Temple University Athletics
ROSEN NAMED TEMPLE'S HEAD WOMEN'S LACROSSE COACH
8.24.06 | Women's Lacrosse
PHILADELPHIA - Bonnie Rosen, who spent the past 10 seasons as the head coach at the University of Connecticut, has been named the head women's lacrosse coach at Temple University. Rosen started the Husky program from scratch in 1997 and during her tenure led the team to a 2005 ECAC Championship and a Top 20 National Ranking.
"Bonnie Rosen is a perfect fit for the Temple women's lacrosse program," Director of Athletics Bill Bradshaw said. "She is a proven head coach with a successful track record. We look forward to her taking the program to the next level."
"I am so thrilled to return to my home to become the next women's lacrosse coach at Temple University," Rosen said. "I would like to thank athletic director Bill Bradshaw and senior woman's administrator Kristen Foley for this amazing opportunity to join the Temple Owls' family. This is truly a very exciting time for Temple Athletics and the women's lacrosse program. Temple Lacrosse is filled with a unique history, with so many of the game's top players and coaches having come through the program. It is a privilege to continue the work of those who have come before me as we look to build towards a very successful future."
In 2005, Rosen led the Huskies to their best season ever, recording a 12-5 overall record and capturing the program's first ECAC Championship. UConn was nationally ranked for a record five consecutive weeks, peaking at an all-time high of No. 15. For her efforts, Rosen was voted the BIG EAST Coach of the Year. In 2000, the Huskies won a school record 10 games and made a postseason appearance in the Division I ECAC Championships. By 2003, the Huskies earned a No. 18 national ranking.
During her time at UConn, Rosen produced two All-Americans, five All-Region players, 10 All-Big East players and the 2006 Division I Scholar Athlete of the Year. Members of her lacrosse teams have also been honored with Academic All-America, BIG EAST Honor Roll and UConn Honor Roll distinctions. In 2003, 19 players were named to the BIG EAST Academic Honor Roll and the team received the IWLCA Academic Merit Award for having one of the top three grade point averages (3.37) among all Division I lacrosse programs in the country. Rosen's teams were named to the IWLCA Honor Roll every year since its inception.
Rosen also served as Yale's assistant women's lacrosse coach and assistant women's soccer coach from 1995-1997. During that time the lacrosse team posted records of 14-2 in 1995 and 10-4 in 1996, winning the ECAC Division I Championship in 1995 and finishing second in the Ivy League in 1996.
A graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science degree in education, Rosen was a four-year, two-sport athlete, playing both lacrosse and field hockey for the Cavaliers. In 1991, Rosen helped lead the lacrosse team to its first NCAA Division I National Championship. During her career at Virginia, she earned regional All-American honors and was named Captain and MVP of both the field hockey and lacrosse teams in her senior year.
Her successful collegiate career has been followed by a storied National Team career. Since first making the United States National Team in 1992, Rosen has competed in several tours including trips to Great Britain (1996) and Australia (1997). In 1997, Rosen was a starting defender for Team USA at the World Cup Championships in Edogowa, Japan, when it captured the gold in a thrilling sudden-death victory. Four years later, Rosen once again had the honor to wear the USA uniform and help the team go undefeated in play capturing the 2001 World Championship and her second gold medal in High Wycombe, England. Now a 12 year veteran of the squad, Rosen was selected to the 2003-2004 Elite Team and was a silver medalist at the 2005 World Cup Championships.
In 2000, Rosen was honored by being inducted into the Harriton High School Hall of Fame and in 2002 she received the distinction of being inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, making her one of the youngest persons to be inducted into that Hall of Fame. She was named to the ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) 50th Anniversary Lacrosse Team and as one of Inside Lacrosse Magazine's Top 50 All-Time Players.
Rosen is very active in the sport of lacrosse serving on various committees and boards. She has chaired the NCAA Regional Advisory Committee, the All-Region Committee, the IWLCA Ethic Committee and has served on the IWLCA Rules Committee, and the IWLCA All-American Committee. She was the first President of the BIG EAST Lacrosse Coaches Association. She has represented the Athletes Council on both the US Lacrosse Board of Governors and Board of Directors. She is a member of the US Lacrosse Safety Education Committee and currently serves on the US Lacrosse Board of Directors representing college coaches.
A native of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., Rosen is a 1988 graduate of Harriton High School where she was a three sport athlete and played lacrosse for head coach Phyliss Pillard.
