Longwood University Athletics

Miranda Rigg joined the Longwood field hockey staff as an assistant in the spring of 2022 and was elevated to head coach in the fall of 2022 after coaching stops at La Salle, James Madison and Mary Washington. She is in her fourth season as head coach in 2025.

Rigg boasts an illustrious playing career that features international experience, caps for the national team and a decorated collegiate career. In addition, she has coached for multiple years at the club level.

In her third season at the helm, she led the Lancers to five wins including two in an ever-deepening MAC. The Lancers went to overtime seven times, including two shootouts, as the team was in a variety of close contests throughout the year. Freshman goalkeeper Sophie Mooldijk was the MAC Goalkeeper of the Year and an All-MAC First Team selection and an All-MAC Fresham Team selection. Zoe Tierney also earned All-MAC Second Team honors.

In year two she picked up a pair of conference wins over Ball State and Central Michigan, while also taking down in state foe, Richmond on the road to open the season. She helped coach Ireland McDermott to an All-MAC second team selection, while Luna Prieri added an All-Freshman team honoree. 
 
Rigg spent the spring with the Lancers, learning under former head coach Iain Byers, who stepped down following the 2021-22 school year as the winningest coach in program history.

In her first year with the Lancers, Rigg led the team to a 5-13 record with a 2-5 mark in MAC play. Rigg’s Lancers made history against Miami (OH) on October 7^th, defeating the Redhawks for the first time in program history in a dramatic 2-1 shootout victory. In addition, sophomore Maroussia Walckiers was named to the All-MAC Second Team for her efforts in 2022.
 
She came to Longwood from La Salle University in the Atlantic 10, where she served as an assistant, and she also was a coach at the Mainline Mayhem Field Hockey Club at the same time.
 
That experience came on the heels of her USA Field Hockey Women’s National Team experience from 2020 to 2021. During her time as an athlete with the national team, she earned two caps while playing in the 2020-21 World Championships. In addition, she finished ninth in the FIN pro league. When she was not competing for Team USA, she worked as a volunteer assistant at Mary Washington.
 
She began her coaching career while still in school at James Madison, where she served as a student assistant. Her coaching experience began after a playing career that saw her go down as one of the top players in JMU history. She finished eighth all-time in goals scored and seventh all-time in points. She was a three-time All-CAA First Team selection, a three-time preseason All-CAA Team selection and a two-time CAA All-Tournament selection. She was named to the NFHCA First Team All-South Region once while earning a pair of NFHCA Second Team All-South Region honors.
 
Rigg graduated from James Madison with her bachelor's degree in sports and recreation management with minors in general business and coaching education in 2020.