Boissonneault Adds Jaclen Moxley to Pitt Lacrosse Staff
8/14/2023 9:43:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
PITTSBURGH – Jaclen Moxley has been named an assistant coach with the Pitt women's lacrosse team, as announced Monday morning by head coach Emily Boissonneault.
"I am thrilled to be announcing the addition of Jaclen Moxley," Boissonneault said. "Moxley has a lot of experience in the Big Ten and knows what it looks like to be a part of a championship level program. She is eager to start working with our players and make an impact in our third year of play."
Moxley will help coach the offense and take the lead in coaching the Panthers' draw players.
"I am so excited and grateful for the opportunity to work with an amazing and hard-working group of women," Moxley said. "From the student-athletes to the staff and everyone involved, the energy and dedication to the school is palpable and I can't wait to be a part of it all!"
Moxley comes to Pitt after spending the previous two seasons at Northwestern University as the Director of Player Development. She worked closely with the student-athletes, coaches and support staff and especially coaching the offense and draw teams, contributing to the Wildcats' 2023 National Championship.
The Northwestern staff was named the 2023 IWLCA National Coaching Staff of the year. The Wildcats' offense scored 373 goals, recorded 177 assists and nabbed 359 draw controls. Northwestern scored the most goals, most goals per game (16.95) and had the individual (Izzy Scane) with the most goals (99) and goals per game (4.95) as well. The Wildcats had the thirteenth-best draw control percentage in the country (.572) and the fourth-most draw controls collectively (359). Their 16.32 draw controls per game was good for eleventh in the country.
Her first year in Evanston, Moxley was a volunteer assistant, contributing to the defense and draw teams on their way to a Final Four appearance.
In 2022, Northwestern held opponents to 11.76 goals per game and grabbed 383 draw controls under Moxley's tutelage. The Wildcats .595 percentage on the draw placed them sixth nationally, while also recording 18.24 DC per game (third) and 383 overall (first).
Before joining the Northwestern staff, Moxley was the graduate assistant at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. She coached the DIII program on offense, midfield and the draw, ranked 11th nationally during the season.
Moxley graduated from The Ohio State University and played on the lacrosse team from 2016-2020, as a draw specialist and attacker. She was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and got her degree in exercise science.
In addition to collegiate experience, Moxley has been working for TRUE lacrosse for the last 2 years in Chicago and worked for Resolute Lacrosse in Columbus the six years prior.