Ricky Fried
	Position: Head Coach Experience: Seventh season

Ricky Fried is now in his seventh season at the helm of the Hoya program after serving as a Georgetown assistant coach in 2003 and 2004.

In his first six seasons, Fried has led the Hoyas to a 75-36 overall record and a 31-4 record in BIG EAST regular season games.

Under Fried, Georgetown has earned five BIG EAST regular season titles, made four trips to the BIG EAST Tournament Championship Game winning in 2010 and has advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times, reaching the quarterfinals twice.

Fried has coached 16 national All-Americans as well as the National Goalkeeper of the Year, two BIG EAST Attackers, one Midfielder of the Year and four Defensive Players of the Year to go along with 34 BIG EAST first or second team selections.

Last season, Fried led the Hoyas to the BIG EAST Regular Season Championship as GU went undefeated in league play. The top-seeded Hoyas then won the BIG EAST Tournament Championship for the first time in program history. The Blue & Gray earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament and had three All-America honorees including Ashby Kaestner, Molly Ford and Logan McCraw. The Georgetown coaching staff also won its second-straight BIG EAST Staff of the Year award.

Fried was named Associate Head Coach for the Hoyas in November 2003 and was involved in all aspects of the Hoya program but focused on an offensive unit that became one of the most potent in the nation. On the other side of the field, in 2003, Georgetown led the nation caused turnovers.

Prior to Georgetown, Fried was an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins University for nine seasons. While at the school, Fried served as the recruiting coordinator and helped build Hopkins into a Division I Top 20 program.

A 1988 graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC), Fried was an All-American where he was a midfielder for the Retrievers lacrosse team. As a senior, he served as team captain, was named the team's Most Valuable Player and earned the team's Leadership Award. He was named to UMBC's All-Time Team in 1990. Fried arrived at Hopkins following a two-year stint as an assistant coach at the Gilman School. He also played professionally with the Philadelphia Wings from 1989-92 and the Baltimore Thunder from 1993-94 and 1997.

Fried is also active in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) and has served as the organization's vice president and on the board of directors. He sits on its ethics and recruiting tournaments committees. Additionally, he is on the Regional All-American Committee and is a member of the Tewaaraton Trophy Committee.

After serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Women's Lacrosse Elite Team for four years, Fried was named the head coach of the national team in August of 2009. He will hold the post for the next three years leading up to the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup. During the summer of 2009, Fried traveled with the US World Cup Team to Prague, Czech Republic to compete in the FIL World Cup. The U.S. squad went undefeated and brought home the gold medal.

As the head coach of the national team, Fried advises on the direction women's lacrosse takes in the United States over the next four years. He and the appointed assistants identify talented players for the squad.

He, his wife, Halyna, and their children, Jack (7) and Paige (5), reside in Columbia, Md.