Athletics and Alumni Engagement Announce "Coffee with the Coaches" Series

"Coffee with the Coaches" will run on Zoom seven Fridays through the fall semester at noon

Coffee with the Coaches Information & Week One Registration


Eli Gardner (Oct. 16)

Alex Wilson '08 (Oct. 23)

Karen Boen (Oct. 30)

Jim Reddish '96 (Nov. 13)

Trisha Brown (Nov. 20)

Chris Kraus '06 (Dec. 4)

David Borges (Dec. 18)

EASTON, Mass. (October 9, 2020) - The Offices of Alumni Engagement and Athletics have teamed up to present "Coffee with the Coaches", a series of Zoom panels that give alumni, fans and parents an inside look at how our athletic teams are doing during this unprecedented time.

"Coffee with the Coaches" will run on Fridays at noon, starting with football head coach Eli Gardner next week on October 16. Other scheduled coaches at this time are Alex Wilson '08 (Women's Soccer) on October 23, Hall of Famer Karen Boen (Cross Country/Track & Field) on October 30, Jim Reddish '96 (Men's Soccer) on November 13, Trisha Brown (Women's Basketball) on November 20, Chris Kraus '06 (Men's Basketball) and David Borges (Men's Ice Hockey), who will also be joined by one or two student-athletes.

Click here to register for next Friday's session with Coach Gardner and check out the schedule below.

With 23 intercollegiate sports, Stonehill boasts one of the top athletic and academic programs in the country. Stonehill has won the Northeast-10 Conference Presidents' Cup six times, all coming within the last 15 years. The Skyhawks have received the NCAA Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Achievement each of the first nine years of the program's existence of honoring institutions with an Academic Success Rate (ASR) of 90-percent or better. Stonehill has earned a 95% Academic Success Ranking (ASR) by the NCAA, which considers the academic success rate of the institution based on the graduation rate of student-athletes, good for tenth among all NCAA Division II institutions, with nine Skyhawk teams receiving a perfect rating of 100%. Stonehill won seven NE10 Championships during the 2019-20 academic year, with six programs earning NCAA Division II Championship bids.

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Fall 2020 Coffee with the Coaches Schedule

Friday, October 16   Eli Gardner   Football Noon
Friday, October 23   Alex Wilson   Women's Soccer Noon
Friday, October 30   Karen Boen   M&W Cross Country/Track & Field Noon
Friday, November 13   Jim Reddish   Men's Soccer Noon
Friday, November 20   Trisha Brown   Women's Basketball Noon
Friday, December 4   Chris Kraus   Men's Basketball Noon
Friday, December 18   David Borges   Men's Ice Hockey Noon