Hannah Prince - Field Hockey Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Hannah Prince

Title:
Associate Head Coach (Spring 2021)
Email:
hannah@GoCards.com
Phone:
852-8153

Hannah Prince joined the University of Louisville field hockey coaching staff as the associate head coach in March 2021 and has helped the Cardinals to a pair of NCAA tournaments including the program’s first Final Four appearance in the 2020-21 spring season. Additionally Prince helped guide Louisville the 2021 ACC regular season title.

“I am ecstatic to announce Hannah Prince to the coaching staff,” said Sowry when announcing Prince’s hiring. “I have known Hannah for a long time. Her energy, her positivity and her enthusiasm are contagious and her love for the game will be felt and known immediately. Hannah’s personality is relatable. She is passionate about developing her student-athletes both as players and as people, and she will serve as a tremendous role model for our team. As a player, Hannah was a high-performance athlete and has represented her country. As a coach, she has coached at some of the nation’s best programs. She brings unbelievable passion and experience and is committed to our mission of preparing, competing and winning championships. She is the perfect fit for our staff and our program.”

Most recently, the 2021 Cardinals captured the ACC regular season title with a perfect 6-0 record against league opponents. Louisville finished the season with a 16-4 overall mark, tying a school record that was originally established in 2001 and matched by the 2016 squad. Highlights from the 2021 campaign include:
• Louisville earned an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament, but lost a heartbreaker in the first round in a shootout against eventual NCAA semifinalist Harvard.
• The Cards spent the 2021 entire season ranked among the NFHCA top 10, reaching as high as No. 3 and finished the year at No. 6.
• The Cardinals produced four-ACC first team selections including: Alli Bitting, Mila de Kuijer, Julie Kouijzer, Aimee Plumb while Katie Schneider was named to the second team.
• Bitting, Kouijzer and Plumb went on to earn NFHCA All-America honors, marking the fifth straight year with three All-Americans for the Cardinals.

Prince joined Sowry’s coaching staff at the beginning of the 2021 spring season which included the NCAA Championships following COVID-19 protocols during the fall season. In her first semester, as associate head coach, Louisville finished the 2020-21 campaign with a 14-6 overall record and ranked No. 3 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) coaches poll – the program’s highest final ranking - and achieved numerous milestones along the way, including reaching the program's first NCAA Final Four.

UofL earned the overall No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament, marking the second straight season as a national seed, and went on to beat No. 6 UConn in the quarterfinals to advance to its first NCAA semifinal. Competing in their first-ever Final Four, the Cardinals battled with the No. 2 seed Michigan but eventually fell 2-1 in a sudden-victory shootout.

Prince comes to Louisville after serving as an assistant coach at Princeton, where she helped guide the Tigers to a runner-up finish in the 2019 NCAA Championship.

"I am thrilled to become a part of the University of Louisville field hockey program and to work with Head Coach Justine Sowry,” said Prince upon her hiring. “My passion for the sport and love of coaching will assist in the continued growth of this talented Cards’ team as we push the limits of our past successes within the ACC and NCAA. Thank you to the U of L athletic department for welcoming me. I look forward to meeting the team and staff.”

In the 2019 season, Prince was part of the Spiideo/NFHCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year, an honor earned after Princeton advanced to the finals of the national championship, won the Ivy League title and finished the year with a 16-5 record after stringing together a 13-game win streak. In that campaign, the Tigers boasted three NFHCA All-Americans, a Honda Award nominee, the NFHCA Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year and the Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

Prior to her time at Princeton, she spent two seasons as an assistant at Saint Joseph’s University (2017-18). While there, Prince helped guide the Hawks to a pair of Atlantic-10 regular season and postseason championships, reaching the NCAA Tournament each year, earning the school’s first NCAA bid in 2017.

Prince began her collegiate coaching career at the University of New Hampshire, helping guide the team to a pair of American East Championship games during her time there (2015-17).

In her collegiate career, Prince was a four-year starter at UMass from 2010-13, helping the Minutewomen to three Atlantic 10 titles and three NCAA appearances. The standout defender was an NFHCA All-Region first team, All-Atlantic 10 Conference first team and ECAC All-Star first team selection. In 2013, she served as a team co-captain and led UMass to the NCAA Elite Eight.

As a player, Prince also competed on the international level, serving as a captain on the USA Field Hockey Indoor National Team from 2015 until her retirement in June 2021. She was a member of the 2018 FIH Indoor World Cup team and a Pan American Gold Medalist in 2017 and earned 17 caps. Additionally, Prince tallied seven caps with the U.S. Women's National Team, playing against New Zealand, Argentina and Ireland (2014-15).

The Gorham, Maine native earned her bachelor’s degree in science and public health from UMass in 2014. Prince is a USA Field Hockey Level 3 Certified Coach and a graduate of the NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy. She is currently pursuing her master's degree in sport administration at the University of Louisville.