Denise Wescott

Denise Wescott is in her third season as an assistant coach at Cal in 2021. Wescott was a head coach at five schools starting a 26-year run in the role with Drew (1989-90) before she moved on to Rutgers (1991-93), Delaware (1994-2004), Mount St. Mary's (2005-09) and Monmouth (2010-14). She also served as the head coach for the German National and World Cup teams from 1996-2005. From 2014, Wescott served as the Director of Lacrosse for the Capital Lacrosse Club (Alexandria, Va.) from 2014-19 before joining the Cal program in her current role.

Her long list of coaching accolades include being named the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Conference Coach of the Year. In 2006, Wescott was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in New Jersey, and she also won the IWLCA Diane Geppi-Aikens Lifetime Achievement College Coaching Award.

As a player, Wescott was a four-year starting goalkeeper and captain at Maryland in field hockey and lacrosse. During the span of her collegiate career, the Terrapins went 50-11-1 on the lacrosse field and advanced to the AIAW tournament three times. She totaled 519 career saves and a 6.99 goals against average. Wescott was named to the USWLA All-Star team and USWLA Final Four All-Tournament squad in 1980.