Casey Ryan
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- Title:
- Head Coach
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- Phone:
- 847-735-6154
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- Email:
- cryan@lakeforest.edu
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Casey Ryan was named head coach of the Forester women's lacrosse program in July of 2023 after five years as an assistant coach at the collegiate level.
Ryan came to Lake Forest from NCAA Division I University of Akron, where she was an assistant coach for two seasons. She led the program's recruiting efforts and served as defensive coordinator for the Zips program that began play in 2019-20. Ryan was also instrumental in planning team practices and individual training sessions, scouting opponents, coordinating academic advisement for 35 student-athletes, and assisting in the management of day-to-day team operations.
Prior to her time at Akron, Ryan spent three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Division III Wittenberg University, where she assisted the head coach in nearly all aspects of the program. She also earned her master's degree in coaching and sports administration from Wittenberg in 2020.
Ryan's coaching experience also includes several successful seasons at the club level in Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
Ryan graduated from Beloit College, which like Lake Forest, is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. She played four years for the Buccaneers and was a Second Team All-Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference selection as a junior. The two-year captain still ranks among the top five in program history with 101 ground balls and 60 caused turnovers during her career. The psychology major earned her degree in 2018.
Also a graduate of nearby Libertyville High School, Ryan was a dual sport athlete for the Wildcats, playing lacrosse and running cross country.
