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Head field hockey coach Tara Harrington '94 has announced the
hiring of Christy Utter as an assistant coach. A two-time NCAA
Champion and 1996 graduate of North Carolina, Utter has spent the
past eight years on the field hockey staff at the University of
Louisville, including the past year as the Associate Head Coach.
"We are very excited to have Christy Utter join the field hockey
staff at Brown," said Harrington. "She has a wealth of playing and
coaching experience at the highest levels. Our student-athletes are
fortunate to have the opportunity to work with her." While with the
Cardinal, Utter assisted with all aspects of the field hockey
program, which has consistently been ranked in the NCAA top 20 as
well as earning the top GPA in all of Division I field hockey for
two straight years. With Utter on the sidelines, Louisville won
back-to-back MAC Championships (2003 and 2004) and made its
first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinal joined
the Big East Conference and won the 2006 Regular Season
Championship after only its second year in the conference. In
addition to her responsibilities at Louisville, Utter was also
active with USA Field Hockey's High Performance Training Center. As
an Assistant Coach for the Midwest Team in 2006, Utter helped to
guide the team to a third place finish in the National
Championships. Prior to coaching the Midwest Team, Utter was active
in the Futures Olympic Developmental Program, serving as the Head
Coach for the Houston site in 1997 and 1998 and the Head Coach for
the Louisville site from 1999-2006. A 1996 graduate of the
University of North Carolina with a BA in Communication Studies,
Utter helped to lead the Tarheels to back-to-back NCAA
Championships (1995 & 1996), while co-captaining the 1996
squad. An ACC All-Conference selection in 1996, Utter was named to
the 1995 NCAA All-Tournament Team as the Tarheels capped off an
undefeated season with a national championship. A native of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, Utter received a master's degree in Sport Administration
from the University of Louisville in 2004.
