Olivia Kimmel

On staff is Olivia Kimmel, women's lacrosse assistant coach Pacific University (OR). Coach Kimmel joined the lacrosse coaching staff in 2020 at Pacific while pursuing her PsyD in Clinical Psychology.

Kimmel comes to Pacific with some coaching experience on the lacrosse field leading the Manchester Thundersticks U-14 girls team as the Head Coach, while also working as an assistant coach at Rockville girl's lacrosse club. She also has a US Lacrosse Level 1 Coach certification with US Lacrosse.

She earned her Bachelors degree in psychology from James Madison University adding a minor in coaching education. Kimmel went on to earn her Masters in Education in counseling with concentration in sport psychology from Boston University. She has worked as a psychology/mental performance consultant at Tufts University and Boston University.

Her primary areas of interest include working with injured athletes, using ACT techniques for sport performance, performance anxiety, and the experiences of non-binary athletes.