Georgetown University Women's Lacrosse

Caitlyn Phipps came to the Hilltop in early 2025 after spending 12 seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland. In her first season at the helm, she led the Hoyas to a 9-8 overall record as well as a 4-2 mark in conference play. Georgetown qualified for the BIG EAST Championship, and boasted the BIG EAST Freshman of the year as well as four All-BIG EAST honorees (3 First Team, 1 Second Team). Phipps and her staff put together an impressive squad in year one, resulting in being named the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. Prior to Georgetown, Phipps brought 15 years of collegiate coaching experience, as well as an impressive playing career for the Terps. As a coach, Phipps mentored six Tewaaraton winners, five National Midfielders of the Year, one National Attack Player of the Year and 13 Conference Players of the Year. Phipps, a former Maryland Tewaaraton Award winner, returned to the Terrapin women's lacrosse program as an assistant coach in August of 2012 and helped lead the Terps to four national championships, eight Final Fours and 14 conference championships in her 12 years on staff.    The Terps got back to the Final Four in 2022 and won both the Big Ten Regular Season and Tournament Championship, as Phipps' offense led the Big Ten averaging 16.1 goals per game. Phipps coached Tewaaraton Finalist and Big Ten Attacker of the Year Aurora Cordingley to the best year of her career as she rose to one of the top attackers in the nation.   2019 was a banner year for Phipps and the Terps as Maryland captured their 15th national championship. Phipps' offense scored the most goals they had under Cathy Reese with 25 in the National Semifinal against Northwestern. The offense averaged just over 15 goals per game led by Tewaaraton finalist and Big Ten Midfielder of the Year Jen Giles.   Phipps coached Tewaaraton finalist and the Big Ten Attacker of the Year Megan Whittle in 2018 as the senior became Maryland's all-time leading goal scorer, breaking Jen Adams' 17 year old record. The Terps won their fourth consecutive Big Ten regular season title and third consecutive Big Ten tournament title, averaging 16.2 goals per game.   The Terps completed perfection in 2017 as Phipps and the Terps won their 14th national championship. It was a team effort as six different Terps recorded over 70 points led by Megan Whittle's 87 and Tewaaraton Award winner Zoe Stukenberg's 84.   In the 2016 season, Phipps helped Taylor Cummings become the first player ever to win the Tewaaraton Award three different times as she tallied 79 points and 144 draw controls. Maryland won both the Big Ten Regular Season and Tournament Championships while reaching their eighth-straight final four.   Phipps helped lead Maryland to their second national championship in a row in 2015 behind Tewaaraton winner Cummings and the first ever Big Ten Attacker of the Year, Brooke Griffin. Maryland averaged just over 14 goals per game in their first year in the Big Ten.   In her second season with the Terps in 2014, Phipps helped Maryland to its sixth-consecutive ACC title and the NCAA Championship. Phipps assisted Cummings in becoming the IWLCA National Midfielder of the Year and the first sophomore to win the Tewaaraton Award.   Phipps was integral in the Terps' ACC title in 2013, leading a talented midfield to a fifth straight championship. The former Tewaaraton winner helped former teammate and two-time Tewaaraton winner Katie Schwarzmann land top IWLCA midfield honors for a third straight season while aiding the Terps to one of the most prolific offenses in the country.   Phipps  returned to College Park as one of the most decorated players in Maryland women's lacrosse history. She was a two-time IWLCA First Team All-American, two-time ACC Player of the Year, two-time ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 2010 as she guided Maryland to its first national title since 2001.   In the fall of 2022, Phipps was selected for induction into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame. In addition to her playing experience at Maryland, Phipps played on the U.S. national team. She won a gold medal at the 2009 FIL World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic, recording four assists to help guide the U.S. to a 4-0 record heading into the elimination round and also won gold in 2013. Prior to Maryland, Phipps spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Florida. She helped guide UF to the final four of the NCAA tournament in 2012.   A native of Phoenix, Maryland, Phipps earned a degree in kinesiology from Maryland in 2010. She married former Maryland men's lacrosse goalkeeper and former GU assistant coach Brian Phipps in December 2014 and has two daughters, Mackenzie and Chloe.  

Fried, Georgetown has earned seven BIG EAST regular season titles, made six trips to the BIG EAST Tournament Championship Game, winning in 2010, and has advanced to the NCAA Tournament seven times, reaching the quarterfinals twice. Fried has coached 22 national All-Americans as well as the National Goalie of the Year, two BIG EAST Attackers of the Year, two Midfielders of the Year and five Defensive Players of the Year to go along with 63 All-BIG EAST first and second team selections. Additionally, he and his staff have won BIG EAST Staff of the Year on two occasions. In 2015, Georgetown went 7-10 with a mark of 6-1 in BIG EAST Conference play. The squad was the BIG EAST Regular Season Co-Champion marking the seventh regular season title under Fried. The Blue & Gray had one player named all-region and six All-BIG EAST honorees. Fried was named associate head coach for the Hoyas in November 2003 and was involved in all aspects of the Hoya program but focused on an offensive unit that became one of the most potent in the nation. On the other side of the field in 2003, Georgetown led the nation in caused turnovers. Prior to Georgetown, Fried was an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins University for nine seasons. While at the school, Fried served as the recruiting coordinator and helped build Hopkins in to a Division I Top 20 program after aiding in the transition from a strong D-III program. A 1988 graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC), Fried was an All-America midfielder for the Retrievers lacrosse team. As a senior, he served as team captain, was named the team's Most Valuable Player and earned the team's Leadership Award. He was named to UMBC's All-Time Team in 1990. Fried arrived at Hopkins following a two-year stint as an assistant coach at the Gilman School and serving a season as an assistant at his alma mater. He also played professionally with the Philadelphia Wings from 1989-92 and 1997 and the Baltimore Thunder from 1993-94. Fried is also active in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) and has served as the organization's vice president, on the board of directors, on its ethics and recruiting tournaments committees. Currently, he is on the Regional All-American Committee and is a member of the Tewaaraton Trophy Committee. After serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Women's Lacrosse Elite Team for three years, Fried was named the head coach of the national team in August of 2009. After leading Team USA to an undefeated gold medal in 2013 at the Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup in Oshawa, Canada, his position was renewed through 2017. It marked his second World Cup gold after winning in the summer of 2009 as an assistant in Prague, Czech Republic. As the head coach of the national team, Fried appoints assistant coaches, identifies talented players for the squad and advises on the direction women's lacrosse takes in the United States. He, his wife Halyna, and their children, Jack (12) and Paige (10), reside in Columbia, Md. widget powered by

Johns came to Georgetown prior to the 2025 season after spending three seasons (2016-19) as an assistant coach at Niagara University. In her first season on the Hilltop, she helped the Hoyas to a 9-8 overall record as well as a 4-2 mark in conference play. Georgetown qualified for the BIG EAST Championship, and boasted the BIG EAST Freshman of the year as well as four All-BIG EAST honorees (3 First Team, 1 Second Team). The staff put together an impressive squad in year one, resulting in being named the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. Prior to coaching, Johns was a defender for the University of Maryland (2013-16) under Coach Phipps. Johns helped the Terps to four regular-season conference titles, three conference tournament titles, four NCAA Championship game appearances, and two NCAA Championships in 2014 and 2015. While playing for the Terps, Johns earned two NCAA All-Tournament honors, three first-team all-conference honors, Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, IWLCA National Defender of the Year, and was named an IWLCA First Team All-American. During her senior year at Maryland, Johns was honored as one of five women who were named finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the top player in collegiate lacrosse. In addition to playing at Maryland, Johns played on the U.S. National Team. She won a gold medal at the 2017 FIL World Cup in Guildford, England. Johns also won gold at the 2022 World Lacrosse Championship in Towson, Maryland where she was the only defender to be named to the All-World Team.  Johns graduated in 2016 from Maryland with a Bachelor's degree in sociology, she earned her master's degree in school counseling from Niagara University. 

Julie Morse came to the Hilltop prior to the 2022 campaign for the Hoyas. In her time at GU, she has coached one IWLCA All-American, 10 First Team All-BIG EAST honorees and 12 Second Team All-BIG EAST selections. Last season, she helped the Hoyas to a 9-8 overall record as well as a 4-2 mark in conference play. Georgetown qualified for the BIG EAST Championship, and boasted the BIG EAST Freshman of the year as well as four All-BIG EAST honorees (3 First Team, 1 Second Team). The staff put together an impressive squad in year one, resulting in being named the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. Morse came to Georgetown from Campbell where she was the defensive coach for two seasons. At Campbell, the Camels went 8-7 with an impressive mark of 5-1 in the Big South Conference. The team boasted a four-game win streak to close out the regular season. The Camels had a record seven players on the All-Big South team including a pair of defenders. In a shortened 2020 season, Morse’s first in Buies Creek, the Camels went 2-7 before the season was called due to COVID-19. Prior to Campbell, Morse spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Washington College where she helped the Shorewomen to top 25 IWLCA poll rankings in each of her final two seasons, including No. 24 in the final poll of 2019, going 12-6 overall and 7-2 in Centennial Conference play. Five Shorewomen were named All-Centennial Conference in 2019, while two claimed all-region nods. Prior to Washington, Morse played at Loyola, helping the Greyhounds to three conference titles, reaching the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Tournament two times and advancing to the second round twice in her career. Loyola won the BIG EAST championship in 2012 and consecutive Patriot League championships in 2014 and 2015. As a senior, she helped the team rank No. 10 nationally in the final IWLCA Division I poll, and was a part of the 15th-best scoring defense in the nation. An Easton, Maryland native, Morse graduated from Loyola in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in speech-language pathology, and has also coached at the prep and club ranks, with stops at Saint Peter and Paul High School, Bay Area Lacrosse Club and Maximum Exposure Lacrosse Camp. She was also a coach and leadership counselor at the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy. Morse completed a master’s in sports leadership from VCU in 2022.