Denise Wescott

Denise Wescott is an American lacrosse coach. She has been the head coach of several college women's lacrosse teams, including Delaware, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary's, and Rutgers. Wescott won more than 200 games in her college coaching career. She also coached the Germany women's national lacrosse team. The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inducted Wescott in 2018.

Career As player Wescott attended Moorestown High School in Moorestown, New Jersey, where she played basketball, field hockey, and lacrosse. Having initially wanted to focus on basketball, she instead decided to stop playing that sport and compete in the others. Named to the All-South Jersey lacrosse team, she was noted as an "aggressive player" and one of the squad's "quickest goalies". She then went to the University of Maryland, where she played for the Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse and field hockey teams for four seasons. In lacrosse, she was the team's starting goaltender as the Terrapins played in three Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) tournaments, making the national final in 1978.

As coach After her playing career, Wescott began her career as a coach, with assistant positions at Drew School, Maryland, and Penn State. In 1993, Wescott became coach of the lacrosse team at Delaware. In 2000, the team appeared in the NCAA Tournament. In the summer and winter, Wescott traveled overseas to perform her duties for the squad. Wescott left the program after the 2004 season, having led Delaware to 104 wins. She was the program's coach for six seasons, In 2019, Wescott accepted an assistant position with the California Golden Bears.

Awards and honors Wescott was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2018. By this time, she had surpassed the 200-win mark in her head coaching career. In addition, she is a member of the New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame.