Field Hockey

	Leslie LaFronz
	Head Coach llafronz@kean.edu 908-737-0626

Leslie LaFronz has been tabbed as the head coach of the field hockey and women's lacrosse program, beginning with the fall of 2009.

LaFronz comes to Kean with over 20 years of coaching experience at the high school, club and collegiate levels.  She most recently served as the head coach of both the field hockey and women's lacrosse programs at Ramapo College from 2003-2008.  Prior to her time at Ramapo, she spent 10 years as the varsity head coach at Wayne Valley High School and was named the County Coach of the Year on four occasions.  In addition to her coaching duties, LaFronz also was the athletic academic coordinator for Division I Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan from 1992-1999.

As a full-scholarship student-athlete at Northwestern University, LaFronz competed in the NCAA Division I tournament all four seasons as a field hockey player and for two seasons while playing women's lacrosse.  Her field hockey team advanced all the way to the Final Four in 1984.

LaFronz currently owns Rapid Fire Field Hockey, a year round field hockey business that assists in the development of the youth, including summer camps, instructional clinics and league play.

LaFronz earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Northwestern University in 1985.

	Ashley Zimmerman
	Assistant Coach

Ashley Zimmerman enters her first season as an assistant coach after completing her playing career at Ramapo College. 

In her four years starting at Ramapo, Zimmerman compiled 29 goals and 14 assists, including six game winning goals.

Zimmerman completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Ramapo in 2009.

	Victor Ochieng
	Assistant Coach

Victor Ochieng joins the Cougar staff for the 2009 season. 

As a player, Ochieng competed at the highest level in his country while playing with the Kenyan National Hockey Team in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.  While with the national team he also competed in several international tournaments throughout Europe, Asia and Africa between 1986-1992.

While still playing, he also began coaching and in 1989 helped to build the first women's team for the University of Nairobi.  Just a year later, the team captured the national league title.  During the 1990s, Ochieng helped coach several national teams in Africa including the men's armed forces team from Kenya.

Ochieng is a practicing civil engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering.

	Victor Machoka
	Assistant Coach

Victor Machoka joins LaFronz on the Kean sidelines in 2009.  Machoka's coaching resume dates back to 1989.

Machoka has spent over 30 years in the sport as a player and coach.  In 1989 he began a 14 year stint as head coach of the Kenya High School field hockey team as they advanced to eight conference tournaments and four national championship finals. 

Machoka earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Nairobi and his MBA from Kenya and Webster University.  He is currently employed by the United Nations in New York.

	Stephanie Cirino
	Student Assistant Coach