Amanda Janney - Field Hockey Coach

Amanda Janney

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
tufh@temple.edu
Phone:
215-681-5614

Over 10 years at the helm of Temple field hockey, head coach Amanda Janney has continued to guide the program to a greater level of success each year. Janney's Owls have been nationally ranked for nearly every week of the last two seasons, finishing the 2014 season ranked 14th.

Temple advanced to the 2014 BIG EAST Championship game in a year which marked the Owls' 12th in a row earning a conference tournament berth. They fell victim to UConn in the title contest before the Huskies went on to win a second-straight NCAA Championship. Overall, Janney's 2014 squad went 14-7 with a 3-2 BIG EAST record.

Janney's star forward Amber Youtz became the first Temple field hockey player to earn First Team All-America honors in 22 years, after being selected to the All-America Second Team the year before. Youtz was the 2014 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year, and ranked second in the nation in both goals and points. Both Youtz and senior goalkeeper Lizzy Millen were named to the All-Region First Team.

Four players took home All-BIG EAST honors in 2014. Millen and Youtz were joined on the BIG EAST First Team by fellow senior Nicole Kroener, while junior Alyssa Delp was named to the BIG EAST Second Team. All four were also all-region selections for Temple.

Temple entered the NFHCA Coaches Poll at #11 in early September of 2013 after a 3-0 upset victory at #6 Penn State, and the Owls maintained a Top-20 ranking for the remainder of that season. They finished at 14-6 overall and 4-3 in their first season as an associate member of the BIG EAST Conference. Temple earned the fourth seed in the BIG EAST Tournament, advancing to a conference tournament for the 11th year in a row and for every season under Coach Janney.

Near the conclusion of the 2013 season, Janney recorded her 100th career victory, and as of the conclusion of the 2014 season, she boasts an overall record of 114-94. Under Janney’s tutelage, members of the Cherry and White have celebrated 49 all-conference accolades, 25 all-region honors, seven Player of the Year awards and four All-America honors.

Three of Janney's athletes took home BIG EAST All-Conference honors in 2013. Youtz was named to the BIG EAST First Team, while Millen and senior defender Molly Doyle each earned BIG EAST Second Team honors.

Janney coached the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year in each of the team's final two seasons in that conference. Her 2012 team was led by A-10 Offensive Player of the Year Youtz, earning the honor in only her sophomore season after scoring an impressive 22 goals along with 10 assists. Behind the play of Youtz and four other players with seven or more goals, the Owls finished at 12-9 overall (5-2 in the A-10) and advanced to the semifinals of the A-10 Tournament.

Janney's student-athletes have excelled impressively in the classroom, and the Owls continue to improve each year. The team was recognized by the NCAA in 2010, 2011 and 2012 for its graduation rate which ranked among the top 10 percent of all field hockey teams in NCAA Division I.

Three times in the last five years, a field hockey student-athlete has earned Temple's top honor of PNC Student-Athlete of the Year at the annual Breakfast of Champions. The 2014 honor was earned by Doyle (a shared honor with Temple volleyball), while Katie Briglia took the award in 2013 and Charise Young earned it in 2009.

As a team in 2013, the Owls earned the highest GPA among Temple's women's sports with a 3.49. Temple field hockey was also named a 2013 NFHCA Gladiator National Academic Squad and had 17 on its roster named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad with a GPA of 3.30 or higher.

The 2011 team, led by A-10 Player of the Year Bridget Settles who also earned All-America Third Team honors, advanced to the A-10 Championship Final and only narrowly missed out on a NCAA berth with a 1-0 loss to Richmond. Despite the championship loss, redshirt freshman goalkeeper Millen was named the Most Outstanding Player of the A-10 Tournament after helping Temple to a shutout, 4-0 win over UMass in the semifinals before making a career-high 11 saves in the championship game against Richmond.

Two all-region honorees, Settles and goalkeeper Sarah Dalrymple, helped the Owls to an eighth-straight A-10 Tournament berth in 2010. Temple suffered a narrow, 1-0 loss to eventual champ UMass in overtime of the tournament semifinals, one of seven losses in which the Owls came within one goal.

Temple finished at 4-2 in the A-10 in both 2008 and 2009 to keep its conference tournament streak alive. The Owls advanced to the championship game in 2009, and senior Charise Young earned numerous honors to cap off the successful season. In addition to her her A-10 First Team and All-Mid Atlantic Second Team selections, Young was named the A-10 Field Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year for the second time. In 2008, senior leader Mary Catherine Kinneman was named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Year.

In 2007, Janney guided the Owls to their first regular season Atlantic 10 Championship in program history. Temple finished the season at 15-6 overall and 6-1 in A-10 play, earning a berth in the conference tournament semifinals. Alli Lokey and Ashley Bird were named the A-10's Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year respectively, and Lokey became Janney's first All-American honoree when she received second team accolades.

Despite losing seven seniors, the Owls collected their most wins in 15 years in 2006, finishing at 13-7 overall. Temple finished the Atlantic 10 slate with a 4-3 record and made the program made a fourth consecutive appearance in the conference tournament.

In 2005, Janney's first season on North Broad Street, she was named Atlantic 10 Co-Coach of the Year after the Owls posted their first winning season (11-10) since 1992 and their best Atlantic 10 Conference mark (6-1) since becoming an affiliate in 1988. Temple won 11 of its final 13 games of the season, and six Temple players earned all-conference honors.

Prior to accepting the position at Temple, Janney, a '99 graduate of Wake Forest, spent two seasons as an assistant at Penn (2003, 2004) and one season at James Madison (2002).

Under Janney's tutelage, Penn finished the 2003 season with a 10-8 record while capturing the Philadelphia City 6 title and garnering a #30 national ranking according to BRP's ratings.com. The 2004 season saw the Quakers win a share of the Ivy League title while boasting a #5 national ranking in scoring defense (.860).

The 13-4 Penn squad ranked #20 nationally, according to womensfieldhockey.com. While at JMU, Janney assisted the Dukes to a 13-9 overall mark and their first NCAA tournament appearance since 1999.

Following an illustrious playing career as a Demon Deacon, where Janney started 55 games and finished in the school's top 10 in goals (21) and assists (17), she assumed the position of head field hockey coach at Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth, Texas. The coaching stint at Trinity brought Janney back to her alma mater, where she is in the Trojan Hall of Fame for her athletic achievements in field hockey, soccer and softball.

While at TVS for three seasons, she led the school to its first-ever undefeated season, posting an overall 53-3-1 record and was twice crowned Southwest Preparatory Champion.

In the summer of 2014, Janney was a USFHA High Performance Head Coach for the first time, and her USA Eagles took home the title at the annual Women's National Championship (WNC). For five years prior, Janney served as the Administrator and Assistant Coach for the New Jersey High Performance team. The HP program is the pipeline for collegiate players to tryout for the USA National Team, and the Owls had a record number 12 players on High Performance Teams in 2014, with five of those going on to compete at the WNC.

Janney and New Jersey Head Coach Kristen Holmes-Winn, from Princeton University, led their team to a WNC Championship in 2012 with the help of five Temple players. The NJ High Performance team has won the WNC six times, five with Janney on the sidelines as an assistant coach and one when she was a player in 2005. That summer of 2005, she was named an EPTC All-Star and competed against the USA National team in the All-Star game.

Janney has remained active in the USFHA Futures program coaching at Futures Nationals again in 2014. She has coached at NFC’s over eight times including three tournaments where she coached a USFHA Futures team to a gold medal. Janney continues to coach Futures during the winter and spring months as an Assistant Futures coach, after being the Head Coach and Site Director at the Pennsylvania Level 1 Elite site for three years in 2008-2010.

Janney has also been instrumental in coaching and coordinating several national youth teams and camps throughout the year. At Temple she runs the Sweet D Field Hockey Camps including AJ's Field Hockey Camps at Geasey Field, an indoor winter clinic, the Hat Tricks & Shutouts Clinics, the October 2009 Amy Tran Clinic, the Randy Lokey Memorial Tournament for U14 teams and the Maria Whitehead Memorial Tournament.

In July of 2013, Janney had her third Olympian on campus to guest coach at her camps. Claire Laubach, who started for Team USA in the 2012 London Olympics, taught her drag flick techniques to the campers at AJ's July Camp. In August of 2012 Carrie Lingo visited as a guest coach for a clinic at Temple and in 2009, the top goalkeeper in the world, Amy Tran, hosted a clinic at TU.

Janney was instrumental in bringing the inaugural Harrow Cup to Temple in the summer of 2013, showcasing the best of the best among post-collegiate players. Janney and five Temple alumni were drafted onto Harrow Cup teams, where they showcased their talents on Geasey Field. In 2014, Janney along with Associate Head Coach Kelly Driscoll and Graduate Assistant Coach Danica Deckard played on the Harrow Cup's winning team, the Mambas.

Janney has also coached a number of summer camps including the Head to Toe field hockey clinic, Liberty University camp, Princeton University camp, Champions Edge camps, the AAU Junior Olympics team , the Circle Play Camp with Christy Morgan and the USA/Canada Field Hockey Challenge.

She has received coaching certificates from the NCAA, including a perfect score on her NCAA Coaching certification test. She spent the summer of 2012 earning her USFHA Level 2 certification, which will allow her to continue coaching USFHA High Performance programs. Janney has received her USFHA Level One coaching certification as well as her Futures certification, and has attended the Greg Gephart Fund Coaching Clinic in Texas. In February, 2000, Janney attended the GGF Coaching Clinic as a participant and was asked back in 2012 to be a presenter. In 2014 and 2015 she is serving as co-director of the GGF Clinic.

Janney is a member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and she attends their yearly conventions to stay up to date with the latest in the sport. She is also an active member of the Women's Coaches Alliance and she graduated from the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy in December, 2010. She was a presenter at the Black Women in Sport Foundation’s "Next Step for Women of Color" Mini-Forum in April of 2012.

Janney is committed to staying educated in the current issues of the NCAA and college athletics. She is also committed to educating her student-athletes on Title IX, the NCAA rules, and the many issues that female student-athletes will face. She is committed to growing the game among the Philadelphia youth, and in 2013 the Owls were selected by USA Field Hockey as a host for both the USFHA FUNdamental Field Hockey program and the You Go Girl program.