Georgetown University

Georgetown Univ Athletic Dept
McDonough Arena Washington, DC 20057

Division 1 Dist of Columbia Northeast

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Ricky Fried

Ricky Fried is now in his 17th season at the helm of the Hoya program after serving as a Georgetown assistant coach in 2003 and 2004.

In his first 16 seasons, Fried has led the Hoyas to a 167-116 overall record and an 83-20 record in BIG EAST regular season games. During the 2014 season, he became the winningest coach in program history following a 13-6 win over Temple on April 19.

Under Fried, Georgetown has earned seven BIG EAST regular season titles, made six trips to the BIG EAST Championship Game, winning in 2010 and 2019, and has advanced to the NCAA Tournament nine times, reaching the quarterfinals twice.

Fried has coached 23 All-Americans as well as the National Goalie of the Year, two BIG EAST Attackers of the Year, four Midfielders of the Year and five Defensive Players of the Year to go along with 86 All-BIG EAST first and second team selections. Additionally, he and his staff have won BIG EAST Staff of the Year on two occasions.

The 2020 season was shortened due to COVID-19, but the Hoyas were sitting at 4-3 and had been nationally ranked prior to sports shutting down for the remainder of the year.

In 2019, Georgetown finished 12-9 earning the program's 16th NCAA Tournament berth by winning GU’s second BIG EAST Championship in an exciting 9-8 double overtime thriller against top-seeded Denver. It was the Blue & Gray’s 13th-consecutive trip to the BIG EAST postseason. In the NCAA Tournament, GU downed Penn 13-12 in double overtime before falling to Syracuse in the second round. Georgetown had nine All-BIG EAST honorees as well as three Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coach's Association (IWLCA) All-South Region honorees and one All-American in midfielder Francesca Whitehurst.

Prior to Georgetown, Fried was an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins University for nine seasons. While at the school, Fried served as the recruiting coordinator and helped build Hopkins in to a Division I Top 20 program after aiding in the transition from a strong D-III program.

A 1988 graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Fried was an All-America midfielder for the Retrievers lacrosse team. As a senior, he served as team captain, was named the team's Most Valuable Player and earned the team's Leadership Award. He was named to UMBC's All-Time Team in 1990.

Fried arrived at Hopkins following a two-year stint as an assistant coach at the Gilman School and serving a season as an assistant at his alma mater. He also played professionally with the Philadelphia Wings from 1989-92 and 1997 and the Baltimore Thunder from 1993-94.

Fried is also active in the IWLCA and is the organization's vice president, on the board of directors and on a tournament working group after previously serving on the ethics committee. Currently, he is the chair of the Regional All-American Committee and is a member of the Tewaaraton Trophy Committee. Recently, he won the Diane Geppi-Aikens Memorial Award recognizing lifetime achievement to the game of women’s lacrosse.

After serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Women's Lacrosse Elite Team for three years, Fried was named the head coach of the national team in August 2009. He held the position until fall 2017.

After leading Team USA to an undefeated gold medal in 2013 at the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Cup in Oshawa, Ontario, his position was renewed through 2017. It marked his second World Cup gold after winning in the summer of 2009 as an assistant in Prague, Czech Republic. He won his final two gold medals in the summer of 2017 at the FIL World Cup in Guildford, England and the X World Games in Wroclaw, Poland.

Fried also served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Fire of the WPLL for two seasons.

He, his wife Halyna, and their children, Jack (17) and Paige (15), reside in Columbia, Maryland.

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Kelyn Freedman

Kelyn Freedman is in her second season with the Hoyas. She has coached nine All-BIG EAST honorees as well as three Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coach's Association (IWLCA) All-South Region honorees and one All-American. In her time on the Hilltop, GU has won the BIG EAST Championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Freedman joined the program in 2019, but she was no stranger to Georgetown as a two-time First Team All-BIG EAST midfielder for the Blue & Gray from 2011-14. The former team captain sits among the program leaders in points (120), goals (98) and draw controls (135). In her four years at Georgetown, Freedman played in 67 games with 41 starts. Her teams appeared in two NCAA Tournaments and as a senior she was named IWLCA Second Team All-South Region. The marketing and management major was also a member of the women’s basketball team her senior year graduating in 2014.

Freedman spent three seasons at George Washington working with the defense. In her time, two Colonials received postseason accolades as Jenna Oler was named to the Inside Lacrosse All-Rookie team and Jocelyn Donohue was chosen to play in the North-South Senior All-Star game. In the classroom, GW recorded a program-record 12th consecutive year as a member of the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

As an assistant coach at Niagara University, Freedman's primary responsibility was coaching the defense and transition strategy and facilitating the development of players. Under her leadership in 2016, the Purple Eagles recorded the second-most wins in a season in program history, finishing the regular season at 9-8 before falling to Fairfield University in the first round of the MAAC Championship. Niagara also posted its first ever five-win season in MAAC play and improved from 12.6 GAA to 9.8 GAA.

Prior to coaching at Niagara, she was a member of the women’s basketball team for one season and graduated in 2016 with a Master of Science in Sports Management.

A native of Radnor, Pennsylvania, Freedman directed the Raider Lacrosse Camp in Philadelphia in addition to coaching with the STEPS lacrosse club. She also plays professionally with the Philadelphia Fire of the WPLL.