Katie Reynolds

Katie Reynolds is the Head Field Hockey Coach at Manhattan University.

Katie Reynolds was hired as head coach of the Manhattanville University field hockey team in April 2022. She completed her first season as a collegiate head coach in the fall of 2022.

Reynolds took the helm of the Valiants as the team migrated to the Atlantic East Conference. In their new home, the field hockey program went 4-12 under Reynolds' leadership in 2022. She collected her first coaching win on Sept. 14 against Sage with an 11-1 victory over the Gators, beginning a three-game winning streak for the team. On October 12, the Valiants defeated Neumann 4-2 for their first win in Atlantic East action. Manhattanville would finish as the No. 6 seed in the regular season conference standings, earning a postseason berth in Reynolds' inaugural season. Abbey Playle developed into one of the top players in the conference as she would named to the Atlantic East All-Conference First Team, the first player under Reynolds to earn All-Conference recognition.

The appointment at Manhattanville is Reynolds’ first foray into collegiate coaching. Since 2019, she has served as the head junior varsity field hockey coach and the head lacrosse coach at Arlington High School. With the Admirals, Reynolds led the JV field hockey team to a 10-1-1 record, responsible to the evaluation and development of 30 high school players. Reynolds developed practices and game plan strategies with a focus on generating more offensive chances.

Outside of Arlington High, Reynolds founded K Field Hockey in 2019, a program of field hockey training clinics in the Hudson Valley for players ages 5 through 18. Reynolds worked with students to develop a multitude of skills, including defensive, offensive and conditioning drills to better enhance their abilities. Her clinics reached maximum capacity for each session as a result of extensive outreach and recruiting with high schools throughout the Hudson Valley.

Reynolds assumes her new position at Manhattanville while continuing to serve as Marketing Operations Coordinator with Research Square, a position she has held since November 2021. In this position, she is responsible to developing email promotional materials to increase revenue and establishing consistent communications with customers. She had previously worked in the Career Development Office at Bard College as the Office and Communication Coordinator, assisting students in job search and networking efforts.

Reynolds is a 2019 graduate of SUNY Oswego, where she played field hockey for three seasons after playing one year at St. Thomas Aquinas in 2015. While with the Lakers, Reynolds made the NCAA Division III All-Academic Team in all three seasons from 2016 to 2018. After being a SUNYAC All-Conference Second Team selection in 2018, Reynolds earned her way onto the First Team in the 2019 season in which she served as team captain. Reynolds is currently fifth all-time in Oswego history in career points and goals, scoring 29 goals and 10 assists in her three seasons with the Lakers. She is also the program’s record holder for most goals in a game.