Georgetown University Athletics

Caitlyn Phipps came to the Hilltop in early 2025 after spending 12 seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland. In her first season at the helm, she led the Hoyas to a 9-8 overall record as well as a 4-2 mark in conference play. Georgetown qualified for the BIG EAST Championship, and boasted the BIG EAST Freshman of the year as well as four All-BIG EAST honorees (3 First Team, 1 Second Team). Phipps and her staff put together an impressive squad in year one, resulting in being named the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year.

Prior to Georgetown, Phipps brought 15 years of collegiate coaching experience, as well as an impressive playing career for the Terps. As a coach, Phipps mentored six Tewaaraton winners, five National Midfielders of the Year, one National Attack Player of the Year and 13 Conference Players of the Year. Phipps, a former Maryland Tewaaraton Award winner, returned to the Terrapin women's lacrosse program as an assistant coach in August of 2012 and helped lead the Terps to four national championships, eight Final Fours and 14 conference championships in her 12 years on staff. 
 
The Terps got back to the Final Four in 2022 and won both the Big Ten Regular Season and Tournament Championship, as Phipps' offense led the Big Ten averaging 16.1 goals per game. Phipps coached Tewaaraton Finalist and Big Ten Attacker of the Year Aurora Cordingley to the best year of her career as she rose to one of the top attackers in the nation.
 
2019 was a banner year for Phipps and the Terps as Maryland captured their 15th national championship. Phipps' offense scored the most goals they had under Cathy Reese with 25 in the National Semifinal against Northwestern. The offense averaged just over 15 goals per game led by Tewaaraton finalist and Big Ten Midfielder of the Year Jen Giles.
 
Phipps coached Tewaaraton finalist and the Big Ten Attacker of the Year Megan Whittle in 2018 as the senior became Maryland's all-time leading goal scorer, breaking Jen Adams' 17 year old record. The Terps won their fourth consecutive Big Ten regular season title and third consecutive Big Ten tournament title, averaging 16.2 goals per game.
 
The Terps completed perfection in 2017 as Phipps and the Terps won their 14th national championship. It was a team effort as six different Terps recorded over 70 points led by Megan Whittle's 87 and Tewaaraton Award winner Zoe Stukenberg's 84.
 
In the 2016 season, Phipps helped Taylor Cummings become the first player ever to win the Tewaaraton Award three different times as she tallied 79 points and 144 draw controls. Maryland won both the Big Ten Regular Season and Tournament Championships while reaching their eighth-straight final four.
 
Phipps helped lead Maryland to their second national championship in a row in 2015 behind Tewaaraton winner Cummings and the first ever Big Ten Attacker of the Year, Brooke Griffin. Maryland averaged just over 14 goals per game in their first year in the Big Ten.
 
In her second season with the Terps in 2014, Phipps helped Maryland to its sixth-consecutive ACC title and the NCAA Championship. Phipps assisted Cummings in becoming the IWLCA National Midfielder of the Year and the first sophomore to win the Tewaaraton Award.
 
Phipps was integral in the Terps' ACC title in 2013, leading a talented midfield to a fifth straight championship. The former Tewaaraton winner helped former teammate and two-time Tewaaraton winner Katie Schwarzmann land top IWLCA midfield honors for a third straight season while aiding the Terps to one of the most prolific offenses in the country.
 
Phipps  returned to College Park as one of the most decorated players in Maryland women's lacrosse history. She was a two-time IWLCA First Team All-American, two-time ACC Player of the Year, two-time ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 2010 as she guided Maryland to its first national title since 2001.
 
In the fall of 2022, Phipps was selected for induction into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame. In addition to her playing experience at Maryland, Phipps played on the U.S. national team. She won a gold medal at the 2009 FIL World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic, recording four assists to help guide the U.S. to a 4-0 record heading into the elimination round and also won gold in 2013.

Prior to Maryland, Phipps spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Florida. She helped guide UF to the final four of the NCAA tournament in 2012.
 
A native of Phoenix, Maryland, Phipps earned a degree in kinesiology from Maryland in 2010. She married former Maryland men's lacrosse goalkeeper and former GU assistant coach Brian Phipps in December 2014 and has two daughters, Mackenzie and Chloe.