20th season at Penn State, 23rd overall
310-108-8 (.733) at Penn State
347-124-16 (.725) overall

Looking for more of the success that she has found over her impressive career as a coach and a player, Charlene Morett returns for her 20th season as head coach of the Penn State field hockey program. Morett boasts a remarkable resume covering her time as leader of the Nittany Lions. She currently ranks fifth all-time in wins with 347, and is one of just eight Division I coaches to accumulate 300 wins. She has led the Nittany Lions to the NCAA tournament 17 out of her 19 years, and has helped maintain Penn State's distinction as the No. 2 ranked school in all-time NCAA Tournament appearances with 22.

A five-time Mideast Region Coach of the Year, Morett is an excellent teacher of field hockey. Her players earn national recognition on a yearly basis, and under Morett, eight players have been named two-time first team All-Americans. Her teams dominate the national scene, consistently ranking among the top 10 in the national polls. The 1999 squad achieved a No. 1 ranking in the NFHCA/STX poll and the 2005 season saw Penn State post a final ranking of No. 8 entering NCAA Tournament action.

Under Morett's tutelage, five of her players have been named Big Ten Player of the Year -- Traci Anselmo, Jen Coletta, Heather Gorlaski, Tracey Larson and Kiley Kulina. Natalie Berrena, Coletta, Dawn Lammey, Larson, and Tara Maguire were voted Offensive Player of the Year, while Anselmo, Gorlaski, Becca Main, Jill Martz and Jill Pearsall were selected Defensive Player of the Year. Anselmo is the only Lion to be named Defensive Player of the Year twice.

Morett also has coached five Big Ten Freshmen of the Year, most recently Kiersten Wood in 2004.

During Morett's tenure, Penn State has produced 31 first-team All-America choices with at least one player earning the honor in each of the coach's 19 seasons.

A number of Morett's players, past and present, have played field hockey at an elite level with the United States program, with Larson earning a spot on the U.S. National Team for three consecutive seasons.

In addition, Penn State has totaled 61 All-Big Ten selections since 1992 including 45 first team all-conference choices.

Morett has enjoyed plenty of recent success. Last season, the Nittany Lions won 17 consecutive games, a program record, en route to a Big Ten regular season crown. Senior Natalie Berrena was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and three other Nittany Lions were honored as All-Big Ten. Morett won her 300th game as Penn State head coach, a 5-0 decision over Temple on September 14. She was named Mideast Region Coach of the Year for the fifth time in her career and also recognized as the Big Ten Coach of the Year for the third time.

In 2002, Morett guided the Nittany Lions to a memorable NCAA Tournament run. The Nittany Lions opened with back-to-back wins over Kent State and Princeton in the opening two rounds before defeating then-No. 1 ranked Old Dominion, 3-2, to advance to the NCAA National Championship Game for the first time in the program's history. While Penn State dropped the title game, 2-0, to Wake Forest, the year2002 will still go down as one of the most memorable seasons in Penn State field hockey history as four players were recognized with STX All-America honors and five earned All-Big Ten status.

Morett led her 1993 team to Penn State's first outright Big Ten Championship in any sport. The team won 15 straight games, a record at the time. The most notable upset was a 2-1 victory at Old Dominion which ended the Monarch's 66-game win streak. Since then, Morett has led her Lions to three regular season titles and an unprecedented four straight Big Ten tournament crowns from 1995 to 1998.

A 1979 Penn State graduate, Morett was an outstanding field hockey player and the program's only three-time All-American. Captain of the undefeated 1978 team, Morett was a phenomenal scorer, netting 50 goals in four years and was the first Lion to score five goals in a game. She held that record alone for 21 years. After leaving Penn State, Morett continued to play field hockey at the national level and in 1982 she was named the USFHA's Co-Athlete of the Year.

A two-time Olympian, Morett played in more than 100 international matches. Unable to participate in the 1980 Games because of the U.S. boycott, she was again named to the Olympic team in 1984 and won a bronze medal in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Also an All-America lacrosse player at Penn State, Morett was one of the nation's top scorers in the sport and played for the 1978 and 1979 United States Women's Lacrosse Association National Champion teams. She earned Most Valuable Player honors at the 1979 USWLA National Championship.

After completing her undergraduate degree in physical education, she worked for one year as a graduate assistant at PSU helping the Lions become national runners-up in field hockey and national champions in lacrosse.

She then went to Old Dominion to become the field hockey assistant for four years. During that time, Morett aided the Monarchs in reaching three straight national title games.

In 1984, Morett was named head coach at Boston College. She immediately lifted the Eagle program into the Top 20 and won an Eastern College Athletic Conference title in her first year.

When Penn State legend Gillian Rattray retired from coaching in 1987, Morett came back to her alma mater to take over for her mentor, inheriting a program with 17 straight winning seasons. Morett has continued that winning tradition by leading 17 of her teams into the NCAA Tournament.

Morett's 2002 team reached the national championship game, her 1990, 1991 and 1993 teams reached the NCAA Final Four and her 1988, 1992 and 1994 squads missed joining the elite foursome after one-goal losses in overtime. Her coaching accomplishments include four Big Ten Championships (1993, 1997, 1998 and 2005), four Big Ten Tournament titles (1995-1998) and two Atlantic 10 Conference championships (1989, 1990).

Morett's success at PSU has led to numerous coaching honors. She was the Mideast Region Coach of the Year in 1990, 1991, 1993, 2000 and 2005. The Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year in 1989, she was the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 1993, 1998 and 2005. Morett is a member of the USFHA Hall Of Fame as well as the NFHCA Hall of Fame and served as the USFHA Vice President of Coaching. She spent three years as an assistant coach with the United States National Team traveling to the Pan Am Games, Ireland and Argentina. She was also an assistant coach with the U.S. Under-21 team that competed in Spain. Morett has coached U.S. squads that won medals at Olympic Festivals in Houston, Minneapolis and Los Angeles. She presently sits on the USFHA Board of Directors.

A native of Aldan, Pa., Morett is a graduate of Lansdowne-Aldan High School and a member of the Delaware County Hall of Fame.