Diane Madl

Biography

Diane Madl became the program's sixth head coach all-time on February 4, 2002 and embarks on her 25th season with the Friars during the 2025-26 academic year. During Madl's 24 seasons at Providence College, she has helped to mentor and develop seven All-Americans, 66 All-BIG EAST selections, including two Goalkeeper of the Year honorees, two Freshman of the Year selections and 51 NFHCA Division I All-Northeast Region honorees. More importantly, her teams have competed just as fiercely in the classroom. Madl has had the privilege of coaching student-athletes who have combined to earn Division I National Academic Squad honors a total of 185 times and BIG EAST All-Academic Team accolades a total of 312 times. Madl, a native of Mountaintop, Pa., was a three-sport stand-out in field hockey, basketball and softball at Crestwood High School. Upon completion of her high school career, she went on to play field hockey at UConn from 1985-88. While at UConn, she helped the Huskies capture the National Championship in 1985. She was a two-time All-America selection (1987, 1988) and earned the Honda Broderick Award upon the completion of her career, as the top collegiate field hockey player in the nation. Madl also earned Academic All-America honors and graduated magna cum laude, with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1989. Madl went on to play for the U.S. National Team and competed in a multitude of events for Team USA, including the World University Games (1989), World C