil has been a wonderful addition to our staff,” Levy says. “Before he joined us, he had been coaching in the women's game for nine years as a head coach at Holy Cross and UMass and as an assistant coach at UMass and Cornell. His experience has been invaluable for our program.” Barnes coached in the prep ranks in 2004 after spending the 2003 campaign as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Cornell University. Barnes was the head women’s lacrosse coach at Massachusetts for three seasons (2000-2002), capturing the Atlantic 10 regular-season and tournament championships and leading the nation in scoring defense in 2000. In 1999 and 2000, the UMass goalkeepers led the country in save percentage. Barnes was an assistant coach at UMass during the 1998 and ’99 seasons prior to taking over as head coach. He was also the head coach at the College of the Holy Cross during the 1996 and 1997 seasons. Barnes earned a B.A. in history from Assumption College in 1998.
STAFF: CAROLINA WOMEN’S LACROSSE
katy CUNEO
ASSISTANT COA CH FIRST SEASON
Katy Cuneo is in her first year as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at the University of North Carolina. Cuneo will assist head coach Jenny Levy in every aspect of the Tar Heel program. “We’re excited to bring Katy Cuneo aboard,” Levy says. “As a player at Dartmouth, she had a tremendous presence as an athlete and a defender. She has great knowledge of the defensive aspects of lacrosse, which certainly will help our team. Her enthusiasm and knowledge will help us, both in recruiting and on the field. Her addition, along with the presence of Phil Barnes, gives us one of the best coaching staffs in the country.” Cuneo is a 2002 graduate of Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. A four-year starter at defender, she captained the Dartmouth lacrosse team as a senior and earned All-Ivy League and regional All-America honors. She also won the team’s Radasch Award for dedication, coachability and unselfish attitude. Cuneo comes to Carolina after working for two years as a research assistant at the Georgetown University Lombardi Cancer Center in Washington, D.C. While there, she also was a coach for the Future Elite Lacrosse club team in McLean, Va., and an assistant coach for both varsity and junior varsity girls lacrosse teams at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C. Prior to her stint in the nation’s capitol, she spent a year teaching history, coaching varsity and middle school girls’ lacrosse and serving as an assistant soccer coach at the Morristown-Beard School in Morristown, N.J. Cuneo also has coaching experience at the Shoot to Score Lacrosse Camp in Lawrenceville, N.J., in 2003 and the Classic Lacrosse Camp in Hanover, N.H., from 1999-2001.
2006 WOMEN’S LACROSSE SUPPORT STAFF
David Andrews Head Groundskeeper
Dr. Beth Miller Senior Associate Athletic Director
Matt Bowers Communications
Alisa Rawls Administrative Assistant
Steve Gisselman Strength & Conditioning Coordinator
Doug Halverson Head Athletic Trainer
Linda Rothemund Volunteer Assistant Coach
Mary Weeden Academic Advisor
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