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| Missy Foote | | SWA, Dir. of P.E., & Women's Lacrosse | Memorial Field House
Phone: 802.443.5262
Fax: (802) 443-2073
Email: foote@middlebury.edu
| | Alma Mater: Springfield ‘74 | | Years at Midd: 33 | | | | View Full Profile | |
Foote is now in her 33rd year on the Middlebury athletic staff and her 29th year as head coach of women's lacrosse. Her squads have won five NCAA Championships since '97, including four perfect seasons ('99, '01, '02, '04). The Panthers also made 14 straight trips to the final four from '94-'07 and have appeared in seven NCAA title games. The Panthers have also hosted all eight of nine NESCAC Tournaments, winning the title seven times.
Over the past 20 seasons the team boasts a 287-44 record, ranking in the top 10 nationally each of those years. The Panthers are recognized as a national power in women's lacrosse, boasting a 51-game winning streak during '01, '02 and most of '03.
She has also guided the Panthers to two ECAC championships, all five NESCAC Championships and has an overall record of 342-83-1. Foote was the '94, '97, '00, '01 and '02 Division III New England and National Women's Lacrosse Coach of the Year. She earned NESCAC coach of the year honors from '01-'05.
2001 marked Foote's 21st and final year as head coach of the field hockey program at Middlebury. She ended her career with a record of 180-95-12 for a .648 winning percentage. Her 180 wins are more than any other coach in the 33-year history of the program at Middlebury. Her most successful season came in 1998 when she led the team to a 17-1 record and its first NCAA Championship. She has also paced the team to NCAA Tournament appearances in '94 and '96. During her reign, the team has made six ECAC Tournament appearances and captured a pair of ECAC crowns in '93 and '97. She was named the Division III Regional and National Coach of the Year in '94 and '98.
A 1974 Springfield College graduate, Foote coached field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester, Vermont, before joining the Middlebury staff in 1977. She is currently the director of physical education at Middlebury.
Assistant Coaches: Katharine DeLorenzo, Heidi Howard