Women's Lacrosse
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Maiah Bartlett enters her second year as an assistant coach for the University of North Carolina women’s lacrosse program ahead of the 2025-26 season. She brings ample coaching experience at the collegiate and international levels.
During her first season on staff in 2025, North Carolina won the National Championship after going undefeated with a record of 22-0. Carolina went 9-0 in ACC play and won the Regular Season and ACC Tournament Championships. It led the country in both scoring offense (17.5 goals per game) and scoring defense (6.9 goals per game) as well as points per game (26.7) and shots on goal per game (27.9). The Tar Heel coaching staff mentored nine All-Americans, eight All-ACC performers, the Tewaaraton Award winner, the IWLCA Player and Attacker of the Year and the IWLCA Defender of the Year.
Bartlett arrived in Chapel Hill having most recently been the assistant men’s lacrosse coach at Denison University from 2021-24. During her time in Granville, Ohio, she served as the faceoff coach, offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator.
Overseeing the face-off specialists’ development by implementing a position-specific training program, Bartlett coached her athletes to a .667 average faceoff winning percentage over three years. In 2022, Denison achieved its second-best faceoff percentage in program history at .708.
Additionally, Bartlett’s other duties at Denison included developing the offensive identity by creating play designs and set pieces, leading team film sessions, handling travel logistics, assisting in curating comprehensive game plans, spearheading recruiting efforts and organizing fundraising efforts, among others.
With Bartlett on staff, the Big Red won three consecutive NCAC regular season and tournament titles, advancing to at least the second round of the NCAA DIII Tournament each year. She helped coach athletes to a combined six NCAC player-of-the-year awards, 37 All-NCAC honorees, three NCAC Tournament MVPs, 20 All-America selections, 12 IMLCA All-Region picks, five USILA Senior All-Stars and six Top-50 Scholar-Athletes.
Off the field, she also served as the advisor for Denison’s Diversity and Inclusion Athletic Advisory Group, acting as a liaison between the student organization and university administration by providing guidance and support for diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Prior to her time at Denison, Bartlett spent four years overseas as the head coach of SC 1880 Frankfurt e.V. where she ran six programs in the Frankfurt, Germany, area. She guided her team to the U-16 boys and girls German championships in 2019 as well as a third-place finish in the 2018 Men’s German Championship. She also facilitated the transition from U-20 men's and women's programs into the first league.
Bartlett was the assistant coach for the German Women’s National Team’s development program from 2017-18. Her primary role was helping in the growth of the development program by identifying talent. The national team competed in the 2018 European Lacrosse Federation Easter Tournament and the 2018 Berlin Open.
The first female head coach of a men’s national team, Bartlett joined the Luxembourg Men’s National Team as an assistant coach before being promoted to head coach in 2020, a position she held for two years. She was responsible for all aspects of the program, including practice planning, game preparation and recruitment, and ran training camps in preparation for international competition.
Bartlett saw a standout career as a defender at the University of Mary Washington from 2013-17 and was named team captain as a senior. She was a three-time All-Capital Athletic Conference selection, three-time IWLCA All-Chesapeake Region pick and three-time VaSID College Division All-State honoree.
She led the Eagles to three NCAA Tournament appearances and was selected to play in the 2017 USILA All-Star game. Also excelling in the classroom, Bartlett garnered CAC All-Academic praise all four years and was twice named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.
The Lexington, Virginia native received her bachelor’s degree in geography from Mary Washington in May 2017. She earned her master’s of education in educational, school and counseling psychology with an emphasis in positive coaching and athletic leadership from the University of Missouri.
