University of North Carolina Athletics
Levy Hires Katy Cuneo as Assistant Coach
September 14, 2005 | Women's Lacrosse
Sept. 14, 2005
CHAPEL HILL -- The University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team has hired Katy Cuneo as an assistant coach, head coach Jenny Levy announced on Wednesday. Cuneo replaces former assistant Alivian Coates, who left the program after the 2005 season after two years on Levy's staff, and joins returning assistant coach Phil Barnes. Cuneo will assist in every aspect of the Tar Heel program.
"We're excited to bring Katy Cuneo aboard," Levy said. "As a player at Dartmouth, she had a tremendous presence as an athlete and a defender. She has great knowledge of the defensive aspects of lacrosse, which certainly will help our team. Her enthusiasm and knowledge will help us, both in recruiting and on the field. Her addition, along with the presence of Phil Barnes, gives us one of the best coaching staffs in the country."
Cuneo is a 2002 graduate of Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. A four-year starter at defender, she captained the Dartmouth lacrosse team as a senior and earned All-Ivy League and regional All-America honors. She also won the team's Radasch Award for dedication, coachability and unselfish attitude.
Cuneo comes to Carolina after working for two years as a research assistant at the Georgetown University Lombardi Cancer Center in Washington, D.C. While there, she also was a coach for the Future Elite Lacrosse club team in McLean, Va., and an assistant coach for both varsity and junior varsity girls lacrosse teams at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C.
Prior to her stint in the nation's capitol, she spent a year teaching history, coaching varsity and middle school girls' lacrosse and serving as an assistant soccer coach at the Morristown-Beard School in Morristown, N.J. Cuneo also has coaching experience at the Shoot to Score Lacrosse Camp in Lawrenceville, N.J., in 2003 and the Classic Lacrosse Camp in Hanover, N.H., from 1999-2001.
