Coaches Are People Too #4 - Bentley University (DII) Head Coach Taylor Bastien

Описание: Interested in the DII lacrosse experience and an AMAZING New England university known for its business programs - def check out this video!

Lukas sits down with Coach Taylor Bastien of Bentley University on the Set of Coaches Are People Too @ The 2020 DII/DIII Showcase!

The intel on Coach Bastien:
Taylor Bastien is in her 3rd season as the head coach of the Bentley University women's lacrosse program.

Bastien has guided the Falcons to the NE10 Playoffs in each of her first two seasons in charge. In 2019, the Falcons won 11 games, T-3rd in the NE10 standings and finished the season ranked 19th by the IWLCA. Her first season in 2018 saw the team go 9-7 overall, 8-5 in the NE10 and finish the season ranked 22nd. Bastien also coached two players to All-Region honors in 2019, in goalie Eliza Bresler and midfielder Julia Glavin.

A former standout player at Bentley, Bastien returned to Waltham after she was the head coach at Simmons College in Boston for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. She led the program to the GNAC championship game for the 2017 season.

“I am grateful to Athletic’s Director Bob DeFelice and the search committee for giving me the opportunity to return to Bentley and guide the Falcons,” Bastien said. “I had the privilege of playing for my predecessor Kerry Hausdorf McBrearty, and she has developed a strong team culture and winning mentality. Bentley students are passionate and driven, and I am excited to work with such incredible young women. I look forward to an amazing season.”

In her two seasons as the coach at Simmons, Bastien helped eight of her student-athletes receive All-GNAC honors. In 2017, she guided the Sharks to the GNAC title game as the No. 6 seed, the lowest seed ever to reach that conference’s championship game. In her first season, the program achieved its highest win total in four years.

Prior to being named the head coach at Simmons, she was an assistant coach at the University of Bridgeport for one year. There, she focused on developing the team’s attack, and assisted in recruiting, practice planning and designing team workouts.

As a player at Bentley, Bastien was a four-year standout who served as team captain during the 2013 season. She helped lead the program to the NE10 Championship Tournament in all four of her seasons, while she led the team in points in both 2013 and 2014. In 2012, she recorded the second most assists in a single season in program history with 42.

Bastien ranks third all-time in program history with 220 points, on 99 goals and 121 assists. The assists total is second most in program history.

Bastien graduated from Bentley in 2013 with a bachelor of science in management and a minor in sports management. She then earned her MBA from Bentley in 2014 in marketing.