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The winningest and longest-tenured head coach in program history, the 2026 season will mark Laura Field’s 11th year at the helm of Fairfield University women’s lacrosse, after taking over as head coach at the start of the 2016 campaign. Prior to her tenure leading the Stags, Field spent her first seven seasons on North Benson Road as an assistant coach with the team. 

Field has overseen the most successful stretch in Fairfield Women's Lacrosse history. The Stags enter 2026 with a streak of seven consecutive NCAA postseason berths, a stretch that includes six MAAC Championships as well as an unprecedented at-large bid in 2024 that marked the first in Fairfield and MAAC women's lacrosse history. The Stags also earned a national ranking in the 2024 campaign -- their first in 15 seasons -- climbing as high as #22 in the nation and finishing with a final tally of 16-3. That run was highlighted by the first two wins over IWLCA nationally ranked opponents in program history as Fairfield knocked off #24 UConn and #23 UAlbany in back-to-back outings.
 
During Field's tenure, the Stags are 118-56 (.678) overall, bouyed by a 63-13 record in the MAAC regular season. Fairfield has won six MAAC Championships (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025) and six MAAC Regular Season Championships (2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025).

Field's six MAAC Championships share the conference record (with Canisius' Scott Teeter) for a women's lacrosse head coach. She was also on the sidelines as an assistant coach with Fairfield's 2009 and 2015 MAAC Championship alongside her predecessor, Mike Waldvogel.

Field was the 2023 and 2024 MAAC Coach of the Year.
 
Field came to Fairfield after an eight-year stint with the Yale University women’s lacrosse program, including an 11-5 season as interim head coach of the Bulldogs in 2008. That Yale team finished at #17 in the IWLCA national poll. All told, Field helped guide Yale to a final top 20 IWLCA national ranking six times, including a #7 ranking following the 2003 season. That year, Yale posted a 13-3 mark and captured a share of their first Ivy League title since 1980 en route to the NCAA Championship Quarterfinals.

In total, Field owns a record of 129-61 (.679) as a head coach.
 
NCAA postseason appearances have been a regular occurrence for Field, who earned four varsity letters as a member of the Princeton University lacrosse program. As the starting goalkeeper for the Tigers, Field led the squad to the 2000 NCAA Championship Game to cap a run of three straight postseason bids. She was a First Team All-Ivy League honoree for Chris Sailer’s squad in 1997.