Email: glucido@richmond.edu
Phone: 804-289-8646

Gina Lucido is in her second year as the head coach of the University of Richmond field hockey program.

Lucido led the Spiders to a third-place finish in the Atlantic 10 in her first year at Richmond. The Spiders lost to eventual champion Massachusetts 1-0 in the A-10 semifinals. Lucido coached three Atlantic 10 All-Conference players (Sarah Blythe-Wood, Erin Arthur, Alex Malatesta) and one All-Rookie selection (Michelle Weaver) in her first season with the Spider.

A former standout player at Ball State, Lucido came to Richmond from Indiana University, where she was an assistant coach for six years.

She helped guide Indiana from a 1-16 mark in 2001 to a school-record finish of 17-5 in 2005 and a mark of 14-5 in 2006. The Hoosiers earned their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2005, and advanced to the Elite Eight after topping North Carolina, 3-2, in the first round.

During her time at Indiana, Lucido played a role in mentoring 65 Academic-All Big Ten selections, 53 NFHCA Academic Squad honorees, nine First-Team All-Big Ten selections, three All-Americans, one Big Ten Player of the Year, one U.S. National Team member and one Honda Award semifinalist. A four-year letterwinner at Ball State in Muncie, Ind., Lucido led the Cardinals to unprecedented heights during her playing career, earning All-America honors in her senior season. During her time at Ball State, the Cardinals claimed the 1991, 1993 and 1994 MAC Championship, earning trips to the NCAA Tournament in both 1992 and 1994. Lucido was a member of the 1992 Ball State squad which ranked as high as No. 6 in the country, and also helped the Cardinals to an unprecedented streak of 10-straight shutouts in Mid-America Conference play during the 1993 season.

Lucido concluded her playing career as a Cardinal with a four-year mark of 61-19-2 (.756) overall, and a 30-3 (.909) regular-season record against MAC opponents. During her career, Lucido was a two-time Regional All-American, a three-time All-MAC honoree, a three-time All-MAC Academic award winner and garnered CFHCA Athletic/Academic All-American accolades in 1994.

While at Ball State, Lucido was named the first recipient of the Edith Patton Memorial Scholarship Award in 1994. The award honors the school's student-athlete who has excelled academically and athletically and embodied outstanding character, exemplary leadership and overall personal integrity.

Lucido began her coaching career at Bucknell where she spent three seasons as the Bison's assistant in both field hockey and lacrosse, while earning her Master of Science degree in education. Her responsibilities under Bucknell field hockey head coach Heather Lewis included coordinating all spring season competitions as well as day-to-day coaching and recruiting tasks.

Following her stint in Lewisburg, Pa., Lucido served as assistant field hockey coach, assistant professor of physical education and lacrosse head coach at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa. During her time with the Crusader field hockey program, she served as the primary recruiter, while coordinating the in-game defense as well as preseason and postseason team conditioning programs.

Lucido, an active coach in the Champion's Edge Elite Field Hockey Clinics, was inducted into the Ball State Hall of Athletics in February 2006, with three of her 1994 senior class teammates.