Alexis Venechanos

Biography

After serving as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for the Wildcats from 2004-06 and helping the 'Cats to a pair of national titles (2005, 2006) and a 56-4 record, Alexis Venechanos returned to Northwestern ahead of the 2023 season and immediately impacted the program, helping the 'Cats to their eighth national title and a 21-1 record. During the last two seasons of Venechanos' first stint at NU, the 'Cats compiled an impressive 41-1 record and won back-to-back national championships. Under Venechanos' tutelage, Morgan Lathrop and Ashley Gersuk flourished as goalkeepers and NU's defense posted top five national marks in scoring defense and scoring margin. Since departing NU after the 2006 season, Venechanos enjoyed a 15-year run as a collegiate head coach at UMass, Ohio State and Otterbein. The Yorktown, N.Y. native also served as the associate athletic director and head girls lacrosse coach at Lake Forest Academy. Venechanos is no stranger to the Big Ten Conference and as head coach, guided Ohio State to an 86-73 record (.550) from 2011-19. The Buckeyes appeared in two NCAA Tournaments (2014, 2015) during her leadership and finished as the league's runner-up in 2015. In 2014, OSU tallied its second-most single-season wins in program history (13) and qualified for its first NCAA postseason in 11 years. Prior to her arrival in Columbus, Venechanos spent four seasons as head coach at UMass where she inherited a program in 2006 that had not been to the NCAA tournament in