Missy Meharg - Field Hockey Coach - University of Maryland Athletics

Missy Meharg

Title:
Head Coach
Alma Mater:
Delaware
Graduating Year:
1985
Experience:
37 Years

Head coach Missy Meharg is in her fourth decade at the helm of the Maryland field hockey program in 2025, along the way building a program rich with a winning tradition. Voted National Coach of the Year an unprecedented nine times, Meharg has exemplified the tradition of excellence Maryland field hockey has become known for, a program with eight National Championships and 27 conference championships - solidifying the Terrapins' position among the top programs in the nation.

On Oct. 17, 2021, Meharg became just the third Division I coach to reach the 600-career wins mark. The Terrapins beat No. 17 Connecticut, 3-2, at home at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex for the milestone victory. Meharg has won more games than any Maryland coach, in any sport.

Seven NCAA National Titles
28 conference titles (20 ACC Titles / 8 B1G Titles)
36 NCAA Tournament appearances: including 21 in the NCAA Semifinals round, and 13 in the NCAA Finals.
Overall record of 665-180-9 gives her a winning percentage of .784
Nine National Coach of the Year awards and nine Conference Coach of the Year awards.
Led the team to two of the most successful seasons in school history in 2009 and 2010. Over those two years, the Terps earned a record of 46-2 with two ACC titles and an NCAA title.
Seven Honda Sports Awards won by five players. (Autumn Welsh, Paula Infante (2x), Susie Rowe, Katie O’Donnell Bam (2x), and Megan Frazer)
73 All-Americans, including seven four-time All-Americans and 17 three-time All-Americans.
20 players have been named ACC/Big Ten Players of the Year. Paula Infante and Bodil Keus earned the Defensive Player of the Award twice, while Katie O’Donnell Bam won all four years of her career. Most recently, Josie Hollamon earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2024.
14 players have been named ACC/Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Hope Rose earned Freshman of the Year in 2021, and Ericka Morris-Adams earned this honor in 2022. Jordyn Hollamon was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2025.
Meharg was contracted by NBC to work as a color commentator and analyst for field hockey during coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
12 of Meharg's former athletes have competed on Olympic teams. Kate Kauffman Beach was the Terps' first Olympian in the Atlanta Games in 1996. Three former Terrapins played in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Lauren Powley, Dina Rizzo and Keli Smith Puzo were on the 16-spot roster and Sara Silvetti served as an alternate. Katie O’Donnell Bam and Keli Smith Puzo both represented Team USA in London in 2012. Bam and Jill Witmer Funk helped Team USA to a Quarterfinals appearance in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. This past summer, four Terps competed in the Paris Olympic Games (2024). Leah Crouse, Brooke DeBerdine, Emma DeBerdine, and Kelee Lepage were four of 16 athletes that were selected to represent the United States.
Terrapin athletes have played on their respective national teams from eight countries around the world: England, Ireland, Chile, Holland, Germany, Australia, Zimbabwe, Scotland.
Coached 12 Maryland student-athletes that are in the Hockey Pro League - Jill Witmer Funk (USA), Anna Dessoye (USA), Alyssa Parker (USA), Linnea Gonzalez (USA), Grace Balsdon (England), Nike Lorenz (Germany), Leah Crouse (USA), Brooke DeBerdine (USA), Emma DeBerdine (USA), Kelee Lepage (USA), Hope Rose (USA), and Josie Hollamon (USA).
Served on the U.S. National Team coaching staff from 1993-1997. She assisted in the 1994 World Cup, the 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Olympics.
USA Field Hockey Board Member

Updated December 9, 2025

Personal Information

Full Name: Margaret L. Meharg
Education: Delaware, 1985
Children: Andre & Genya

Career Coaching Record

Year	Institution	Record	Pct.	Postseason
1988	Maryland	11-9-2	.545	NCAA First Round
1989	Maryland	11-8-1	.575
1990	Maryland	11-6-2	.632	NCAA First Round
1991	Maryland	17-5-1	.761	NCAA Semifinals
1992	Maryland	15-5-1	.738	ACC Champion, NCAA Quarterfinals
1993	Maryland	21-3-0	.875	NCAA Champion
1994	Maryland	10-9-2	.526
1995	Maryland	19-5-0	.792	NCAA Finals
1996	Maryland	15-7-0	.681	NCAA Quarterfinals
1997	Maryland	18-4-0	.818	NCAA Quarterfinals
1998	Maryland	16-6-0	.727	ACC Champion, NCAA Quarterfinals
1999	Maryland	24-1-0	.960	ACC Champion, NCAA Champion
2000	Maryland	19-4-0	.826	ACC Champion, NCAA Semifinal
2001	Maryland	20-4-0	.833	ACC Champion, NCAA Final
2002	Maryland	17-5-0	.773	NCAA Quarterfinals
2003	Maryland	20-4-0	.833	NCAA Semifinal
2004	Maryland	17-6-0	.739	NCAA Semifinal
2005	Maryland	23-2-0	.920	ACC Champion, NCAA Champion
2006	Maryland	23-2-0	.920	NCAA Champion
2007	Maryland	18-3-0	.857	NCAA Quarterfinals
2008	Maryland	22-2-0	.917	ACC Champion, NCAA Champion
2009	Maryland	23-1-0	.958	ACC Champion, NCAA Final
2010	Maryland	23-1-0	.958	ACC Champion, NCAA Champion
2011	Maryland	19-4-0	.826	NCAA Champion
2012	Maryland	18-6-0	.750	NCAA Semifinal
2013	Maryland	22-2-0	.917	ACC Champion, NCAA Semifinal
2014	Maryland	19-4-0	.826	Big Ten Champion, NCAA Quarterfinals
2015	Maryland	19-4-0	.826	Big Ten Champion, NCAA First Round
2016	Maryland	18-5-0	.783	Big Ten Champion, NCAA Quarterfinals
2017	Maryland	16-7-0	.615	NCAA Final
2018	Maryland	22-3-0	.880	Big Ten Champion, NCAA Final
2019	Maryland	17-4-0	.810	Big Ten Champion, NCAA Quarterfinals
2020	Maryland	8-7-0	.533
2021	Maryland	15-7-0	.682	NCAA Semifinal
2022	Maryland	19-4-0	.875	Big Ten Champion, NCAA Semifinal
2023	Maryland	17-6-0	.739	Big Ten Finals, NCAA Quarterfinals
2024	Maryland	13-7-0	.650	Big Ten Semifinal, NCAA First Round
2025	Maryland	10-8-0	.556
38 Years		665-180-9	.784	7 NCAA Championships
				27 Conference Championships