Sharon Pfluger

Sharon Pfluger (née Goldbrenner; born November 16, 1960) is an American women's college lacrosse and field hockey coach for The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). With 603 wins, Pfluger is the NCAA career wins leader of women's lacrosse, and her 694 field hockey wins is the third-highest total of all time among NCAA field hockey coaches. She has amassed 19 Division III National Championships between the two sports. Before becoming the head coach for TCNJ, she was an assistant for both sports at Drew University, and the head field hockey coach for Kean University and Montclair State University.

Early life Raised in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, she attended Pompton Lakes High School, where she competed in basketball, field hockey and softball.

Pfluger was a member of the 1981 Trenton State College field hockey team that won the inaugural NCAA Division III field hockey tournament. She graduated from Trenton State with a Bachelor of Science in 1982, majoring in health and physical education.

Coaching career Pfluger started her coaching career in 1982 at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, assisting with field hockey. She then became the head field hockey coach at Kean in 1983, leading the school to a 4–8–3 record. In 1984, she became the head at Montclair State and led the field hockey team to a 5–11–1. That same year she would return to Drew to assist with the lacrosse. She has won the NCAA Division III field hockey national championship nine times, (1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2014).

In 2007, she was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame

In the fall of 2022, Pfluger became the first coach in NCAA history to reach 1,200 career victories while coaching two different sports.

Head coaching record

Lacrosse

Field hockey