Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 10/17/24
Former Temple and Spring-Ford HS great Amanda Moore – the Florida women’s lacrosse coach – is being inducted into the Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame on November 26 at Presidential Caterers in East Norriton.
O’Leary has a career record of 402-125 at Florida (entering 16th season) and Yale (14 seasons). Her Florida teams have reached the NCAA semifinals twice, including the 2024 squad.
O’Leary was a four-year starter for Temple University’s lacrosse and field hockey teams from 1985 to 1988. She was honored as a two-time first-team All-American in field hockey, and a three-time first-team All-American in lacrosse. O’Leary led the Temple women’s lacrosse team to a perfect 19–0 record, and an NCAA championship in 1988, and an appearance in the NCAA finals in 1987. She was named NCAA Midfielder of the Year in 1987 and 1988, and NCAA Most Valuable Player in 1988.[2] Lacrosse Magazine recognized her as its player of the year.
After graduation, O’Leary played on the U.S. national lacrosse teams that won the International Federation of Women’s Lacrosse Association (IFWLA) World Cup in 1989 and 1993.[1]
Amanda O’Leary Coaching Career:
University of Florida, Head Coach (2010-present, 15 seasons)
Yale University, Head Coach (1994-2007, 14 seasons)
University of Maryland, Assistant Coach (1992-93)
University of Delaware, Assistant Coach (1991)
University of Maryland, Graduate Assistant Coach (1990)
Major Honors
2018 Tewaaraton Legend
2012 WomensLax.com Coach of the Year
IWLCA South Region Coach of the Year (2011, ‘12)
IWLCA South Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2024)
2014 ILWomen Coach of the Year
Northeast Regional Coach of the Year (2003)
USWLA Regional Coach of the Year (1996)
Inductee, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 2005.
Inductee, Temple Owls’ Hall of Fame, 2004.
Named to NCAA Women’s Lacrosse 25th Anniversary Team in the fall of 2006.
Other Honors
13 NCAA appearances (2011, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’16, ‘17, ’18, ’19, ’21, ’22, ‘23, ’24)
AAC regular season champions (2019, ’21, ‘22, ’24)
AAC Tournament champions (2019, ’21, ’22, ‘23, ’24)
AAC Coaching Staff of the Year (2021, ‘22, ’24)
AAC Coaching Staff of the Year (2021, ‘22, ’24)
AAC Coaching Staff of the Year (2021, ‘22, ’24)
BIG EAST regular season champions (2015, ’16, ‘17, ’18)
BIG EAST Tournament champions (2015, ’16, ‘17, ’18)
BIG EAST Tournament champions (2015, ’16, ‘17, ’18)
BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year (2016, ’17, ’18)
BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year (2016, ’17, ’18)
BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year (2016, ’17, ’18)
ALC regular season champions (2011, ’12. ’13, ‘14)
ALC Tournament champions (2012, ‘14)
ALC Coach of the Year (2011, ’13, ‘14)
ALC Coach of the Year (2011, ’13, ‘14)
NCAA Final Four (2012, ’24)
Hometown: Royersford, Pa. (Spring-Ford High School)
Education: Temple University (1988, Bachelor’s of Arts degree – exercise physiology and kinesiology)
