Lellie Swords was elected as the Vice President of the IWLCA Board of Directors in 2011.
Lellie Swords begins her fifth season as the head coach of the University of Cincinnati's women's lacrosse program after building a resume that includes a playing and coaching career at the premier level. Dedicated to the complete development of her student-athletes, Swords provides her athletes the opportunity to succeed athletically, academically, and as contributing members of the community.
Swords became UC's first intercollegiate women's lacrosse coach
on Feb. 16, 2007, and led the Bearcats to the first win in school
history on March 7, 2008, against Saint Mary's. She was selected as
one of three BIG EAST coaches to serve on the Intercollegiate
Womens' Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Board of
Directors.
Prior to her coaching stop at UC, Swords helped Johns Hopkins build
one of the premier women's lacrosse programs in the nation. The
Blue Jays posted a 56-28 record during her time on the Baltimore
campus. In 2003 and again in 2005, she directed a defense that was
ranked in the Top 10 nationally.
After beginning her coaching career at George Mason, Swords moved
on to Cornell where she worked primarily with the Big Red defense.
During her three-year stay in Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell was ranked as
high as No. 15 in the national polls and won the ECAC Championship
in 2000.
In 2001, Swords was an assistant coach at the St. Paul's School for
Girls in Baltimore while concurrently serving as a volunteer
assistant at Hopkins.
