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Marisa Didio is entering her seventh season at the helm of the Wildcat field hockey program and the third in her second stint at NU. She guided the program between the years 1990-94 and returned in the fall of 2000. Since returning to Evanston, Didio guided the ‘Cats to a 6-13 overall record and 2-4 in the Big Ten in her first year. The following season (2001), the ‘Cats stumbled a bit, falling to 2-13, 1-5 but continued to take significant strides in the rebuilding of Wildcat field hockey tradition. “As a team, as a coaching staff, we all felt very good about the strides we took this offseason,” said Didio. “There was definitely a level of assurance and confidence that they (the team) came away with, which is very important as we take the next step in the program’s development.” In her first stint with the Wildcats (1990-94), Didio guided the program to an elite state. In those seasons, she led them to four NCAA Tournament berths including a final four appearance in 1994. On two occasions, her team was ranked No. 1 in the national polls. She compiled a 60-31-5 mark during that time, highlighted by the 1994 squad which went 15-4-1, won the Big Ten title and reached the national semifinal. In 1993, the ‘Cats put together a 12-6-1 record and advanced to the second round of the NCAAs. Didio’s 1990 and 1991 teams also qualified for NCAA competition and combined for a 27-10-2 mark. During her tenure, she was named the 1994 Big Ten Coach of the Year and the 1993 Midwest Regional Coach of the Year. Didio produced 12 All-Americans and two Honda Cup finalists at Northwestern. From 1997 to 1999, Didio was head coach at Yale University. She directed the Elis to a school-record 15 wins in 1998, a second-place Ivy League finish and the ECAC championship crown. Prior to her first stint at NU, Didio spent six years at her alma mater, New Hampshire, where her squads posted an 84-25-9 record and qualified for NCAA postseason play each year. Her most successful season at UNH was 1986, when the Wildcats finished 17-3 and advanced to the finals of the national tournament. Didio also coached the New Hampshire lacrosse program from 1983-85, capturing the NCAA crown in 1985 and earning Division I Coach of the Year accolades. Before joining the New Hampshire staff, Didio spent three years at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., where she was both the head coach of the field hockey and lacrosse programs. Didio has extensive experience coaching at the national and international levels as well. She was an assistant coach for the 1988 and 1996 U.S. Olympic field hockey teams and directed the West team to a gold medal at the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival. A 1978 UNH graduate, Didio was a standout on the Wildcat field hockey and lacrosse teams. A member of the school’s Hall of Fame, she played on the U.S. National Field Hockey squad from 1978-80 and was a member of the U.S. National Lacrosse Team in 1978.
DIDIO-AT-A-GLANCE Born: August 28, 1956
Alma Mater: New Hampshire, 1978
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