Hannah Nielsen

Hannah Nielsen (born November 28, 1987 in Adelaide, Australia) is the current head coach of the University of Michigan women’s lacrosse team. She was formerly the first women's lacrosse assistant coach at the University of Colorado. Originally from the Brighton Lacrosse Club in Adelaide (also the home club of Jen Adams), Nielsen played for the Northwestern University Wildcats, and won four national championships as a player. She was a three-time All-American, and is a winner of both the Tewaaraton Trophy and Honda Sports Award in her junior and senior seasons.[1][2][3] She holds NCAA records for career assists, assists in a season, and assists in single game.[4]

Hannah Nielsen

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Michigan
Conference	Big Ten
Record	23–14 (.622)
Biographical details
Born	1987 (age 32–33) Adelaide, Australia
Playing career
2006–2009	Northwestern
Position(s)	Midfield
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010	Penn State (asst.)
2011–2012	Towson (asst.)
2014–2015	Colorado (asst.)
2017	Northwestern (asst.)
2018–Present	Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall	23–14 (.622)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Women's Lacrosse National Champions, (2006–2009)
Awards
Tewaaraton Trophy (2008–2009) Big Ten Suzy Favor Female Athlete of the Year 2008 Honda Sports Award (2008–2009)

Also a member of the Australia women's national lacrosse team, Nielsen was a member of the Australian U19 team (2003 & 2007) as well as the 2005 World Cup-winning senior team, and was selected as an All-Star player in both the 2009 and 2013 World Cups.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten Conference) (2018–Present)
2018	Michigan	7–10	2–4	5th
2019	Michigan	16–4	4–2	3rd	NCAA Second Round
Michigan:		23–14 (.622)	6–6 (.500)
Total:		23–14 (.622)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Elliott Adds Nielsen To Coaching Staff". cubuffs.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
2. "Northwestern's Nielsen tops in women's lacrosse". ESPN.com. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
3. "Lacrosse". CWSA. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)