Carol
Miller - Camp Director
 Carol Miller entered her 13th year as Head Field Hockey Coach
at the University of Delaware. In the past 12 years she has guided
the Fightin' Blue Hens to national prominence. In nine of those
years, her teams have been ranked in the top 20 and have competed
in eight America East Conference Tournaments and three Colonial
Athletic Tournaments – having won it in 2004. She
lead her 1994 team to a first place finish in regular season conference
play, finished the 2001 season runner-ups to the America East champions,
and most recently coached her team to the 2004 Colonial Athletic
Association Champions and NCAA 1st round tournament birth.
Miller, a graduate of the University of Delaware, returned to
her alma mater after a successful eight year stint as head coach
at Millersville University, where she led her teams to seven winning
seasons, two conference championships and 5 NCAA tournament appearances,
including a second place 1985 NCAA tournament finish. Miller a
three-time All-American forward and former U.S. Squad team member
as well as a five-time US Olympic Festival participant, and recent
inductee into the University of Delaware and Millersville University
Hall of Fames, is listed third on the University of Delaware's
all-time career scoring list, and has to her credit, coached the
all-time season goal scorer at Millersville University and the
all-time career points leader at the University of Delaware. She
is known for her knowledge of techniques and skill development
and has been the Head Coach at numerous U.S.F.H.A. Olympic Development,
and Futures Camps, since 1981. She also directs The All-American
Field Hockey Camp at the Tatnall School in Wilmington, DE .
This is her 13th season running the Blue Hen Field Hockey Camps
@ the University of Delaware where she has seen many all of the
most talented players from the state of Delaware and Maryland. Additionally, her camps have hosted many
players from past Delaware State Champion Teams!
Dawn
Hill
 Dawn Hill, former head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University
and an All-American player at Old Dominion University, begins her
fifth season with the Blue Hen field hockey staff in 2006. She
was promoted to the position of Associate Head Coach prior
to the 2004 season where she has helped the Blue Hens advance to
the Colonial Athletic Association championship game in three of
her four seasons on the staff and helped lead the Blue Hens to
their first-ever Colonial Athletic Association title in 2004 when
Delaware posted a record of 15-7 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament
for the first time since 1988.
A four-year standout at Old Dominion, Hill led the Monarchs to
three straight national titles in 1982-84 and a second place national
finish in 1985 when she earned All-American honors. The team compiled
an incredible mark of 82-9 during her four years with the team.
She was also a member of the U.S. National Team in 1989-90 after
four years on the U.S. Reserve National team. In addition, she
competed at the U.S. Olympic Festival five times, earning one gold
medal and three silver medals, and one bronze medal. She was inducted
into the Old Dominion Hall of Fame in 1992.
After coaching two years at the high school level, Hill began
her college coaching career as an assistant coach at Old Dominion
in 1988-91, leading ODU to national titles in 1988 and 1990 and
a second place finish in 1989.
She became interim head coach at the University of Maryland for
the 1991-92 season, leading the Terrapins to a 17-5-1 record and
a third place national finish. For her efforts at Maryland, she
was named Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, Mid-Atlantic
Region Coach of the Year, and College Field Hockey Coaches Association
National Coach of the Year. She took over the interim position
in place of former University of Delaware All-American Missy Meharg,
who had taken one year off to pursue a spot on the U.S. National
Team.
Hill returned to ODU as an assistant coach from 1992-97, helping
the Monarchs win another national title in 1992. In 1997, she took
over a VCU program that had won just six games the previous two
years combined. After a 2-18 record her first season, she led the
squad to an 8-12 mark in 1998. Her five-year record of VCU was
36-65-1 and her overall six-year mark as a head coach is 53-70-1.
In addition to her collegiate coaching career, Hill served as
assistant coach with the U.S. National Field Hockey Team in 1990-92
and was head coach of the U.S. National Under-21 Team in 1992.
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