Jamie Montgomery - Field Hockey Coach - University of Richmond Athletics

Jamie Montgomery

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
jmontgom@richmond.edu

Jamie Montgomery was named the new head coach for the Richmond field hockey program in February 2018 and the 2023 season marks her sixth season at the helm of the program.

Since taking over the helm of the Spider Hockey program, the Spiders have reached new heights in all facets of the game. Over the last five seasons, Montgomery has coached 15 Atlantic 10 All-Conference First and Second Team honorees, as well as five All-Rookies and eight A-10 All-Tournament student-athletes. The program has also had five National Field Hockey All-South Region honorees and over 60 student-athletes named to NFHCA All-Academic Team.

The 2022 squad was offensively paced by A-10 First Team and NFHCA All-Region honoree Lindsey Frank for a second-straight season with eight goals and five assists for 21 points. Defender Tess Keppel collected second team league honors leading the league with five of the Spiders seven defensive saves. Keppel's five defensive saves, including two against Wake Forest, ranked seventh nationally, while the team's seven total defensive saves ranks 16th nationally. Lainey Nichols collected A-10 All-Rookie accolades after scoring five goals, with two against Bucknell.

After a quick summer off-season, the 2021 Spiders made it's 21st-straight program appearances in the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship Tournament. Steffie Bongers and Lindsey Frank collected A-10 First Team honors, while Olivia Frazier collected second team accolades. The trio led the squad with 16 of the team's 26 goals, 14 assists and 46 of the squads 76 points. Frank, a A-10 Tournament selection, had seven goals and six assists as a midfielder for 20 points, while Bongers was just behind with six goals and five assists, including two goals and two assists against Saint Louis. Kaitlyn Csensits was second in the league with three of the squad's seven defensive saves, which ranked 15th nationally.

In the spring 2021 season, Richmond had three players ranked nationally in the top-10 of four different statistical categories. Midfielder Olivia Frazier finished second in assists-per-game (0.86), as defender Steffie Bongers placed fifth in goals-per-game (1.00) and 10th in points-per-game (2.17), and goalkeeper Erika Latta was eighth in save percentage (.812) and 10th in goals against average (0.91). The Spiders have gone to four-straight Atlantic 10 Tournaments to extend the program’s streak to 20-straight postseason appearances, including a 2019 championship berth.

Montgomery led the Spiders to an 11-10 record -- the program's first winning record since 2015 -- and 6-2 mark in Atlantic 10 play in 2019 to tie for second place in the league. The Spiders defeated UMass 3-1 in the Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals as the No. 3 seed, and fell in a defensive battle to No. 13 Saint Joseph's in the team's first Championship Game appearance since 2015. Senior Elise Zwicklbauer earned First Team All-Conference honors, while senior Amanda DaSilva and sophomores Steffie Bongers and Addie Nash earned Second Team honors and freshman Lindsey Frank was named to the All-Rookie Team.

In her first season as a head coach, Montgomery led the Spider to the program's 18th-consecutive Atlantic 10 Tournament in 2018 after finishing the regular season at 4-4 in the conference. The Spiders fell to 10th-ranked Saint Joseph's in the A-10 Semifinals, 3-1, finishing the season at 7-11 overall. Newcomers Addie Nash and Steffie Bongers were named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team, while junior Elise Zwicklbauer and sophomore Abra Granger were named to the conference's All-Academic Team.

Montgomery came to Richmond after spending the last season as an assistant coach with her alma mater, Wake Forest University. While with the Demon Deacons, she led the team to as high as a No. 11 national ranking and the program’s 16^th NCAA Tournament appearance. Three Wake Forest student-athletes earned All-Region honors, while one was named an NFHCA All-American.

After serving as a graduate assistant at Temple following her four-year career at Wake Forest, Montgomery was hired as an assistant coach at Bucknell beginning in 2009 and was promoted to associate head coach in 2013. While with the Bison, the team went to four-consecutive Patriot League Tournaments.

Montgomery has extensive playing experience as one of the top competitors in the nation, taking a break from coaching after earning a selection to the U.S. Women’s National team in 2013. Her career on the senior team followed a stint with the U.S. Senior Development Team and the U.S. Junior National Team, when she competed in the 2005 Junior PanAm games and the Junior World Cup.

Montgomery was elected to the NFHCA Board of Directors in February 2021 to serve a three-year term as the NCAA Division I Coaches representative.

Before her season at Wake Forest in 2017, Montgomery served as the manager of the U.S. Junior National Team in 2015-16, where she managed the squad during the 2016 Junior PanAm Championship in Trinidad and Tobago.

A four-year starter for the Demon Deacons, Montgomery was a member of two National Championship teams and two ACC title squads. She earned All-ACC, NCAA All-Tournament and Second Team All-American honors.

She graduated from Wake Forest in 2007 with a degree in English and sociology before earning her Master of Education from Temple in 2009.