Cat Rainone Promoted to Lacrosse Associate Head Coach

PHILADELPHIA — Temple University women's lacrosse head coach Bonnie Rosen announced Wednesday that Cat Rainone has been promoted to Associate Head Coach after serving the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the program.

"I'd like to thank Head Coach Bonnie Rosen for this opportunity! The future is bright for Temple Women's lacrosse and I am grateful to be a part of this family. Go Owls," said Rainone.

Rainone has completed her second season as an assistant coach on the Temple staff. The Owls concluded the 2025 season ranked 46th in the nation in ground balls per game (16.94), 50th in caused turnovers per game (8.44), and 35th in save percentage (.450). Goalkeeper Taylor Grollman finished second in the American Athletic Conference with 144 saves. Sabrina Martin ranked fifth in the conference in ground balls per game (2.13), while Kat Bielinski placed fourth with (2.19) ground balls per game.

Rainone came to North Philadelphia after two years at Oregon, where she helped the Ducks to their best scoring defense and most caused turnovers in five seasons in 2022. The Newtown, Pa. native previously spent three seasons at La Salle and was a standout goalkeeper during her playing career at Penn State. She led the Nittany Lions to the NCAA Final Four as a senior and was named Big Ten All-Academic twice during her career. She graduated in 2017 with a degree in kinesiology.

Temple University Athletics

Cat Rainone Promoted to Lacrosse Associate Head Coach

Players Mentioned

Kat Bielinski

Taylor Grollman

Sabrina Martin

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