Indiana University of Pennsylvania Athletics

Kelly Terwilliger was named the seventh head coach in IUP field hockey program history on Thursday, February 24, 2022. She begins her third season at the helm during the 2024-25 school year. 
 

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IUP finished the season with a 6-10 overall record and a 3-6 mark in the PSAC. Notable victories included an overtime win against No. 1 Shippensburg on October 10, 2024, and a double overtime win over West Chester on October 19, 2024, marking the third win against the Rams in program history.
 
IUP had a pair of All-PSAC honorees in Jess Davidson (FirstTeam) and Cassie Romanczuk (Second Team). Jess Davidson was also named to the NFHCA All-American Second Team. 
 

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IUP took another step forward in 2023, posting an 8-8 record that included a trip to the PSAC Tournament. IUP posted a historic road win against West Chester, ranked fourth in the nation at the time, on October 14, 2023. It marked the first win in program history for IUP at West Chester, one of two wins against top-10 opponents in 2023. 

IUP had a pair of All-PSAC honorees in Jess Davidson (Second Team) and Claire Murphy (Third Team). 
 

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Terwilliger helped guide IUP to nine wins in a grueling PSAC schedule. The Crimson Hawks were ranked for large portions of the season, climbing inside the top 10. 

IUP won five of nine games at Miller Stadium in 2022, landing two (Jess Davison, Roos van Herl) as All-PSAC honorees. 

Davidson was also named an NFHCA All-American in her debut collegiate campaign. Academically, IUP was named a 2022 NFHCA DII Academic Team, ranking fourth in top team GPAs in the nation. 

In total, 16 student-athletes were recognized on the 2022 NFHCA DII National Academic Squad (3.5+ GPA), while five earned Scholar of Distinction (3.9+ GPA) laurels. 

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Terwilliger comes to the Crimson Hawks from Division III Colby College (Maine), where she spent the last five seasons leading the Mules to success out of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). She developed a Mules team that had averaged six wins in the 10 seasons before her arrival in 2016, into a nationally-ranked top-20 squad with four straight winning seasons and two straight NESCAC tournament quarterfinal appearances. 

Terwilliger won 33 games in her first four seasons, including three straight 9-win campaigns, in the traditionally strong NESCAC. She recruited and developed one All-American and six NFHCA all-region players during her short time at Colby, while also overseeing total program development with several conference and national academic and sportsmanship awards, both team and individual. Mule alums are successful in fields such as medicine, coaching, teaching, law, environmental science, business, government and finance.  

Terwilliger also boasts an impressive experience as an assistant coach at three Division I programs. Prior to her time at Colby, she was the associate head coach at Indiana University in the Big Ten, where she helped the Hoosier to at No. 25 national ranking in 2015. Before Indiana, Terwilliger was the assistant coach at The Ohio State University for four years, which included a 12-win Big Ten tournament semifinalist team in 2013. Her 2014 recruiting class with the Buckeyes produced seven starters, an all-region honoree, three Big Ten freshman of the week awards, and a goalie that led the conference in saves. 

Terwilliger was also as graduate assistant/assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference. The Bobcats were highly successful during her time in Athens, boasting two MAC championships, two conference tournament titles, and two NCAA tournament appearances in three seasons. 

Prior to beginning her coaching career, Terwilliger was a four-year scholarship player who started every game of her career as a defender at Ohio State (2004-07). An All-Big Ten player selection and an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honoree, Terwilliger helped the 2006 Buckeye team win the Big Ten conference championship. She earned All-Big Ten honors in 2007 and was named Ohio State's Most Valuable Defender in the same year. Three of her four years playing for the Buckeyes Terwilliger competed in the NCAA tournament, advancing to the Elite 8 in 2006.

In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, she is also the owner of the Maine Majestix Field Hockey Club and Maine Field Hockey Academy, and coached with USA Field Hockey from 2009-17.

Terwilliger earned a bachelor of science in education from Ohio State in 2009. She went on two earn two master's degrees from Ohio - coaching education in 2010 and sports administration in 2015. 

Terwilliger  was a three sport high school athlete and was inducted to the East Stroudsburg (Pa.) High School Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014. She also comes from a family of coaches. Her brother, Jimmy, is the head football coach at East Stroudsburg University and broke 18 NCAA Division II records as quarterback for the team from 2003 to 2006. Her father, Mike, is the offensive coordinator for ESU football and has been coaching at ESU for 46 years. 
 

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Kelly Terwilliger | Head Coaching Record
Year	W	L	Win %	Notes
2016 (Colby; DIII)	6	9	.400
2017 (Colby)	9	6	.600
2018 (Colby)	9	7	.563
2019 (Colby)	9	7	.563
2020 (Colby)	0	0	.000	No season (COVID-19)
2021 (Colby)	5	9.	.357
2022 (IUP)	9	8	.529	First season at IUP; 3-6 PSAC Reccord
2023 (IUP)	8	8	.500	PSAC Tournament; 4-5 PSAC Record
2024 (IUP)	6	10	.375
CAREER	61	64	.488	23-26 at IUP through 2024; 10-21 PSAC Record

 
Updated January 14, 2025