Taylor Woolard

Directing our Miami University camp will be Colgate University Assistant Coach Taylor Woolard!

Coaching Experience:

• Assistant Women's Lacrosse Coach, Colgate University (2025-pr.)
• Associate Head Women's Lacrosse Coach, Youngstown State University (2023-2025)
• Head Women's Lacrosse Coach, Converse University (2020-23)
• Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach, Earlham College (2019-20)
• Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach, Ferrum College (2017-19)

Before Colgate: Woolard joins the Raiders after spending two years at Youngstown State University. Woolard served as associate head coach for the Penguins where she helped the team to its second-highest win total of any season in program history.

Prior to joining YSU, Woolard was the head coach at Division II Converse University for three seasons. In 2023, Woolard helped the team make its first postseason appearance since 2019 and developed four All-Conference selections including the Freshman of the Year. The team ranked within the top-25 in assists per game, caused turnovers per game, and draw controls per game.

Before her turn around at Converse University, Woolard was the assistant coach at Earlham College before the season was canceled due to COVID-19. Woolard worked as the assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Ferrum College prior to her time at Earlham where she oversaw defensive strategy, recruiting, and operations. Woolard helped develop three student-athletes to USA South All-Conference honors and three student-athletes to the IWLCA academic honor roll.

Woolard served as head coach at Hanover High School in Mechanicsville, Virginia in 2017 where she led the team to a 9-8 overall record with 14 players earning all-conference honors and four all-region selections. Before earning the head coach position, Woolard served as the program's defensive coordinator and assistant coach during the 2014-16 seasons.