Melissa Lehman is the head women’s lacrosse coach at Rutgers University. She was the Big Ten and IWLCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year in 2022 and has led the Scarlet Knights to two NCAA tournament appearances in her first six years after the school had qualified only once in its first 43 seasons.
She previously served as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Penn, and helped the Quakers to 10 NCAA tournament appearances and eight Ivy League titles from 2009 through 2019. She was the IWLCA Division I Assistant Coach of the Year in 2014.
As a player, Lehman was an All-American midfielder at Penn and helped the Quakers reach the NCAA title game in 2008.