Debbie Windett

Deborah Ann West Windett (born ) is an American field hockey coach and former player. A coach at several high schools since 1977, she ranks among the top-20 in wins in high school field hockey history. Windett has also coached lacrosse, basketball, soccer and tennis. She was selected for induction to the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 2026. Biography Windett attended Sussex Central High School in Delaware, where she was an honor student and competed in field hockey and basketball, winning All-Henlopen Conference honors. She graduated from Sussex Central as part of the class of 1972 and then began attending Bridgewater College in Virginia. She helped the basketball team to the 1976 state championship and served as co-captain of the field hockey team in 1975, helping them reach the USFHA-AIAW national tournament. In lacrosse, she was named an alternate to the All-Virginia team in 1974 and 1975 and was a primary selection in 1976, while serving as co-captain for the 1976 Bridgewater team that went 10–0–1. She became the field hockey coach at her alma mater, Sussex Central, that year, succeeding Emily Seismore, who had held that position since the early 1960s and had been Windett's coach. While serving as tennis coach, she met her future husband Bill, who was an opposing coach at Dover Air Base; they married in 1978.

In her time as Sussex Central's coach, Windett won 187 games across all sports.

In 2007, Windett became field hockey coach at St. Thomas More Academy, leading them to an undefeated regular season record in 2008. She served five years as head coach there, and by the end of her stint there had become one of the top-20 winningest coaches in high school field hockey history, with a total of 344 wins. Windett coached four years at Wesley and won 28 games, the best mark in team history. She also joined Cape Henlopen High School in 2012 as assistant coach to her daughter, Kate, the head coach. She was inducted into the Bridgewater College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004 and into Sussex Central's Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2026, she was selected for induction into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame.