Kathy Cornell-DeAngelis, a former player and current coach for the United States National Field Hockey program was named Colgate’s assistant coach in September 2021.
Cornell-DeAngelis comes to Hamilton after 21 seasons as the head coach of Hofstra University.
She directed the Pride to winning records in 11 of her last 18 seasons including a stretch of six straight winning seasons (2001 through 2006). Hofstra's record in those six seasons was 73-47. In her 21 seasons at Hofstra, Cornell-DeAngelis compiled a 200-210 coaching record
During her tenure at Hofstra, Cornell-DeAngelis coached four All-Americans (totaling six selections), 14 regional All-Americans (totaling 31 selections), 28 all-conference players (42 selections), 23 all-conference rookie team selections and 74 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Scholar-Athletes (184 selections).
Cornell-DeAngelis, a native of Lexington, Massachusetts, began her collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts in 1991. She left UMass to become the head field hockey coach, assistant director of the fitness center and assistant strength and conditioning coach for varsity sports at LaSalle University from 1992 through the 1995 season. She then led Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) in 1996 and 1997.
Coach Cornell-DeAngelis has been active in the administrative end of the sport and has previously served as a member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Mid-East Region ranking committee.
She has been involved with the U.S. National Field Hockey coaching staff since 1988, coaching in B, C, D and U.S. Super Camps. She holds a USA Field Hockey Level II Coaching Accreditation.
A 1992 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management with a degree in sports management, Cornell-DeAngelis was a three-time All-American, earning first team honors in her junior and senior seasons, and honorable mention accolades as a sophomore, and was a finalist for the Honda Broderick Award as National Player of the Year and collegiate woman athlete of the year following her senior season.
During her career, she helped UMass achieve a 60-20-8 record, four Atlantic 10 conference titles, and four NCAA tournament appearances, including a Final Four berth in 1987. In that 1987 NCAA tournament, Cornell-DeAngelis was named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team. She is currently ranked third on the Massachusetts career goals list and fifth on the all-time scoring list.
Cornell-DeAngelis also has international experience as a player and coach, having played on the U.S. team's tour of Canada in 1987 and in the 1988 Pan American Games in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, in which the United States captured a silver medal. In 2004 Cornell-DeAngelis served as an assistant coach for the Barbados national team, preparing the squad and coaching during the Women's Pan American Cup in Barbados. Following a strong showing at the Pan Am Cup, Barbados qualified for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
